UNDP and MEWA Open Center for Water Management and Control

The United Nations Development Program, in Saudi Arabia, supported the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in the opening of the Hydroinformatics and Training Unit (HTU), which is a component of the Center for Water Management and Control (CWMC). The Center offers the Integrated Water Information System (IWIS).

The Center is managed by UNDP Expert Engineer, Arif Alkalali, who explained, “The Unit provides data oversight, and high-tech simulation capability, while providing decision-making support in terms of groundwater and surface water modeling at both ends of the water sector supply and demand of conventional water resources.”

The Unit also offers a high-tech capability to support the human capacity development mandate of the UNDP at the Ministry, in areas such as numerical modeling and other water resources related technical fields.

UNDP Resident Representative, Dr. Adam Bouloukos, was pleased to see the Center in action noting, “It is evident that solid data collection and analysis on water usage and requirements will help drive sensible decision making in other areas of economic growth in the Kingdom, such as Tourism and Energy transformation.”

The Center is a part of UNDPs overall engagement with the Ministry which aims to improve water management in the Kingdom.