Al Hassan Engineering secures contract for reservoir project in Oman

Al Hassan Engineering Company (AHEC) has secured a contract from the Public Authority for Electricity and Water (PAEW) to construct phase one of the Emergency Water Storage Reservoirs project in Muscat, Oman.

The scope of work includes the construction of six emergency water reservoirs at four locations in the capital.

The biggest of the reservoirs will be constructed in Qurum with two units each having a storage capacity of 73,000m³.

One reservoir will be built in Ruwi with a capacity of 25,000m³ and two more reservoirs each with a capacity of 15,000m³ will be built in Al Wadi al Kabir and Wattayah.

Infrastructure such as access roads, guard houses, pump systems, tanker filling stations, and connections to the local supply grid are included in the contract.

The Emergency Water Storage Reservoirs project will be a back-up facility to be automatically deployed in case of a supply crisis or technical breakdown of the Muscat Water Supply Scheme, reports Oman Daily Observer.

PAEW, which is overseeing development of strategically located emergency storage reservoirs around the capital region, conceived the plan in the aftermath of the adverse weather in June 2007.