The five strategic objectives of the sector and a
careful examination of the various elements of our framework served as the
basis for the strategic programs and initiatives.
The
Saudi National Water Strategy 2030 outlines ten strategic programs and
initiatives aimed at improving water resource management in Saudi Arabia. These
include Water Law and Resource Management Regulations, Water Resource Management,
Sector Resilience, Innovation and Capability Building, Supply Chain Efficiency
and Service Quality, Water Services Regulations, Saline Water Conversion
Corporation Reconstructing, Distribution Restructuring and Privatization, and
Saudi Irrigation Organization Restructuring and Irrigation Improvement. These
programs aim to introduce comprehensive policies, implement integrated
resources management, optimize water resource use, and reduce consumption rates
in urban and agricultural sectors. The programs are sponsored by MEWA Water
Affairs and include 15 initiatives. The programs aim to ensure the water and
wastewater sectors are prepared for disruptions to normal operations, promote research
and development, enhance leadership, and improve water management capabilities.
This post presents ten programs in total, each of
which consists of several strategic initiatives.
Program 1: Regulations for Resource Management and
Water Law
The
initiative seeks to establish a thorough set of regulations and a sufficient
legal framework.
and legal structure for the management of water
resources. MEWA is going to carry out this program.
Program 2: Water Resource Management
The
goal of Saudi Arabia's water resource management program is to establish
integrated resource management and planning at the national level.
Additionally, it seeks to maximize the utilization of existing water resources
by rationalizing them, including surface water, renewable groundwater, and TSE.
Reducing the current rates of consumption in the agricultural and urban sectors
is another goal. MEWA Water Affairs will support this program, which consists
of 15 initiatives.
Program 3: Stability of the Sector (Sector
Resilience)
The
goal of the sector resilience program is to guarantee that the wastewater and
water sectors are always ready to handle any interruption to their regular
business operations. This program ensures
that MEWA and the utilities are factoring in all
the possible risks that could disrupt normal operations
at every step of the water supply chain. This
program will be sponsored by MEWA Water Affairs and includes three initiatives.
This
program makes sure that at every stage of the water supply chain, MEWA and the
utilities are accounting for all potential risks that could impair regular
operations. Three initiatives make up this program, which MEWA Water Affairs
will sponsor.
Program 4: Innovation and Strengthening of Skills
In addition to strengthening leadership and water
management skills, this program seeks to advance localization and research and
development. There are three initiatives in the program, which will be funded
by MEWA Water Affairs.
Program 5: Enhancing Service Quality and Supply
Chain Effectiveness
The
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's water sector value chain is still beset with a number
of operational and service quality difficulties. In order to enhance sector
operations and service delivery, the strategy suggested a program that will
consist of seven initiatives and be funded by MEWA distribution.
.
Program 6: Water Services Regulations
The
program for regulating water services seeks to guarantee that the economic
regulator, or ECRA, performs its regulatory function for water services in
addition to electricity and cogeneration. Since the economic regulator will be
in charge of (1) licensing and permitting service providers, (2) reviewing
municipal and industrial tariffs, and (3) putting appropriate commercial
agreements and account balancing into action, this program is closely related
to the Policies, Laws, and Regulations program. ECRA will fund this program, which
consists of four initiatives.
Program 7: Rebuilding the Saline Water Conversion
Corporation
This initiative was created in support of the
SWCC's privatization plan. It comprises reorganizing and changing SWCC in order
to fulfill its updated mandate. Three initiatives will be part of the program,
which will be sponsored by SWCC.
Program 9: Restructuring Distribution and Bringing
It Private
By streamlining distribution utilities and getting
them ready for privatization, the distribution restructuring program seeks to
change the way the distribution sector is structured. NWC will be the program's
sponsor. It will consist of four initiatives.
Program 10: Restructuring the Saudi Irrigation
Organization and Improving Irrigation
This program Designed to restructure and enable
Saudi Irrigation Organization (SIO) previously known
as the Al Hasa Irrigation Development Authority
(HIDA) to achieve its expanded role. This program will be sponsored by SIO and
will include three initiatives.