Article 45 of the Saudi Water Law
المادة 45 من نظام المياه · الفصل التاسع: الخزن الاستراتيجي للمياه
The article allows the Ministry, or whoever it licenses, to carry out injection when it is safe from the health, environmental and technical standpoints, as determined by the Ministry's regulations.
Official text (Arabic)
This article has not been amended since the law was issued.
يجوز للوزارة أو من ترخص له الحقن كلما كان ذلك آمنًا من الناحية الصحية، والبيئية، والتقنية؛ وفقًا لما تحدده لوائح الوزارة.
This is the official Arabic wording, the only legally binding version. We do not translate the law itself; the explanation below is ours. Official source: Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers
Article 45 explained in plain English
This article deals with the process of injection, and appears among the provisions on strategic water storage. Its text does not explain what injection means or its methods, but sets the conditions for carrying it out.
Who may carry out injection? Only two parties:
- The Ministry itself.
- Whoever the Ministry licenses. The article gives this permission to no one other than these two.
When may injection be carried out? "Whenever it is safe" from three standpoints together:
- The health standpoint.
- The environmental standpoint.
- The technical standpoint.
If safety is not achieved in any of these respects, the condition for permission that the article sets is not met.
What about the details? The article provides that this is done in accordance with what the Ministry's regulations determine; they set out the safety criteria and the licensing procedures and requirements.
The article sits between Article 44, which tasks the Ministry with approving strategic storage and strategic reservoirs, and Article 46, which allows the use of sources in specified areas to be banned to secure water reserves and strategic storage.
Anyone who wants to obtain an injection license or faces a difficulty over one can consult a lawyer who specializes in water regulations and administrative cases.
Translated from our Arabic explanation with machine assistance. For guidance only; it does not replace advice from a lawyer on your situation.
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Frequently asked questions about Article 45 of the Saudi Water Law
May a private company carry out injection?
It may if the Ministry licenses it, under Article 45, and whenever the injection is safe from the health, environmental and technical standpoints.
What are the conditions for injection under the Water Law?
It must be safe from the health, environmental and technical standpoints, and carried out as determined by the Ministry's regulations.
More articles on Strategic Water Storage
- Article 4
The article sets out the tasks of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture in water plans, strategic storage, emergencies and monitoring sources, and gives the Minister the power to declare a water emergency.
1- تتولى الوزارة القيام بالآتي: أ- إعداد واعتماد الخطط والبرامج التطويرية لمصادر المياه، وإمداداتها، واستخداماتها، ومعالجتها (على المدى القصير والمتوسط والبعيد)
- Article 43
The article tasks the Ministry with periodically estimating available water quantities and measuring withdrawals, storage and its quality, depletion rates and treatment, and requires the relevant bodies to enable and cooperate with it.
تتولى الوزارة -بشكل دوري- تقدير كميات المياه المتوافرة في مصادر المياه، وقياس حجم السحب منها، والمياه المخزنة، وجودتها، ومعدلات استنزافها، ومعالجتها، وعلى الجها
- Article 44
The article tasks the Ministry with approving strategic water storage and strategic reservoirs distributed across all regions of the Kingdom, taking into account consumers' expected needs in emergencies.
تقوم الوزارة باعتماد الخزن الاستراتيجي للمياه، واعتماد خزانات استراتيجية موزعة في جميع مناطق المملكة، على أن تراعي عند إنشائها الاحتياجات المتوقعة للمستهلكين في
- Article 46
The article allows the Ministerial Committee, on the Ministry's proposal, to ban the use of water sources in specified areas to secure reserves and strategic storage, and to lift the ban, with licensees compensated under the Ministry's regulations.
يتم بقرار من اللجنة الوزارية -بناءً على اقتراح الوزارة- حظر استخدام مصدر أو أكثر من مصادر المياه في مناطق محددة لأغراض ضمان توافر الاحتياطات المائية، والخزن الا
The texts are reproduced from the official website of the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers for reference; where they differ, the officially published Arabic text prevails. This content is not legal advice.