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A number of major sewage treatment works are currently under way across the country, according to the Public Works Authority (Ashghal). |
Information sourced from the authority’s 2013-14 annual report shows that the QR8bn Doha North Sewage Treatment Works is among the prominent projects currently being executed.
The project, the largest for an integrated drainage system, will serve approximately 900,000 residents around the north of Doha and West Bay in addition to the western areas of Doha, The Pearl-Qatar and Lusail city (under development).
The drainage system includes a sewage treatment plant with a capacity of 245,000 cubic m per day and a sewage pumping station for treated sewage effluent.
According to the report, the drainage system covers the stretch starting from Duhail to The Pearl-Qatar as well as Umm Salal and Al Kharaitiyat.
The formal commissioning of the project is expected soon.
Similar drainage sewage treatment works are also going on in Doha South.
The other ongoing works include the upgrade and refurbishing of a package treatment plant at Al Jamailiya and North Camp, expansion of the Industrial Area sewage treatment plant (Phase 2), extension works of the Al Khor treatment plant (phases 1 and 2) and maintenance and operations of the Doha South treatment plant.
The report says some of the other major works are in different stages of tendering. These include the Al Thakira sewage treatment works and Madinat al Shamal sewage works.
