DEWA weighs up its options

A 10% rise in water consumption in Dubai last year is likely to be reversed in 2009. This summer’s demand forecast will provide further direction.

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has released retrospective water supply and demand statistics for 2008, which show a 10.6% year-onyear increase in consumption last year, on the back of an 11.5% average growth rate in 2007 and 2006.

Although the picture for water supply in 2009 is healthy, the publication of the statistics is the first in ...

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