Umm Al-Qura University
The students and affiliates of the Colleges of Engineering and Computers in Al-Qunfudha visited the water purification plant in Hali. The visit aimed at introducing the stages of water withdrawal from the famous Wadi Hali Dam, water purification and treatment within the plant, ending with water pumping into the water purification plants in Al-Shoaiba and Mahaiel Asir.
The group was received by Eng. Muhammad Nasr, Director of the Plant, and Mr. Muhammad Basheer Al-Ghamdi, Public Relations and Media Manager at the Directorate of Water Services. The two officials accompanied the group in a field tour of the plant’s facilities and departments. In other words, they started with the Department of Water Withdrawal Machines that transferred water from the Dam to the two huge settling tanks; the capacity of each was about 50,000 km3. Then, they toured the Water Treatment and Sand Filters Building which comprised 11 big tanks where chemical treatment and water filtering were performed. Moreover, they came across the Produced Water Pumps Building, which was responsible for pumping water into the desalination plants in Al-Shoaiba and Mahaiel Asir.
At the end of the tour, the group headed to the Control Room (SKAD), where they saw the method of automatic control and the use of advanced technology within the plant.
It is worth mentioning that the participation of the Engineering College in the visit was represented by Dr. Ulwi Ba-Mahdi (the Vice-Dean), Dr. Ubaid Al-Hadreety (Vice-Dean for Training and Industrial Relations, Head of the Industrial Engineering Department), Eng. Ibrahim Al Muraie (Head of the Construction Engineering Department), Dr. Muhammad Nassar (Faculty Member), as well as Mr. Saad Al-Muhammad (Media Official). On the other hand, the College of Computers was represented by Dr. Muhammad Al Mujamid (Head of the Computer Sciences Department) and Dr. Amin Dawoud (Faculty Member).
The visit was concluded by extending thanks to the managers and employees of the plant for the warm reception, detailed explanation and valuable information.
