Qatar Mega Reservoirs
Strategic storage, Phase 1 about 1,500 million imperial gallons of storage at five sites, about 200 km of large-diameter pipeline in Qatar.
Operational
Landmark Five reservoir sites and about 200 km of pipeline, built so one broken supply line cannot empty the taps.
The record
- Country
- Qatar
- Location
- Doha
- Coordinates
- 25.290, 51.530
- Technology
- Strategic storage
- Capacity
- Phase 1 about 1,500 million imperial gallons of storage at five sites, about 200 km of large-diameter pipeline
- Capital cost
- US$3.2 billion
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Kahramaa
- Contractor
- Consolidated Contractors Company/Teyseer (packages A and C), HBK Contracting (package B), Habtoor Leighton Group (package D), China Gezhouba/Burhan International Contracting (package E)
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- Government
- Award or start year
- 2015
- Commissioned
- 2018-12
Record last checked 2026-09-04.
History
- 2011
Concept design by Sogreah completed
- 2012-02
Hyder appointed for detailed design and construction supervision
- 2015-03
Main construction contractors selected for packages A to E
- 2018-01
Phase 1 reaches experimental operation
- 2018-12
Phase 1 launched
- 2020-08
Guinness World Record for largest drinking water storage tank reported
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- MEED, Water Security Mega Reservoirs project. meed.com.
- The Peninsula, Mega reservoirs project nears completion, 21 January 2018. thepeninsulaqatar.com.
- Gulf Times, Kahramaa enters Guinness World Records for largest drinking water storage tank in the world, 31 August 2020. gulf-times.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.