Muscat: Nama Water Services has completed the implementation of a package of major water projects in the North A'Sharqiyah Governorate, at a cost exceeding RO 120 million. This comes within the framework of national efforts to ensure the sustainability of water resources and achieve water security. The package included main transmission projects, distribution networks, and small developmental projects targeting villages and population centers.
According to Oman News Agency, the company is also implementing a number of water supply sustainability projects with investments exceeding RO 43 million. This aligns with a sustainable developmental vision that meets the requirements of urban and population growth in the governorate, supporting the targets of sustainability and water security in the Sultanate of Oman.
The company clarified that the project to enhance the water transmission system between the South A'Sharqiyah and North A'Sharqiyah governorates is considered a national strategic project, completely implemented and operated at an implementation cost of RO 120 million. The project consists of 17 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 265,000 cubic meters distributed across strategic points in Al Qabil, Ibra, and Al Mudhaibi. It also includes 312 kilometers of main transmission lines with diameters ranging from 600 to 1,300 mm, and four main pumping stations to ensure pressure stability.
The project aims to connect the water transmission systems between the South A'Sharqiyah, North A'Sharqiyah, and A'Dakhiliyah governorates, establishing a unified and flexible system capable of meeting increasing demand up to the year 2050 and enhancing reliability in emergency situations. The company affirmed that the overall objective of these projects is represented in achieving three main pillars: securing a sustainable and safe water supply, raising operational efficiency, and expanding service to remote population centers.
Regarding water network construction projects, Nama Water Services implemented a number of projects aimed at expanding coverage. The water connection projects in the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi stand out as the first project. Its implementation and operation were completed in the center of the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi and surrounding villages, comprising 13,836 connections. The second phase of another project, currently underway, has reached a completion rate of 35 percent with 4,065 connections at an investment cost exceeding RO 15 million.
The project covers villages including Khadhra Bani Difa, Al Khashbah, Al Sudairah, and others, executed with 40 kilometers of transmission lines and 217 kilometers of distribution networks. It includes the construction of a pumping station and an elevated reservoir.
Additionally, the third project in the villages of Wadi Andam in the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi has been completed, serving 10 villages with 1,229 connections at a total cost of RO 3,668,000. Nama Water Services has also commenced the implementation of the Al Jarda line project in the Wilayat of Al Mudhaibi and Mullah in the Wilayat of Dima W'attayeen, forming an integrated system for water transmission and distribution.
The project includes laying networks and establishing an operational system comprising main and booster pumping stations, reservoirs with various capacities up to 4,000 cubic meters, and tanker filling stations, enhancing the system's flexibility and capacity to respond to demand. It encompasses the execution of approximately 77.8 kilometers of main transmission lines and 433 kilometers of distribution networks, providing more than 6,200 connections.
Nama Water Services focused on implementing small developmental projects to ensure the delivery of potable water services to remote villages and communities. The most prominent is the first package project in the Wilayat of Ibra, completed in the villages of Al Mutaridh and Al Qa'a with 100 connections at a cost of RO 168,570.
The second package project in the Wilayat of Ibra covered seven villages with 247 connections, while the third package is in the awarding phase, set to commence soon, including wilayats of Ibra, Al Qabil, Al Mudhaibi, and Wadi Bani Khalid, totaling more than 500 new connections. The fourth package is in the tender document preparation phase.
Nama Water Services is focusing on an ambitious plan to rehabilitate networks with high leaks and reduce water loss during 2025-2026 in the North A'Sharqiyah Governorate. The company aims to reduce the water loss rate from 37 percent in 2024 to 20 percent in 2025, and to 17 percent in 2026, by upgrading and rehabilitating networks.