Nakheel real estate brings unique sewerage system to Palm Jumeirah

Nakheel real estate chose vacuum sewerage system because of environmental and cost benefits it brings to Palm Jumeirah property

Nakheel, Dubai's leading real estate developer, announced details of Palm Jumeirah's, largest of its kind in the world, vacuum sewerage system aimed at meeting sustainability objectives for the artificial island development. The advanced vacuum sewerage system at Palm Jumeirah serves 2,000 villas through 900 collection chambers, 40 kilometres of pipeline and the world's largest vacuum station.

Abdulrahman Kalantar, Managing Director of Design & Development at Nakheel, said: "The sewerage system is probably one of the last things a homeowner considers when deciding to purchase - but it is a crucial component in the successful operation of a residential community. We chose a vacuum sewerage system because of the many environmental, social and cost benefits it brings to Palm Jumeirah."

The system's design offers a number of other environmental benefits, from low-cost and low-impact construction, to the ability to cross water protection areas because leaks cannot occur. This means that, unlike traditional treatment processes and pipe networks, the vacuum system is completely odorless. As the pipe network is all underground, it is also unobtrusive, providing an ideal solution in a place like Dubai. The system has been developed by Corodex Electromechanic, a part of Concorde-Corodex Group, which is one of the world's leading suppliers of water supply engineering and wastewater treatment systems.