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Riyadh: City Intelligence Profile
Understand Riyadh through its supply, urban services, institutions and documented infrastructure developments.
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- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; wider service and regional measures retain source-defined boundaries
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HAMBURG WASSER
Hamburg’s city-owned water and wastewater group, supplying around 2.3 million people from groundwater while turning its treatment plant into an energy and resource-recovery hub.
→Greater Copenhagen, DenmarkHOFOR
Greater Copenhagen’s multi-utility for drinking water and wastewater across eight municipalities, investing in cloudburst protection while rebuilding a thin supply buffer.
→São Paulo State, BrazilCompanhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (SABESP)
São Paulo State’s privatised water and sanitation company, serving 376 municipalities and working to universalise sewage services by 2029 while cutting water losses.
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Riyadh
An inland desert capital supplied mainly by desalinated seawater pumped from the Gulf coast, extending its networks, treatment and storage to keep pace with rapid growth.
→ChinaGuangzhou
A Pearl River Delta megacity with abundant river water passing through but limited water of its own, building new sources and backup supplies to reduce that dependence.
→AustraliaMelbourne
A city supplied mainly from protected forest catchments that are drying, with desalination increasingly filling the gap between falling inflows and a fast-growing population.
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Saudi Arabia
An arid kingdom with almost no renewable water, moving its supply away from fossil groundwater towards desalination and reuse while it restructures how water is governed and financed.
→Middle EastBahrain
A desalination-led national water system connecting supply security, transmission infrastructure, wastewater treatment and coordinated resource governance.
→EuropeSpain
A national water system shaped by river-basin planning, varied resource conditions, decentralised services and investment in supply, sanitation and resilience.
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