Water Transmission

Overview

Water Transmission

The worldwide demand for water is growing continuously. This is especially the case in arid areas where water has to be transported over large distances to satisfy the needs of the local population and industries.

The extremely large quantities of water that have to be pumped through such pipelines for hundreds of kilometers require complex facilities. Ensuring the cost efficiency and continuous availability of water pipelines is a challenge to be addressed with every project. The optimization of investment and operating costs is one of ILF’s core competencies.

For more than four decades, ILF has been involved in the design and implementation of many complex international water transmission projects. ILF has become an international market leader in the field of large-scale water transmission systems.

Fields of Expertise

All associated facilities such as water intake, pumping stations, tanks, etc.
Pressurized and gravity water transmission systems

ILF’s scope of services in this business area encompasses all supply systems for drinking and irrigation water, power generation, oil production, mining, and industrial purposes.

Key Highlights

Implementation of first “closed hydraulic system” design (Riyadh WTS, RWTS Lines A & B, Saudi Arabia)
14,500+ km accumulated length of implemented systems
2 million m³/d maximum capacity – the world’s largest seawater transmission system (Common Sea Water Supply Project, Iraq)
1.2 million m³/d maximum capacity – the world’s largest drinking water transmission system (Rabigh to Jeddah/Makkah/Taif WTS, Saudi Arabia)
950+ km pipeline length – one of the world’s longest water transmission systems comprising 4 independent pipelines (Shuqaiq Phase 2 WTS, Saudi Arabia)
4,600 m maximum difference in elevation of a single system (Collahuasi WTS, Chile)
40+ years of international experience in the design and implementation of water transmission systems

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