OptaSense Provides Monitoring for Critical Water Pipelines
OptaSense Provides Monitoring for Critical Water Pipelines
2 PagesOptaSense Provides Monitoring for Critical Water Pipelines Ras Al-Khair and Riyadh City Projects, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Project Overview With over 2 million square kilometres, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a vast country, almost nine times the size of the United Kingdom. Most of the land is arid with no continuous flowing rivers, lakes or other natural water reserves. To sustain the swiftly growing population of over 66 million, a large portion of fresh water needs to be generated by desalination. The government-owned Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) operates 31 desalination plants in 17 locations along the East and West coasts of Saudi Arabia. Through a pipeline network of more than 5,600 km, the treated water is transported into more than 46 governorates an
