His
Excellency the Minister of EWA, Eng. Wael bin Nasser Al-Mubarak, and His
Excellency Shaikh Nawaf bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, CEO of EWA, visited the Khalifa
bin Salman Port Water Distribution Station in the Hidd Industrial Area, which
has been completed, and which comes within the project of developing the water
transmission network for the first stage.
This
project aims to increase and enhance the storage capacity and pumping of water
to the Khalifa Bin Salman Port Station, in order to meet the needs of the industrial
areas and the strategy of Khalifa Bin Salman Port.
The
Electricity and Water Authority has developed the Khalifa Bin Salman Port
Station after an agreement with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism
to convert this station to the Electricity and Water Authority to manage and
develop it in accordance with the operational and storage standards and
specifications of the transmission networks and water stations of the
Electricity and Water Authority. Two wrought iron underground tanks with a
capacity of 5 million gallons each have been constructed, as well as a new
building containing three pumps with a capacity of 3.8 million gallons per day
for each pump with electrical appliances and control devices. The overhead
tank, which has a capacity of one million gallons, has also been rehabilitated.
Pan
Gulf Panorama Contracting has constructed all the station facilities and
provided them with the latest mechanical, electrical, control and communication
equipment from leading international companies in this field, through a
contract amounting to about (10.6) million dinars, which was funded by the
Saudi Fund for Development within the Gulf Support Program. Mot Macdonald, a
British consultancy, oversaw the project.
On
this occasion, the Minister of EWA thanked the Saudi Fund for Development in
the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the continuous support to the Kingdom
of Bahrain in its development projects, especially the electricity and water
sectors, as this project adds an additional building block in supporting and
strengthening the infrastructure in the Kingdom.
The
CEO of the EWA confirmed that the authority’s water strategy is to increase the
storage capacity through the application of the water extension system so that
the authority provides a strategic stock for three days in excess of 550
million gallons per day, while the subscribers store the same amount in their
facilities - each according to his consumption according to the system Water
extensions, which would double the storage capacity in the Kingdom.
The establishment of this station comes within the
master plan drawn up by the Electricity and Water Authority to develop and
expand water transmission networks in our beloved Kingdom in light of the
directives and concerns of the wise leadership, headed by His Majesty King
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and with the support and support of His Royal Highness
Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Crown Prince The esteemed Prime
Minister, to provide electricity and water services and meet the growing demand
for their use for the purposes of development and industrial and commercial
expansion, and the continuous endeavor to provide better service to citizens
and residents of the Kingdom and work to attract foreign investments to the
Kingdom that are in line with the Kingdom of Bahrain Economic Vision 2030.