01 April 2022

Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE) has completed about 90 per cent of the work on 29 vital projects worth AED3 billion ($820 million), which will combine to form a new water transmission network across the Northern Emirates.

The projects, in Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah, will provide the required pumping, pipeline and network storage facilities to deliver 682,000 cu m (150 million gallons) per day of water produced by the new desalination plant at Umm Al Quwain to EtihadWE customers. The projects comprise 336 km of pipeline, four pumping stations and 22 storage reservoirs.

EtihadWE is currently working, in cooperation with its strategic partners, to implement a number of projects that are in line with the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036 and aimed at ensuring the sustainability and continuity of access to water in all conditions, said Mohammad Mohammad Saleh, Director General of EtihadWE, who visited the new water distribution centre in Ras Al Khaimah to follow up on the progress of the 29 projects. He was accompanied by Aref Ahmad Berhama, Executive Director of Water Directorate, and Anas Al Kassem, representing Stantec – the consultant responsible for the design, and supervision of the system – as well as other officials.

The Northern Emirates are experiencing rapid growth in population and several new commercial and industrial megaprojects have been planned, which will require significant water infrastructure. EtihadWE said it is therefore building the water production and water transmission infrastructure to meet their short, medium, and long-term needs.  

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