NWC smart metering success sets the stage for private sector collaboration

摘要

Saudi Arabia's National Water Company (NWC) is moving into the final stages of a massive smart metering pro-gramme that has made a massive change to the company's operating abilities - and set it in place for its upcoming privatisation. The NWC - the water and wastewater utility that has served the whole of the Kingdom's 33 million-strong population since its remit was expanded in 2018 - has installed 1,784,604 new smart meters since the start of its programme in 2017 (see table, below), the equivalent of more than one meter every minute.