Shukeik water-to-water system
In June 2007 a consortium comprising Stroytransgaz and Aziz Co. Ltd. signed a contract with the Saline Water Conversion Corporation for construction of the second phase of a water-to-water system in Shukeik, Saudi Arabia. Once realized, the project will resolve the problem of insufficient fresh water in the provinces of Asir and Dzhizan.
The water transportation system is composed of six pipelines with diameters reaching 60 inches and length totaling around 900 kilometers. There are 10 pumping stations and a tank farm. Seawater will be desalinated in the largest plant in the country. Its construction in Shukeik on the coast of the Red Sea is already underway. After the water is desalinated, it will be shipped to cities and residential points in Asir and Dzhizan.
Development of the project was completed in 2008.