DEWA upgrades water infrastructure with pioneering world-class projects

  • Date: 25-Jan-2021
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Real Estate
  • Country:UAE
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DEWA upgrades water infrastructure with pioneering world-class projects

DUBAI- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) continues to develop world-class infrastructure, supported by assets that exceed AED182 billion owned by DEWA and its subsidiaries, and around AED86 billion of investments in the energy and water sectors over five years.This helps DEWA enhance its production capacity to meet the growing demand and provide its services to more than one million customers according to the highest standards of quality, availability, reliability, and efficiency.Water desalination plants DEWA currently has 43 Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) water desalination units with a total production capacity of 445 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of water at the D, E, G, K, L, and M-Stations. It also has a Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) plant with a production capacity of 25 MIGD. DEWA's total production capacity of desalinated water is 470 MIGD. The water desalination units are located at the Jebel Ali Power Plant and Desalination Complex, which is one of the main pillars that provides Dubai with reliable, efficient, and high-quality electricity and water services.Reverse-Osmosis water desalination technology DEWA aims to increase its SWRO production capacity to 305 MIGD by 2030, reaching 41 percent instead of its current share of five percent. The desalinated water production