Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has invited tenders from leading consultancy services for the design and construction of a 30-million-gallon water reservoir in the Hatta region of the emirate.

Dubai's government utility had early this year awarded a consultancy contract worth Dh6.3 million ($1.7 million) for the designing and construction of two water reservoirs in the emirate.

The first reservoir, with a storage capacity of 120 million gallons of desalinated water, would be located at Al Nakhli, while the second, with a storage capacity of 60 million gallons, will be at Al Lusaily area of Dubai, said a statement from Dewa.

The last of date for submission of bids for the latest tender is June 24, it added.-TradeArabia News Service