Innovative technology set to make West Bay and Lusail green

The Netherlands Embassy, Doha Municipality, Dutch company AquaPro Holland and Lusail City have jointly launched an innovative project to grow trees using 90% less water in West Bay and Lusail. A total of 160 saplings have been planted using the 'Groasis waterboxx' technology. Initial results are expected in October this year when the saplings would have survived with watering only once or twice in between, the Gulf Times reported Thursday. The Groasis technology, introduced by AquaPro Holland, a private company founded by inventor Pieter Hoff, is at the core of the pilot project. "The Groasis Technology is a planting technology, and not a way of irrigation. While planting during the first year water savings go over 90% compared to any other planting method," an official said yesterday. The pilot project could be replicated on a wider scale in all of Qatar's public spaces, roads, houses and parks and the country turned into a green peninsula. The Netherlands embassy in Doha, together with the Doha Municipality and Lusail City, have agreed to make Qatar greener while efficiently preserving water. Qatar's vision to implement sustainable solutions to challenges such as food risks or water shortages has resulted in opening up a highly important areas for co-operation with other entities.