Monitoring the Emissions from the Electric Power Stations
Program Objective
Following and monitoring the emissions issued by the electric power stations at Riyadh, and applying the procedures for limiting its negative effects.
Responsible Agencies
● Saudi electricity company
Participating Agencies
● The General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection
Procedures of Program Execution
● Preparing a comprehensive study to evaluate the environmental effect resulting from the electric power stations of Riyadh
● Applying the procedures of limiting the emissions
● Setting up an air-quality monitoring station
● Measure the emissions from the chimneys (CEMS)
Preparing an environmental record on restrictive standards of the general environmental system, also preparing the indicators for the pollution rate reduction
● Setting up a time schedule to eliminate the air pollution, especially from the electric power stations located within the living quarters.
● Putting in place a time schedule to shift from using the crude fuel to another sustainable and effective environmental alternative used in operations of all electricity power stations.
Rationalization of Energy Consumption
Program Objective
Reduce energy utilization, and, get optimal utilization of the electric energy resources to preserve the environment
Responsible Agencies
● Saudi Energy Efficiency Center
Participating Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
● Electricity and cogeneration regulatory authority
● Saudi electricity company
● The Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Wealth
● Riyadh development authority
Procedures of Program Execution
● Conduct a study about the increase of the carbon quantity in Riyadh
● Activating environmental awareness programs
● Applying thermal insulation in all buildings
Riyadh Afforestation
Program Objective
Increase the green spaces and the recreational areas for the citizens within the quarters and the vital areas, corresponding to the environmental circumstances to improve public and individual health, increase the social communication among the citizens and enhance the human dimension inside the city.
Responsible Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
Participating Agencies
●Royal commission of Riyadh city
● The national water company
● The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
Procedures of Program Execution
Setting up a comprehensive plan to develop the green patches in the city for the following items:
• Afforestation of roads, streets and the squares in the city
• Create and rehabilitate the gardens and the main parks
• Create and rehabilitate the gardens and parks within the quarters
Establishment of a botanical garden
• Setting a mechanism to achieve the suitability between the urban growth and the green spaces.
• Participation of the private sector in the development of the green surfaces as part of its social responsibilities
• Choose types of trees and plants that adapt to the climate of Riyadh
• Apply irrigation methods that achieve the environmental sustainability in using the surface water and the processed sewage water
• Create continuous educational and awareness programs about the local plants in Riyadh
• Activate the social role in preserving the gardens and parks, and participate in the cultivation of plants and trees in cities and houses
• Participate in events relating to trees and plants
Adjust the Random Activities in Riyadh and Control It
Program Objective
Set a work plan in place to remove the random activities, and to suggest alternative locations for the seasonal activities according to a regulated mechanism.
Responsible Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
Participating Agencies
● Riyadh development authority
Procedures of Program Execution
● Removing the random activities in the empty areas and around the city which include camels and sheep’s enclosures, and the camps with its random entertainment activities that spread around it and its associated activities
● Increasing the monitoring and follow-ups to eliminate this phenomenon through a continuous work program, and support the committees responsible for monitoring, irregularities and subsidiary municipality by providing the possibilities that enable it to do its works accordingly
● Regulating some of the necessary seasonal and temporary activities like the seasonal camps, locations of construction equipment standing or the temporary sale and what follow these camps from associated activities
Control Littering in Public Places
Program Objective
Eliminating littering in the gardens, parks, streets, and open areas. Also, raise the environmental awareness to maintain the city environment.
Responsible Agencies
● Riyadh municipality
● Riyadh traffic management
Participating Agencies
● All the participating agencies in the high authority for environment protection at Riyadh
● The special sector
● The volunteers
● School and universities students
Procedures of Program Execution
● Monitor littering in gardens, streets, and open areas
● Apply a cleanliness fine program where a fine is applied for throwing litter from vehicles in to the roads
● Link the eye cleanliness program to include the public gardens and parks
● Raise the people’s awareness about the disadvantages of littering and the related fines
● Include littering as a traffic violation
● Increase the eye cleanliness program members
● Maintain the natural environment, with a partnership between governmental and special sectors, the volunteers, and the students
Monitoring the Quality of Surface Water and the Soil in Riyadh
Program Objective
Making the comprehensive and periodic monitoring of the underground water, and monitoring the effects of water rise and fall on the city.
Responsible Agencies
● The high authority for Riyadh development
Participating Agencies
● The General Authority for Meteorology and Environmental Protection
Procedures of Program Execution
● Monitoring the effect of raising the underground water level and how it affects the city growth
● Monitoring and evaluating the efficiency of the implemented projects
● Studying the health effects due to the raised underground water level
● Knowing the patterns of the rise of ground water and its quality to acknowledge the needed balance of the city, and the areas that could be affected
