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24 March 2008
Dubai: Construction has begun in Dubai on what will become the world's largest pre-stressed concrete drinking water reservoirs to help meet escalating demand brought on by multi-billion dollar property projects, a statement said on Sunday.
The three giant rectangular reservoirs, each with a capacity of 60 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD), are being constructed in the Mushrif area of Dubai by the Mammut GroupMammut Group
under a $168.6 million (Dh619 million) contract.
The Mushrif reservoirs are part of a Dh12 billion ($3.3 billion) package of infrastructure projects recently unveiled by Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (Dewa)Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (Dewa) designed to meet the water and electricity demands of all existing and planned projects in the emirate.
"On completion, the three reservoirs will contain a total of 180 million gallons of drinking water, marking a major milestone in Dubai's expansion of its utility infrastructure," Behzad Ferdows, chairman and CEO of the Dubai-headquartered Mammut GroupMammut Group, said in a statement.
"With rapid population growth and economic development driving an exponential increase in the demand for water, governments throughout the region are continuously boosting supply to keep pace," he added.
The Earl Thomas Reservoir serving San Diego in California currently holds the record as the world's largest pre-stressed concrete drinking water reservoir with a capacity of 35 million gallons.
According to DewaDewa statistics, Dubai currently has a water capacity of 262 MIGD - due to rise to nearly 800 million gallons a day by 2015.
The Mushrif reservoirs will expand DewaDewa's current water storage capacity from 235 million gallons to 415 million gallons.
Announcing the package of expansion projects, Saeed Mohammad Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of DewaDewa, said they would "satisfy the unprecedented growth in demand for DewaDewa's services for the ambitious projects in progress".
Construction of the reservoirs will take 15 months with preliminary prefabrication work being carried out at Mammut GroupMammut Group's 300,000 square metre facilities at Dubai's Technopark.
The contract is being carried out in conjunction with MammutMammut's partners in the project, the Max Boegel Group of Germany.
The Mammut GroupMammut Group is one of the Middle East's largest industrial contracting and manufacturing companies with core strengths in the manufacture of pre-engineered steel and pre-cast concrete.
Fact file: Meeting demand
Facility to cover a total area of approximately 165,000 square metres.
Measure 372 metres in length, by 169 metres in width and 5.6 metres in depth.
Reservoirs to consume 270,000 cubic metres of concrete.
To use 27,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel.
By Staff Reporter
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