Dubai Commissions Desalination Units

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has commissioned two desalination plants in the port town of Jebel Ali to increase Dubai’s water supply.

The units each have a capacity to desalinate 17.5 million gallons per day.

Dewa will increase its desalination capacity by 35 million gallons per day during the second half of the year by adding another two gas turbines, a pair of desalination units and four auxiliary boilers.

The plant, which was set up with an investment of AED1.15bn ($313m), will also generate 2,000MW of electricity and 140 gallons of desalinated water per day.