(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: The total annual water production in Qatar reached 671 million cubic meters in 2022, according to Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa).
Kahramaa continued its achievements and successes in ensuring water security in Qatar through the completion of many projects and works to provide safe and healthy water to all residents.
New water networks with a lengt h of 151km, from 100mm to 1600mm, were launched to improve the performance of the water Network and connect new customers in response to high demand, urban expansion, and great economic renaissance taking place in the country, said a report by Kahramaa.
The report issued by Kahramaa demonstrates its achievements during the previous year. As many as 3,900 new properties were connected to the water distribution network and 35,983 water complaints were successfully dealt with.
Maintenance work was carried out in 56 water facilities, including water pumping stations, tank stations and reservoirs.
To enhance the water security in Qatar, Kahramaa teams successfully added an additional 64 million gallons in mega reservoir projects, equivalent to 4.5% of the total capacity of the project, bringing the total of what was launched to 1,421 million gallons, 100% of the target capacity.
The water storage margin rose to 2,396 million gallons, compared to 2,332 million gallons in the same period in the previous year. To utilise rainfall as much as possible, the work on rehabilitation of 313 wells for water harvesting has also been completed. The Corporation has also completed the groundwater modelling project in the country.
To maintain the highest quality of drinking water in Qatar, samples were collected from approximately 11,500 points for testing water quality, including water production plants and reservoirs through the water distribution network during the year.
The samples were examined in the water quality laboratory, which adopts pioneering technology in analysing water specifications ensuring the best international standards of quality and safety.
Throughout 2022, Kahramaa continued to enhance the efficiency of the national electricity grid through a wide range of projects and businesses. The planning phase of the North Field projects has been completed, which provides the electrical infrastructure supporting the field's expansion works. The five-year network expansion plan 2023-2027 has been prepared to meet the expected load growth demand. The network achieved exceptional levels of performance, despite peak demand rising by 6%, compared to last year's peak.
Kahramaa responded to the requests of major factories in emergency cases and provided them the needed capacity to maintain production rates as a commitment from the Corporation to support the industrial sector in light of its national responsibility as the exclusive distributor of electricity in Qatar.
The Corporation inaugurated 10 main high-voltage electrical stations to expand the electric transmission network. It has maintained transformers and electrical switches with a voltage of 11 kV as well as switches for disconnecting and connecting gas to most of the main transmission stations.
In addition to the success in raising the efficiency and reliability of the electric transmission network through the inauguration of 50 circuits of high and ultra-high voltage cables with a length of 60.1km, Kahramaa also supported the country's infrastructure projects by issuing 7,774 permits to work in the sector of high- and ultra-high-voltage cables. Four old main stations that are separated from the electric transmission network were demolished.