The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) stated that electricity generation during Q1 2011 amounted to 6,008 GW per hour and water supplied reached 20,111mn gallons of desalinated water.

Metito, a leading provider of total intelligent water management solutions in emerging markets, is to design, supply, deliver and install the latest water treatment plant in the companys growing portfolio of projects in Saudi Arabia.

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Spanish company Cadagua, subsidiary of Ferrovial Agroman, has been awarded a contract estimated at US$55mn (Dh201.85 million) to construct a seawater desalination plant in Ajman by the Federal Electricity and Water Authority (Fewa).

Qatar has embarked on plans to build a 10 billion Qatari riyal (US$2.75 billion) mega-reservoir capable of holding seven days worth of fresh water to avert a potential crisis should its giant desalination plants that supply 99 per cent of the Gulf states water fail.