Jeddah Disaster

Ethical study of what happen in Jeddah flood

SELP 540 Engineering Ethics

By Abdulaziz Almaarik

Jeddah city

Saudi Arabia

What happened in Jeddah didn’t stay in Jeddah!

Introduction

• The history of Jeddah Sanitation. • The Mesk Lake. • Project Management Failures• Why did the government and the companies

did before the disaster.• Why did they not respond immediately after

the first disaster.

The history of Jeddah Sanitation.

• Week of planning.• No predictions about the future.• Environmental pollution.

What happen?

• In 2009, rain flood effected the city at least 70 were killed and more that 300 is missing.

• The government did not respond immediately.

So what?

• In 2011, rain flood accrue again and more that 100 people were killed.

• The planning stage in that time to solve the problem did not finished yet.

Now what?

• After 2011, the government discharge the Mesk lake from water in 15 days.

• The government announced that there is 8 new project will start immediately with the cost of 2 billion dollars.

• The government will pay for all the harm, people or objects.

Back to the problem

• Taking charge of responsibilities.• No prediction about the future and the Gov.

did not make a moral choices. • Honesty.• Environmental ethics.

Thank you

Abdulaziz Almaarik