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Executive overview
Key findings
QAR 13.5bn: stated cost of Facility E, the Ras Abu Fontas power and desalination plant south of Doha (QNA, May 2025); USD 2.97bn co-financing package signed 15 January 2026
More than QAR 81bn: Ashghal's five-year plan of new projects, 2025–2029, across roads, buildings and drainage (planned)
About QAR 11.5bn: Ashghal's 20-project package: 12 awarded in Q1 2026 (over QAR 4.5bn) and 8 scheduled for tender (about QAR 7bn), including two strategic drainage tunnels
More than QAR 5.4bn: total cost over 25 years of the Al Wakrah and Al Wukair sewage treatment PPP, signed 2022
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Buyer relevance
Who the report is for
EPC and civil contractors
Target the Eastern and Western Strategic Tunnels, part of about QAR 7bn of Ashghal projects scheduled for tender, and the eight re-awarded drainage packages.
Pump, pipe and membrane suppliers
Map subcontract openings under Facility E's EPC contractor and Ashghal pumping stations such as Sheehaniya's 1,200 litres/second terminal station.
Infrastructure investors and lenders
Compare the Facility E co-financing (USD 990m from JBIC within USD 2.97bn) with the Al Wakrah and Al Wukair PPP's more than QAR 5.4bn over 25 years.
Operations and maintenance firms
Check which treated-effluent assets, such as the 65 km D-Line, have confirmed completion before planning service bids.
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Decision scope
Questions answered
What is the largest water project serving Doha?
Facility E at Ras Abu Fontas, stated at QAR 13.5bn (QNA, May 2025), with 110 MIGD of desalination capacity in most sources and full water output due on 1 August 2028.
Which tenders are coming up?
Ashghal scheduled eight projects worth about QAR 7bn for tender in February 2026, including the Eastern and Western Strategic Tunnels; no tender launch or award has been announced.
How is water infrastructure financed in Doha?
Through private project finance for desalination (USD 2.97bn for Facility E), a sewage PPP worth more than QAR 5.4bn over 25 years, and Ashghal's more than QAR 81bn five-year plan for 2025–2029, which covers roads and buildings as well as drainage.
Which projects are behind schedule?
The D-Line was expected by end-2025, with no completion announced; the Al Wakrah and Al Wukair works are due in 2026 and were last reported under construction in January 2025; eight delayed Ashghal packages were re-awarded on 8 October 2026.
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Inside the report
Inside the complete report
Executive Snapshot
1. Why This Matters Now in Doha
2. Current Position
3. Key Programmes, Projects and Investment
4. Policy, Regulation and Institutions
5. Risks and Constraints
6. Strategic Implications
7. What to Watch
Source Register
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Public preview
What to watch next
1. Why This Matters Now in Doha
Tender launch for the eight Ashghal projects scheduled in February 2026.
3. Key Programmes, Projects and Investment
Tender launch for the Eastern and Western Strategic Tunnels; an ASR approval or tender; a second-phase PPP tender for Al Wakrah and Al Wukair.
4. Policy, Regulation and Institutions
Enforcement of Law No. 23 of 2025 after the compliance extension from 19 June 2026; any KAHRAMAA project list under the Phase III strategy.
5. Risks and Constraints
Completion notices for the D-Line, Al Wakrah and CARP works; progress on the first re-awarded package before Q3 2027.
Section 3: the named water and drainage projects serving Doha, with owner, value, last confirmed stage and timeline.
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Included
What you receive
The complete PDF report: 13 pages, 9 sections, 12 tables and a register of 37 sources.
This edition
November 2026, First edition.
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Evidence & method
Evidence and method
The brief draws on KAHRAMAA and Ashghal releases and project pages, QNA reports, KAHRAMAA's statistics and sustainability reporting, and trade-press coverage of contracts and financing, with project stages re-checked in November 2026.
Sources
37 sources, listed in the report's source register. Evidence current to 13 November 2026. Principal data periods: project stages as last confirmed by 13 November 2026; Ashghal plans 2025–2029; KAHRAMAA operating results 2023–2025. Currency is Qatari riyals (QAR; some sources write QR), with US dollar (USD) figures where sources give them..
Evidence boundaries
This report uses authoritative source material available at the stated research cutoff. It distinguishes published facts, calculated values and analytical interpretation. No independent modelling is performed. Forward-looking analysis reflects published plans, documented trends and stated uncertainties. It does not constitute legal, financial, investment or engineering advice.
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Lead analyst
Robert C. Brears
Founder, Our Future Water Intelligence
Robert C. Brears is a water-security specialist and author whose work examines utility governance, infrastructure investment, climate resilience and long-term water-system change for executive and policy audiences.
- Decision-focused utility intelligence
- Published water-policy author
- Evidence-grounded system analysis
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Water Infrastructure Investment and Project Pipeline in Doha
- Format
- Length
- 13 pages
- Edition
- November 2026, First edition
- Price
- USD 249
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Report details
Publication details
- Publisher
- Our Future Water Intelligence
- Report family
- Insight Brief
- Edition
- November 2026, First edition
- Format
- Length
- 13 pages
- Reference
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- Evidence current to
- 13 November 2026
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