DEWA increases its desalinated water capacity to 490MIGD per day – MEP MiddleEast

  • Date: 21-Jun-2021
  • Source: MEP Middle East
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:UAE
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DEWA increases its desalinated water capacity to 490MIGD per day – MEP MiddleEast

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that its capacity of desalinated water production has increased to 490 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) after adding new advanced units at its Jebel Ali Power Plant and Desalination Complex using Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) technology.

This is part of DEWA's efforts to keep pace with the continuous growth in Dubai and meet the growing demand for electricity and water in the Emirate.

Commenting on the milestone, the managing director and chief executive officer of DEWA, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, said: “We work in line with the vision of the wise leadership to develop a world-class infrastructure to keep pace with the growing demand for energy and water and provide excellent services for over a million customers in Dubai according to the highest standards of availability, reliability, safety, and efficiency.

“This is supported by assets worth more than AED182bn owned by DEWA and its subsidiaries as well as investments of up to $49.5bn (AED86bn) over five years in the energy and water sectors.”

Currently, DEWA has 43 Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) water desalination units with a total production capacity of 427 MIGD of water at the D-, E-, G-, K-, L, and