A deepwater drainage tunnel to help Dubai manage stormwater and tackle the threat of flooding is in its final pre-operational stage.
Dawoud Al Hajri, director general of Dubai Municipality, visited the site on Monday.
The drainage system will serve an area of 500 square kilometres and will collect and store water for the next 100 years.
Stantec, an architectural and engineering company, said the system was designed to drain 40 per cent of the entire urban area of the city.
It will serve the whole of Dubai South, which is home to the emirate’s new airport and the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
Water will pass through a 10.3-kilometre tunnel that has an internal diameter of 10 metres and a depth of between 40 and 60 metres.
The tunnel ends at the main pumping station near Jebel Ali Port.
Excess water can be drained through pumps connected to lines extending 600 metres into the sea.
The gravity drain system does not require sub-pumping stations to control the flow of water.
This reduced the project cost and will help to save 20 per cent in operating and maintenance expenses, Dubai Municipality said.
The project also offers protection to the marine environment. Stormwater will be discharged into the sea only after climate change and the sea level have been taken into account.
In January last year, storms and heavy rain caused widespread damage and disruption in several communities in Dubai, while traffic was brought to a standstill by flooding.
More than 3,000 Dubai Municipality staff worked tirelessly to drain water across the emirate that week.
It is hoped the new drainage system will mitigate the effects of flooding and ensure fewer resources and manpower are needed in the future.
Flood water pumped away in Dubai - in pictures
$1,000 award for 1,000 days on madrasa portal
Daily cash awards of $1,000 dollars will sweeten the Madrasa e-learning project by tempting more pupils to an education portal to deepen their understanding of math and sciences.
School children are required to watch an educational video each day and answer a question related to it. They then enter into a raffle draw for the $1,000 prize.
“We are targeting everyone who wants to learn. This will be $1,000 for 1,000 days so there will be a winner every day for 1,000 days,” said Sara Al Nuaimi, project manager of the Madrasa e-learning platform that was launched on Tuesday by the Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, to reach Arab pupils from kindergarten to grade 12 with educational videos.
“The objective of the Madrasa is to become the number one reference for all Arab students in the world. The 5,000 videos we have online is just the beginning, we have big ambitions. Today in the Arab world there are 50 million students. We want to reach everyone who is willing to learn.”
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