DEWA completes 92.4 percent of its desalination plant at Jebel Ali port

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed 92.4 percent of the Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) desalination plant at Jebel Ali Power Plant and Desalination Complex, said the state news agency WAM in a statement

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA, said in the statement that DEWA continues implementing electricity and water infrastructure projects to keep pace with Dubai’s “growth and demand.”

The project is  expected to be completed in the last quarter of the year to maintain the surplus in production. 

DEWA’s installed capacity of desalinated water is 490 MIGD, with peak water demand reaching 378 MIGD. DEWA aims to increase its SWRO production capacity to 303 MIGD by 2030; reaching 42 percent instead of its current share of 13 percent.

SWRO desalination plants require less energy than Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) plants. The desalinated water production capacity will reach 730 MIGD in 2030.

The complex is the main supplier of Dubai’s electricity and water services.