Makkah and Taif Water Transmission System (MTTS)
Water transmission pipeline, 180,000 m3/day, 150 km, seven pumping stations in Saudi Arabia.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Location
- Shuaiba to Makkah and Taif
- Coordinates
- —
- Technology
- Water transmission pipeline
- Capacity
- 180,000 m3/day, 150 km, seven pumping stations
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Saline Water Conversion Corporation, now the Saudi Water Authority
- Contractor
- Mannesmann Anlagenbau and the Al Rashid-HAK consortium
- Operator
- Water Transmission and Technologies Company
- Finance
- Saudi government capital budget
- Award or start year
- 1987
- Commissioned
- 1987
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1980
Construction began
- 1987
System completed, 150 km, seven pumping stations, 180,000 m3/day to Makkah and Taif
Sources
3 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- BGG Consult Dr Peter Waibel ZT-GmbH, Water Pipelines RWTS and MTTS, Saudi Arabia. bgg.at.
- the Makkah Taif Transmission System carries demineralised seawater from the Red Sea to Makkah and Taif over 150 km in total with seven pumping stations and a capacity of 180,000 m3/day, built for the Mannesmann Anlagenbau and Al Rashid-HAK joint venture between 1980 and 1987. Argaam, 26 June 2021. argaam.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
records that the newer Rabigh to Jeddah to Makkah system works alongside the existing Shuaibah conveyances to supply Makkah, the Holy Sites, Jeddah, Taif and Baha. Coordinates left blank because the row describes a corridor rather than a site.