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HE Saeed Al Tayer inspects progress on the first phase of the desalination plant project in Hassyan complex, one of the world’s largest RO projects • The project is nearly 90% complete · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome to Global Infrastructure Today. We're
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  starting with a major development in Dubai's
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  push for water security. Indeed, Alex, the Haciem
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  desalination plant just hit a major milestone.
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  Right. His Excellency Saeed Al -Tayyar, the head
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  of Dubai's Electricity and Water Authority, was
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  on site to inspect the first phase. Okay. And,
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  well, that phase is now confirmed to be 90 %
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  complete. And the scale of this, I mean, this
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  undertaking is just staggering. It is. We're
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  talking about one of the world's largest seawater
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  reverse osmosis projects. Yeah. It's backed by
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  an investment of, what is it, over 3 billion
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  deer humps? And, you know, it's a landmark project
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  for another reason, too. Hmm? This is actually
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  Diwa's very first venture as an independent water
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  producer. Wow. But the real story, as you mentioned,
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  is the technology at its heart, reverse osmosis.
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  Yeah, let's break that down. Because for our
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  listeners, this isn't just some, you know, technical
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  detail. It's really about sustainability. Exactly.
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  RO technology uses significantly less energy
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  than the traditional distillation plants. Right.
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  And that is a huge game changer for reducing
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  the carbon footprint of water production. Precisely.
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  It aligns perfectly with Dubai's integrated water
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  resources management strategy. So this isn't
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  just about making more water, it's about making
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  it smarter and, you know, greener. And the plant
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  is on track for full completion by, I think,
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  the first quarter of 2027. And the ambition,
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  it doesn't stop there. I mean, this is just one
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  piece of a much larger vision, isn't it? Absolutely.
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  The goal is to add an incredible 240 million
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  imperial gallons per day to Dubai's capacity
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  by 2030. Wow. And the ultimate aim is, well,
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  it's nothing short of revolutionary. Okay. They
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  want to produce 100%, 100 % of the city's desalinated
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  water using a mix of clean energy and recovered
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  waste heat. It's a powerful example, really,
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  of using technology to build a more resilient
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  and sustainable future. Now, here's a question
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  we'd like you to think about. As our world's
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  cities continue to grow, how can technology help
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  us not just meet rising demand, but fundamentally
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  change our relationship with essential resources,
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  like water?