55 groundwater wells in Bahrain a lifeline for every home during emergencies

TDT | Manama     

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The data from the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) reveals the existence of 55 groundwater wells with a total pumping capacity of 30 million imperial gallons, utilized only in emergency cases.

The water system in the Kingdom provides a maximum of 187 million imperial gallons of potable water per day to consumers, meeting the standards and specifications of the World Health Organization (WHO).

This water is produced through five production plants using multi-stage flash, multi-effect distillation, and reverse osmosis.

Pipelines

The produced water is then transported from the production plants to the water transfer stations through a network of ductile iron pipelines with a total length of 569.7 km.

Information on water storage in ground tanks shows that storage is conducted in 124 ground tanks distributed across all regions of the Kingdom, with a total capacity of 623.32 million imperial gallons.

The chlorine-disinfected water distribution network is supplied through 39 elevated tanks with a total capacity of 35.91 million imperial gallons.

Distribution network

These tanks are distributed across all regions of the Kingdom, with a valve after each elevated tank for remote automated control and maintenance of the required pressure and flow for the distribution network.

Subscribers are divided into three categories based on usage: residential, commercial, and industrial, with an annual consumption rate of 200 million cubic meters according to 2020 statistics.

It is expected that by 2030, total desalinated water production will increase from the current level of 0.82 million cubic meters per day (300 million cubic meters per year) to 1.41 million cubic meters per day (515 million cubic meters per year), an increase of about 72%.