| The five hundred high-intensity spotlights that illuminate the fountain also had to be specially designed to withstand the constant barrage of thousands of tons of water an hour falling from several hundred feet | This scale was found to be insufficiently impressive for planners When the fountain started work The fountain as it stands today began operating in 1985, and has been running without any significant difficulties for over twenty years |
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| The pipes and pump systems are isometrically designed and made of special stainless steel | The nozzles are constructed of a specially designed alloy which can withstand a constant pressure of forty-two bar over 609 pounds per square inch |
The water is passed through a series of screens before it reaches the pumps, filtering out soil, sand, and organic matter.
12| The spots are mounted on special islands | The intakes for the pumps are in a special pit that is continually pumped dry and treated annually with anti-fouling paint that prevents growth of marine life |
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| The salt-water fountain was donated to the City of Jeddah by the late King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Detailed view of the King Fahd Fountain Visible throughout the entire city of Jeddah, the water fountain consists of a single massive plume of water shooting vertically into the air at a speed of 233 miles per hour |
Water exits the pumps via a 350 meter high-pressure output line constructed with steadily decreasing diameters towards the nozzles.