Saudi Arabia has launched more than 100 projects worth SR4.9 billion ($1.3 billion) aimed at boosting the supply of drinking water and providing better sanitation services to its citizens across the kingdom.

These schemes are in keeping with the Vision 2030 and the National Transformation Programme (NTP) 2020, the Arab News reported, quoting the  Minister of Water, Environment, and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al Fadli.

The projects include purification and pumping stations, as well as the expansion and upgrading of treatment plants and implementation and completion of projects and household connections, lines for the transfer of drinking water and sewage facilities.

Additional water tanks will be set up in Asir, Madinah, Najran, Tabuk, Riyadh, Qassim, Al Jouf, the northern border area, Hail and Jazan.