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Executive overview
Key findings
SAR 49 billion: value of the 568 projects the company reported under construction in 2025
19 packages: the long-term operation and maintenance programme for sewage treatment plants; phase one (9 packages, US$2.5 billion) is awarded and phase two (10 packages) is in tender and award
35%: non-revenue water in February 2026, against a strategic target of 27% (company figures)
1 January 2027: new water and wastewater tariffs take effect, with a fixed monthly charge and wastewater at half the water rate
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Buyer relevance
Who the report is for
Sewage treatment operators and rehabilitation contractors
Plan bids for packages 14 and 16, with deadlines of 30 November 2026 and 3 May 2027, and for the 51 plants due to tender.
Pipe-laying and civil contractors
Understand the direct contract channel behind 568 projects under construction and who already holds city operating work.
Leak detection, metering and analytics suppliers
Identify the cluster operators measured on water loss, where non-revenue water stood at 35% against a 27% target.
Equipment suppliers and EPC firms
See the five consortiums that bid for the US$150 million Riyadh East treatment plant and which phase-two packages are still open.
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Decision scope
Questions answered
Which treatment plant packages are open now?
Package 14 (six plants, bids due 30 November 2026) and package 16 (14 plants, bids due 3 May 2027) are in tender; package 12 (seven plants) has been reported awarded to Al-Yamama.
Who runs the regional clusters?
Five cluster contracts with published terms were signed between November 2021 and September 2022 for seven years, with consortiums including Alkhorayef and Veolia, Miahona and Saur, and Aqualia, Acciona and Tawzea.
How much construction is under way?
The company reported 568 projects worth SAR 49 billion under construction in 2025, and 50 projects worth SAR 2.4 billion completed in 2026 by 30 June.
What comes after the cluster contracts?
The company is preparing distribution concessions and planned for an adviser consortium to start in the third quarter of 2026; the cluster contracts run to about 2028–2029.
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Inside the report
Inside the complete report
1. The Account at a Glance
2. Organisation and Decision-Making
3. Financial Position
4. Priorities and Pressures
5. How National Water Company Buys
6. Opportunity Register
7. Commercial Priorities: Where to Focus First
8. Watch List: What to Monitor and What to Do
Source Register
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Public preview
What to watch next
Package 14 bids (30 November 2026)
The next phase-two award.
Package 16 letters of intent (22 February 2027)
Fourteen plants, bids due 3 May 2027.
The 51 plants due for tender
Close to 888,000 m³/day in further packages.
Riyadh East preferred bidder
Sets the EPC and equipment supply chain for a US$150 million plant.
The Opportunity Register: each open, confirmed and emerging opportunity with its stage, contractors, supplier categories and route in.
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Included
What you receive
The complete PDF report: 11 pages, 9 sections, 7 tables and a register of 12 sources.
This edition
November 2026, First edition.
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Evidence & method
Evidence and method
The brief draws on National Water Company's May 2026 presentation, the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture's 2024 statistical book, and contract, tender and tariff announcements reported by company statements, MEED and regional business press, checked on 2 November 2026.
Sources
12 sources, listed in the report's source register. Evidence current to 2 November 2026. Principal data periods: calendar 2024 national water and sanitation statistics (Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, with National Water Company as data source); company operating figures to March 2026; contract, tender, project and tariff status checked against public sources on 2 November 2026. Currency is Saudi riyals (SAR); US dollar (US$) values are given where the source reports them..
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Lead analyst
Robert C. Brears
Founder, Our Future Water Intelligence
Robert C. Brears is a water-security specialist and author whose work examines utility governance, infrastructure investment, climate resilience and long-term water-system change for executive and policy audiences.
- Decision-focused utility intelligence
- Published water-policy author
- Evidence-grounded system analysis
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Buyer FAQs
Before you purchase
Who can use the report?
Licensed for internal use within one purchasing organization. The PDF and its contents may be shared with colleagues within that organization. External redistribution, resale and public publication are prohibited without permission.
How is the report delivered?
The PDF is available to download immediately after confirmed payment, through our secure delivery system.
Can my organization buy wider access?
Institutional purchasing: For invoice enquiries, multi-organization licensing or broader access requirements, contact Our Future Water Intelligence.
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National Water Company: Utility Account Brief
- Format
- Length
- 11 pages
- Edition
- November 2026, First edition
- Price
- USD 499
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Report details
Publication details
- Publisher
- Our Future Water Intelligence
- Report family
- Utility Account Brief
- Edition
- November 2026, First edition
- Format
- Length
- 11 pages
- Reference
- OFW_EXT_NATIONAL_WATER_COMPANY_UTILITY_ACCOUNT_BRIEF_0392723b38b7
- Evidence current to
- 2 November 2026
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