United Arab Emirates

233 articles in United Arab Emirates

Downsizing water demand Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

Water authorities are keen to make demand management sexy. Does this mean plant suppliers are facing a market slow-down?

MIDDLE EAST WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

The construction wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Energy to construct a 100 million m3/yr (274,000m3/d) RO desalination plant on the shore of the Caspian Sea.

Dubai emphasises demand management Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

The emirate used to meet the demands of growth by building new desalination plants. It has found a much cheaper way of keeping supply and demand in balance. Too bad for desalters.

Operators need good design Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Local operators are making inroads into the growing O&M market, argues Tom Scotney. How can they continue to improve their position?

Adding value to an IWPP Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

An extra-long contract duration at Az-Zour North is designed to lure developers into a new market for privately financed power and water.

DESAL DIGEST Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

Pakistan is attempting to resurrect its privately financed desalination ambitions with a 113,650m3/d (25MIGD) SWRO project in Port Qasim, near Karachi.

aqualia in as Abu Dhabi updates O&Ms Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

The appointment of new wastewater operators for the next seven years will enable Abu Dhabi to get the best from its ever-improving sewerage asset base. Its next challenge will be to find takers for all the treated water produced.

Middle East Water In Brief Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources is looking into deploying desalination plants to treat and reuse the brackish water runoff passing through the huge Main Outfall Drain (MOD) in the middle of the country.

Subsidised sales drive TSE reuse in Dubai Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

2012 could be the first year in which the emirate does not dispose of unwanted treated sewage effluent into the Dubai Creek. The decision to sell TSE to farmers at a cut-price rate is behind the rise in its popularity.

SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENT Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Accurately forecasting desalination procurement trends is fraught with difficulties – national programmes stall and demographic indicators fluctuate, meaning that each forecast is out of date almost as soon as it is published.