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Water and Sanitation, Drainage and Waste

Category KPI Result Performance to Benchmark SDG

Smart Water Meters 77.59 %

Water Supply ICT Not Reported
Monitoring

Basic Water Supply 100.00 %

Potable Water Supply 98.00 %

Water Supply Loss 22.00 %

Wastewater
Collection 84.00 %

Household Sanitation 84.00 %

Drainage/Storm
Water System ICT Not Reported
Monitoring

Solid Waste 100.00 %
Collection

While Riyadh's performance is largely positive in these categories, there is room for improvement in
some areas, the most notable of which is the city’s rate of water loss through the water distribution
systems. The high rate warrants evaluation not only due to the age of the distribution infrastructure,
but also as an updated examination of any unauthorized withdrawals, billing system data inaccuracies,
customer meter errors, etc.

The National Water Company (NWC) is in charge of water supply and sanitation in large Saudi cities such
as Riyadh. The company should evaluate where along the distribution infrastructure leaks are occurring,
i.e. whether the leaks are more common at or near house/business connections, or elsewhere along
the infrastructure.

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