Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a contract worth US$35.4mn to extend its water network in order to meet increasing needs for water and building infrastructure
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DEWA allocates budget of US$6.42bn for 2016

To increase water storage capacity at DEWA, two reservoirs will be built at Al Nakhly. (Image source: Unsplash/Pixabay)
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has approved a total budget of US$6.42bn for 2016, compared to US$6.26bn in 2015, to adopt the latest clean energy technologies in order to provide reliable and efficient water supply
Tadweer to set standards to reduce construction waste in GCC

Experts in waste management say that recycling C&D waste can conserve raw material, energy and water, as well as reduce the production of greenhouse emissions. (Image source: EcoWaste)
Tadweer, integrated solid waste management company ? Abu Dhabi, aims to set regional standards for construction and demolition (C&D) waste reduction, as part of the Abu Dhabi Waste Management Master Plan
Oman?s Sohar signs environmental deal with be?ah
Oman?s Environmental Services Holding Company, be?ah, recently signed a deal with Sohar to roll out a waste management project, closely located to the leased-out first phase of the Sohar Freezone
Masdar pilot desalination programme inaugurated in Abu Dhabi

Representatives from Masdar, Abengoa, Suez, Sidem and Trevi Systems at the launch of the desalination project. (Image source: Masdar)
Masdar?s pilot desalination programme at Dhantoot, Abu Dhabi has officially been inaugurated, which will produce 1,500 cu/m per day of potable water every day for the next 15 months with the use of energy-efficient and new technologies