Saudi Arabia Selects MWH Soft Modeling Solutions

MWH Soft has announced that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Water Co. (NWC) has chosen its hydraulic modeling software suite as an advanced water and sewer modeling and maintenance solution.

In 2008, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia established NWC, a body dedicated to providing quality water and wastewater management services to all citizens and residents. Within the privatization program, NWC commissioned the services of two private firms based in France to manage NWC-owned water and sewer infrastructures. Veolia Water is in charge of the Riyadh City Business Unit (RCBU), and Suez Environment manages the Jeddah City Business Unit (JCBU). Combined, RCBU and JCBU provide more than 528 million gal of water per day to 9.3 million people.

Within this framework, RCBU and JCBU are building a hydraulic model for both units’ water and sewer networks. The Saudi Consolidated Eng. Co., a Div. of Khatib & Alami Consolidated Eng. Co., has been retained to spearhead the network model construction.

“The MWH Soft product suite was the ideal choice for NWC,” said Manal Sayed, GIS solutions department manager for Khatib & Alami. “It enables RCBU and JCBU to build sound and reliable water and wastewater network models faster than any other software package and maintain seamless ArcGIS integration for effective decision making. Well-built and -maintained hydraulic models will enable the Riyadh and Jeddah networks to meet today’s operational challenges and plan for the needs of tomorrow.”

"We are proud that our software has become the clear choice for the world’s largest and most advanced utilities,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D, president and chief operating officer of MWH Soft. “The ongoing adoption of our products by top cities in the Middle East is a powerful indicator of the value they deliver in this water-scarce environment. We’re proud that the majority of the largest and most progressive municipalities in this vital region are looking to us for help in meeting corporate strategic goals, raising quality standards, improving overall performance and reliability and forging closer ties with their customers while securing maximum cost savings.”

Source: MWH Soft