The document summarizes two flooding disasters that occurred in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 2009 and 2011. Over 70 people were killed in the 2009 floods and the government failed to respond immediately. In 2011, over 100 people were killed in another flood, and planning to address the issue had still not been completed. The document discusses failures in project management, sanitation history, and environmental factors like the Mesk Lake that contributed to the disasters. It calls for the government to take responsibility and make more ethical choices regarding prediction, response, honesty, and environmental protection.

1. Jeddah Disaster
Ethical study of what happen in Jeddah flood
SELP 540 Engineering Ethics
By Abdulaziz Almaarik

2. Jeddah city
Saudi Arabia

3. What happened in Jeddah didn’t stay
in Jeddah!

4. 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.

5. The history of Jeddah Sanitation.
• Week of planning.
• No predictions about the future.
• Environmental pollution.

7. 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.

9. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

14. Thank you
Abdulaziz Almaarik