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
Water
Tadweer to set standards to reduce construction waste in GCC
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
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
Improving the GCC's drainage systems
Johann Groult, general manager of drainage manufacturer Birco, has stated that the GCC needs to take urgent action to prevent flooding in the region