As part of the water security strategy in the northern emirates, Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE) is implementing 29 vital projects, worth a capital investment of $816.77 million (AED 3 billion), which will form a new water transmission network across Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah.
Almost 90 percent complete, the projects will provide the required pumping, pipeline, and network storage facilities to deliver 682,000 cubic metres (150 million gallons) of water per day to EtihadWE customers produced by the new desalination plant at Umm Al Quwain.
The projects comprise 336 kilometres of pipeline, four pumping stations, and 22 storage reservoirs.
The emirates where the projects are implemented are experiencing rapid growth in population and several new commercial and industrial megaprojects have been planned, requiring significant water infrastructure.
In response EtihadWE is building the water production and water transmission infrastructure to meet their short-, medium-, and long-term needs.
While visiting the new water distribution center in Ras Al Khaimah, to follow up on progress, Mohammad Mohammad Saleh, the director general of EtihadEW confirmed that the organisation is currently working, in cooperation with its strategic partners, to implement a number of projects aligned with the UAE Water Security Strategy 2036 and aimed at ensuring the sustainability and continuity of access to water during all conditions.
Saleh said: “This strategic water scheme will support water security for residents and business in the northern emirates providing water for residential, industrial and agricultural sectors, bringing both environmental and economic benefits.
“It is also allowing EtihadWE to halt the operation of older thermal desalination plants thus reducing the emissions of carbon dioxide, associated with water desalination process.”
He concluded saying that this scheme will also link all the areas supervised by the company together for the first time, ensure greater efficiency in controlling and distributing water through Al-Khurijah Distribution Center, provide a digital platform to monitor and reduce water losses, and prioritise maintenance work and replace old networks.
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