Palm will use world's largest vacuum sewerage

CLEANING UP: A state-of-the-art sewerage system will keep the ocean clean around the Palm Jumeirah.

The largest sewerage system of its kind anywhere in the world will be used in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah project, developer Nakheel announced on Thursday.

Serving 2,000 villas through 900 collection chambers, 40 kilometres of pipeline and the world’s largest vacuum station, the state-of-the-art vacuum sewerage system is also the first such device to be used in the UAE.  

It will deliver waste water to a membrane bio-reactor (MBR) system sewerage treatment plant located on the trunk of Palm Jumeirah.

None of the treated effluent will be released into the sea with the safe waste water instead used to irrigate landscaping on the development, reducing demand for desalinated water and helping to protect the vital resource.

The pipe network runs underground, with the system designed to prevent leaks and the treatment process to be odourless.

The system has been developed by Corodex Electromechanic, a part of Concorde-Corodex Group, a leading supplier of water supply engineering and wastewater treatment systems.

Abdulrahman Kalantar, managing director of design and development at Nakheel and a driving force behind the Blue Communities sustainability initiative which the development is adhering to, said:  “We chose a vacuum sewerage system because of the many environmental, social and cost benefits it brings to Palm Jumeirah including the reuse of treated, safe wastewater for irrigation purposes and its low impact construction coupled with the highest heath and safety standards. This makes it ideally suited to reclaimed land projects in region.”

Mahmood Awad, managing director of Concorde–Corodex Group, said: “Palm Jumeirah is one of the most well-known developments in the world and we are honoured to have played this small but important role in its development.”

Corodex Electromechanic handed the environment friendly system over to Nakheel following a fast build period. Nakheel has confirmed that it has selected the Corodex system for developments on Palm Deira and the company will start work on these projects shortly.

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Another Dubai
Posted by Graham Plater, Munich, Germany on Monday 1 September 2008 at 21:17 UAE time

With a few technical modifications the world's largest sewage system might be used to dispose of some of the rubbish surrounding Dubai as home to the world's "biggest/tallest/widest/longest" whatever. Seriously - when will the hype subside and common sense begin to play a rôle in Dubai's development?

Clarifications
Posted by MS, Dubai on Monday 1 September 2008 at 15:38 UAE time


I think the article meant with regards to world's largest vacuum station not network. Yes, the system in Vienna has several vacuum stations connected to several networks in the same area. However, the palm jumeriah has the largest vacuum station connected to one solitary network. It is also the first project to be done and completed on reclaimed land in the Emirates unlike Sharjah University.

Vacuum sewer
Posted by Sumanta on Sunday 31 August 2008 at 20:00 UAE time

Hi,

I came across something on wikipedia which states that the worlds largest vacuum sewerage station is actually located in Vienna.

It reads as follows:

The biggest installation in Europe and considered to be one of the biggest installations world wide (several vacuum stations) can be found in Gerasdorf (near Vienna), Austria, where many benefits of a vacuum sewer system helped to overcome difficult conditions in this mountainous area.

Vacuum Sewage Systems
Posted by GA on Sunday 31 August 2008 at 10:28 UAE time

The article states "The largest sewerage system of its kind anywhere in the world will be used in Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah project, and the state-of-the-art vacuum sewerage system is also the first such device to be used in the UAE."

Both of this statements need to be clarified as vacuum sewage systems have been installed in projects in the UAE previously ie. Zayed Sports City Stadium and Sharjah University by the 'Redivac' Company. Also there is a project in NSW Australia which serves 4500 homes.

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