WETEX spotlights water reuse and lower-energy desalination

DEWA’s 20 October update said WETEX would showcase desalination, wastewater reuse, smart networks and leak detection technologies.

WETEX spotlights water reuse and lower-energy desalination

DEWA’s 20 October update said WETEX would showcase desalination, wastewater reuse, smart networks and leak detection technologies.

Desalination plans

DEWA cited a planned 180-million-imperial-gallon-per-day capacity for its Hassyan seawater reverse-osmosis project and a goal to produce all desalinated water using clean energy and waste heat by 2030.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Reuse and efficiency

The update said reverse osmosis generally uses less energy than multi-stage flash distillation and described water reuse as a way to ease pressure on conventional supplies.