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