The Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corporation has registered nine new world records in the "Guinness World Records", reinforcing its leading position as the largest producer of desalinated water in the world. With over 11.5 million cubic meters per day, the corporation achieved groundbreaking results and unprecedented numbers in several water projects, reflecting the development of infrastructure in the water sector in the Kingdom.
On Tuesday, during a ceremony sponsored by Minister of Environment, Water, and Agriculture Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli, attended by the Governor of Saline Water Conversion Corporation Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Abdul Kareem and representatives from Guinness World Records, the corporation received certificates for the largest desalination plant in the world for its giant "Ras Al-Khair" system with a production capacity nearing 3 million cubic meters, and the largest covered reservoir for storing drinking water in the world with a production capacity of 3 million cubic meters.
Additionally, the corporation received recognition for the largest facility for storing drinking water, represented by the "Buraiman Strategic Water Reservoir" with a capacity exceeding 2 million cubic meters. It also earned a certificate for the largest covered facility for storing drinking water in the world from the strategic Riyadh Water Reservoir, which has a capacity of 4.79 million cubic meters, and the largest pipeline water transmission system for desalination in the world, with a length of 14,217 kilometers and a capacity of 19.429 million cubic meters per day.
Furthermore, the largest mobile desalination plant in the world with a capacity of 50,000 cubic meters per day and the largest multi-effect distillation water desalination unit in the world, the MED-TVC unit in Al-Shuaiba, which has a capacity of 91,200 cubic meters per day. The corporation also received a certificate for the largest network of reservoirs for storing drinking water with a total capacity of 8,970 million cubic meters. Additionally, it was awarded the title for the lowest energy consumption in water desalination in the world, achieving less than 2.271 kilowatt-hours per cubic meter.
