DEWA’s desalinated water production at Jebel Ali increases to 490m imperial gallons daily

  • Date: 21-Jun-2021
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:UAE
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DEWA’s desalinated water production at Jebel Ali increases to 490m imperial gallons daily

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has increased its production of desalinated water to 490 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD). The increased production is a result of adding new units at DEWA's Jebel Ali Power Plant and Desalination Complex which uses Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) technology, said a statement issued by . Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and and CEO of DEWA said that 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 M Stations. It also has 2 SWRO plants with a production capacity of 63 MIGD. DEWA's total production capacity of desalinated water at the Jebel Ali Power Plant and Desalination Complex is therefore 490 MIGD. He said that DEWA aims to increase its SWRO production capacity to 303 MIGD by 2030, reaching 42 per cent, instead of its current share of 13 per cent. The desalinated water production capacity will reach 730 MIGD in 2030. SWRO desalination plants require less energy than MSF plants. One of DEWA's latest projects using this technology is at the Jebel Ali K-Station, which has a production capacity of 40