Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) said it has awarded an AED10.9 million ($2.96 million) contract to lay a 562-metre glass-reinforced epoxy (GRE) water pipeline in Hatta.

Besides the 1,500-mm-diameter GRE pipeline, the project includes construction of a jet valve chamber that will extend the lower outlet valve of Hatta Dam to the Wadi area, said Dewa in a statement.  

The first station of its kind in the GCC region, the project is part of the pumped-storage hydroelectric power plant being developed by Dewa in Hatta, it stated.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa, pointed out that the project supported the comprehensive plan to develop Hatta and address its social, economic, developmental and environmental requirements.

Dewa is developing a world-class infrastructure for electricity and water to keep pace with the growing demand in Dubai and provide its services according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, efficiency, and quality, said Al Tayer.

It applies the best global practices in all its projects and leverages the latest technologies in the generation, transmission, distribution and management of electricity and water networks, to raise production and operational efficiency, he added.-TradeArabia News Service