Facts - Kahramaa

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KAHRAMAA
celebrates World and Arab Water Days
and GCC Water Week
Water is a key element in development
and indispensible for all social, economic
and industrial development
projects. Therefore, all nations seek to provide
water continuously from all available sources to
meet the water growing needs.
Qatar organizes in March many water events.
It joins the world in the observing World Water
Day on March 22 every year, joins the Arab
countries on March 3 of every year in Arab
Water Day celebrations, and joins the GCC
countries in observing GCC Water Week starting
from March 22 as a reminder of the importance
of this vital resource, the challenges
GCC countries face to provide water and the
need for preserving it for sustainable future development.
To participate in the celebrations, the State
of Qatar has been keen, through Qatar General
Electricity and Water Corporation “KAH-
RAMAA”, on organizing a number of event to
educate the participants about the importance
of water and ways of conserving it and reducing
its waste pursuant to Act No. 26 of 2008 on
the conservation of electricity and water.
KAHRAMAA held many events this year to
highlight the importance of this vital resource
and stress the need to conserve it in order to
achieve sustainable development.
KAHRAMAA does not only observe this occasion,
but also strives to fulfill its mission of providing
water service to customers at the highest
quality and lowest cost possible, based on the
directives of the Emir HH Sheikh Hamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani and Heir Apparent HH Sheikh
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani through Qatar National
Vision 2030.
HE Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister
of Energy and Industry, expressed in his
speech on the occasion of World Water Day
his happiness that Qatar celebrates World Wa-
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