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Dubai achieves world record for lowest water loss rate of 8.26%

Dubai has attained its lowest ever water-loss price of 8.26 %, thanks to the quality, availability, effectiveness, reliability, and wonderful client service supplied by Dubai Electricity and also Water Authority (DEWA), which is working to power the social and also economic development of the Emirate.

DEWA's strategy has plans to enhance its future procedures that include efforts to raise the effectiveness and also reliability of water networks to fulfill Dubai's enhancing demand.

"We make every effort to fulfill the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and also Ruler of Dubai to further develop Dubai's competitive capabilities and strengthen its location worldwide," said HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO, DEWA.

"DEWA uses the current modern ingenious approaches for its production, transmission, circulation as well as control systems for water networks. DEWA has actually achieved milestones worldwide, surpassing significant European and American business by cutting water network losses from 9.1 % in 2014 to 8.26 % in 2015, compared with 15 % in North America. DEWA managed to lower water network losses from 42 % in 1988 to 10.4 % in 2013 as a result of it being made a top priority by management. We will certainly continue our efforts to change Dubai's entire water network by changing old links with brand-new ones, replacing water meters, and establishing new transmission and circulation networks that adapt the greatest global standards. Quiting leaks in defective systems will certainly get rid of water loss by a huge percentage and also enable us to save a lot of water," Al Tayer included.

"We have made use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) to evaluate the water network and also identify and also remotely-manage prospective leakages in the system. DEWA has actually additionally embraced modern innovation to scan the transmission and circulation networks to stop splits from causing leakages in the system.".

"DEWA is keeping the effectiveness of all its procedures, with over 10,000 workers handling the requirements of roughly 700,000 electrical energy as well as water consumers within Dubai alone. DEWA has a present capacity of 9,656 megawatts (MW) of power, as well as desalinates 470 million gallons on a daily basis.".

"Thanks to DEWA's efficiency technique, we have actually received many awards and also have achieved success in your area and internationally," wrapped up Al Tayer.

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