Ruler of Sharjah approves 500 million dirhams for the construction of a sewage network and an integrated treatment plant in Muwailih
His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, approved 500 million dirhams for the establishment of an integrated sanitation network in Muwailih, which is one of the most rapid areas in urban development and population density.
The head of the Sharjah Public Works Department, Eng. Ali bin Shaheen Al-Suwaidi, said: The department has combined efforts with its strategic partners to develop an integrated plan for drainage in the city of Sharjah until 2040 to develop the sanitation sector and determine the priority of implementing drainage projects to establish an integrated sanitation system at a measured economic cost in conjunction with urban development and density. The expected population in the city, with the aim of preserving the environment, reducing the number of tanks, and reducing the percentage of carbon emissions, as part of the department's endeavor to achieve sustainable civilized construction and support continuous development, including mega projects and other new initiatives that are synchronized with building an infrastructure commensurate with the urban development and population growth in the emirate.
For her part, the Director of the Public Services Department at the Department, Eng. Hind Al-Hashemi, confirmed that the project will contribute to creating an attractive environment for investment and a place that encourages work and livelihood .. pointing out that the study and design of the sewage system in Muwailih was done to become an integrated and flexible system that keeps pace with the expected population development of the region, which will contribute Infrastructure development to be an influential factor in the economic development of Sharjah.
The new sewage system for the area includes a sewage network of 58 kilometers with 1155 inspection rooms to cover the entire Muwailih area. The network will serve 2,129 existing buildings as a first stage, provided that it will serve 1218 buildings in the future.
The system also includes a pumping station that receives untreated water from the sewage network with a capacity of 2,300 liters per second, which is pumped to the treatment plant via a pumping line of 10 km length.
Al-Hashemi explained that the treatment plant was designed using tertiary treatment technology to receive untreated water with a capacity of 30,000 cubic meters per day as a first stage, with a maximum capacity of 130,000 cubic meters per day, allowing the production of treated water usable for irrigation purposes on an area of 1.5 million Square meters .. indicating that, in order to benefit from the treated water output, an irrigation network was designed to contribute to expanding the green areas on the outskirts of roads and in parks and gardens.
She noted that the sewage system for the Muwailih area was designed with great attention to preserve the environment and to be an attractive environment for investments and an encouraging place to work and live, as all international environmental requirements and specifications were taken into account for the implementation of the sewage system, where the latest types of technology and equipment were used in water treatment and odor elimination.
Upon completion of the implementation of the sanitation system, the number of water tankers will consequently decrease in stages commensurate with the establishment of sewage networks and the establishment and development of the treatment plant, leading to the complete disposal of the tanks, which will have a good impact on preserving the environment and covering the city's needs of treated irrigation water to increase the green areas.
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