Dubai plans to reuse 100% of its water by 2030

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Dubai has set itself a goal of accelerating using recycled water whereas lowering the consumption of desalinated water within the subsequent seven years.

By 2030, the emirate plans to lift its water reuse charge to 100 per cent and curb desalinated water and associated energy consumption by 30 per cent.

An formidable water reclamation programme led by Dubai Municipality for over 5 many years has seen the town attaining a formidable water reuse charge of 90 per cent. 

Reclaimed water is principally used for irrigation and landscaping in addition to for central cooling and firefighting operations.

Dubai Municipality at present operates wastewater remedy vegetation in Al Khawaneej, Warsan and Jebel Ali areas.

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Dubai’s water conservation journey

Dubai’s first wastewater remedy plant was in-built Al Khawaneej in 1969. In 1981, a brand new plant was established in Warsan adopted by a plant in Jebel Ali in 2006.

Subsequent expansions, such because the 2015 improve of the Warsan plant to 325,000 cubic metres every day and the 2016 enhancement of the Jebel Ali plant to 675,000 cubic metres every day, have performed a key function in assembly the rising demand for reclaimed water throughout numerous sectors.

Substantial financial savings

Today, Dubai extensively makes use of reclaimed water to irrigate inexperienced areas and landscaping, distributing it by a community managed by the municipality’s waste administration and sanitation division.

Stretching roughly 2,400 km, this community, which covers most areas of the town, has facilitated using about 265 million cubic meters per 12 months of water for inexperienced areas.

Reclaimed water is used to irrigate an space of about 10,400 hectares in Dubai, together with public gardens and inexperienced areas, in addition to landscaped areas in property developments.

On common, about 22 million cubic metres of reclaimed water is used month-to-month for irrigation functions within the metropolis.

Between 1980 and 2022, Dubai has produced over 4.5 billion cubic metres of reclaimed water.

By limiting the consumption of desalinated water and groundwater, using reclaimed water has resulted in substantial annual financial savings of roughly AED 2 billion. By 2030, Dubai goals to double its manufacturing of recycled water to over 8 billion cubic metres.

Diverse makes use of of reclaimed water

In 2022, over 6 million cubic metres of reclaimed water was utilized in central cooling stations, leading to price financial savings of round 47 per cent (AED7.1 million).

Using recycled water in resource-intensive infrastructure operations like central cooling stations has helped scale back prices and drive the growth of energy-efficient applied sciences, resulting in additional reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Reclaimed water can be utilized in bodily remedy processes similar to washing operations in sewage remedy vegetation and pumping stations.

Its use in firefighting operations is seen as a extra eco-friendly different to desalinated water.