Hey, The Water Has Lumps!

(Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) People may want to reflect upon this report prior to visiting the Saudi Kingdom.

City officials in Jeddah have admitted that the desalinated drinking water in Rabwa district had become contaminated with sewage.

The confession was worthy of appreciation. I commend the manager of Jeddah’s Water Projects Administration, Abdul Rahman Al-Muhammadi, for his boldness in acknowledging the mistake.

One-fourth of the city's water producers (136) have been found to distribute contaminated water. The Water Projects Administration has asked them to quit doing it.

For the sake of comparison, I'd speculate that a similar situation in the U.S. would result in the Water Projects Manager having his head placed on a pike, not receiving a commendation. And the sellers of contaminated water wouldn't be asked to stop, they would be shut down.