Dubai: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has awarded a consultancy contract worth Dh6.3 million to design and construct two water reservoirs in Al Nakhli with a storage capacity of 120 million gallons, and in Al Lusaily with a storage capacity of 60 million gallons.

The new facilities will increase the storage capacity of Dubai to 1,010 million gallons.

Dewa said this supports its strategy to implement vital projects, especially the infrastructure, and upgrade the efficiency of water and electricity networks to meet the growing demand for these services.