Percentage of wastewater to fresh water treatment

for Saudi municipalities use in 2010-2016

2016
 Percentage of wastewater to fresh water treatment for Saudi municipalities use in 2010-
2016

Indicator Description
Percentage of wastewater to fresh water treated for Saudi municipalities use in 2010-
2016
The indicator shows the capacity of treated wastewater from the total freshwater use
and the possibility of increasing collection of wastewater to be treated.

Indicator Calculating Methodology

Percentage of wastewater to fresh water is calculated as follows:

Quantity of treated wastewater

100 ×
Total of fresh water consumption

2016
Environment Statistics
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 Percentage of wastewater to fresh water treatment for Saudi municipalities use in 2010-
2016

Tables and charts

Percentage of wastewater to fresh water treated for Saudi

municipalities use in 2010-2016
Year
Variable
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Volume of wastewater treated for usage 1,021 1,125 1,274 1,261 1,475 1,468 1,604
Grand total of fresh water use by Saudi
2,284 2,423 2,527 2,731 2,874 3,025 3,129
municipalities
percentage of wastewater to fresh water
45% 46% 50% 46% 51% 49% 51%
treated for use

Unit: Million Cubic Meters Per Year (million m3/yr)

Source: Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture

2016
Environment Statistics

Wastewater to freshwater treatement for municipalities

use
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3500 0.52
3000 0.5
Volume of Water

2500
percentage

0.48
2000
0.46
1500
0.44
1000
500 0.42
0 0.4
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
year

Volume of wastewater treated for usage

Grand total of fresh water use by Saudi municipalities
percentage of wastewater to fresh water treated for use

Summary:
About one half of the consumption quantity is not treated considering that the
volume of the municipal-generated wastewater is a big share of the usable fresh water.

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