Al Meyyah

The all-embracing objective of the Al-Meyyah project is the transformation of the current structure of the water services in the Kingdom into a service industry that, in the long-run, provides these vital services in a cost-efficient yet socially responsive manner. At the same time ultimate focus has to be extended towards resource conservation and exploration and development of additional resources.

Project Strategy
In order to achieve the project objective a dual approach to the project execution has been chosen that concentrates on two major targets:

1. Establishing operational principles that follow commercial practices and
2. Developing the relevant institutions into becoming effective participants in the new auditing environment.

The contract value is EUR 2.2 million and is financed completely by the German KfW Development Bank (Grant) which further provides funds of EUR 25 million for a water loss reduction program in the project area. These improvement projects are supervised and monitored by the Programme Management Unit (PMU) and will also contribute to the performance indicator and benchmarking system which is currently in its establishment phase by PMU.