Aisha Mohamed Abdullah Al Abdooli, director, Green Development Department in Ministry of Climate Change and Environment., is the writer of the column.
The UAE has identified waste management as one with enormous potential to create employment and generate entrepreneurial opportunities
The projects will be developed using the BOT/BOO scheme to finance the construction of wastewater treatment facilities. (Image source: Atkins)
Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin group, has won an advisory services contract from state-owned National Water Company (NWC) as part of a consortium to provide sustainable sanitation services in Saudi Arabia
The plant will secure water supply to Casablanca. (Image source: Michael Collot/sxc.hu)
Morocco is finalising a feasibility study and financial and institutional structures for a new seawater desalination plant project
HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. (Image source: Zaywa)
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced that the adoption rate of its smart services has reached 80 per cent, ahead of the 2018 deadline set by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to reduce the number of visitors to government offices
The MoU was signed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of DEWA, and Dr Saif Saleh Al Seiari, director general of ADWEA. (Image source: DEWA)
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) have signed an MoU agreement to build a strategic water connection network between Dubai and Abu Dhabi by establishing water reserves in the UAE
