Al Taweelah now provides 100 million gallons of desalinated water per day. Photo: Acwa Power
Al Taweelah now provides 100 million gallons of desalinated water per day. Photo: Acwa Power
Al Taweelah now provides 100 million gallons of desalinated water per day. Photo: Acwa Power
Al Taweelah now provides 100 million gallons of desalinated water per day. Photo: Acwa Power

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Ewec and Acwa Power start operations at major water desalination plant in Abu Dhabi

The $874m Al Taweelah plant can now produce 454,600 cubic metres of desalinated water a day

Alvin R Cabral
Alvin R Cabral

June 23, 2022

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Emirates Water and Electricity Company (Ewec) and Saudi Arabia's Acwa Power have started operations on the first phase of a major reverse osmosis water desalination plant in Abu Dhabi.

The Dh3.2 billion ($874 million) Al Taweelah independent water plant is now able to produce 454,600 cubic metres of desalinated water a day, which is 50 per cent of its total capacity, Riyadh-based Acwa Power said in a statement on Thursday.

The plant, which was connected to the Abu Dhabi network in December 2021, now provides 100 million gallons of desalinated water a day.

It will eventually hit 200 million gallons a day when it is completed by the fourth quarter of 2022, making it the world’s largest reverse osmosis plant, with a full capacity of 909,200 cubic metres a day, Acwa Power said.

Reverse osmosis desalination is a process of purifying seawater by using specialised membranes to remove solid substances and other contaminants.

"The potential emanating from water production through low carbon-intensive technologies is exponential and will ensure we continue to meet the water demands of Abu Dhabi and beyond," said Paddy Padmanathan, vice chairman and chief executive of Acwa Power.

The UAE depends heavily on desalination to supply water for drinking and industrial purposes.

Up to 42 per cent of the UAE's potable water requirement comes from about 70 major desalination plants, which account for about 14 per cent of the world's total production of desalinated water, government data indicates

Some the major desalination facilities in the UAE include the Shuweihat S2 power and water plant in Abu Dhabi, the Jebel Ali power station in Dubai and the F2 plant in Fujairah.

The UAE also has a Water Security Strategy 2036 that aims to ensure sustainability and continuous access to water at any time and condition.

In May, Suhail Al Mazrouei, the UAE’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, said that the value of investment in new desalination plants in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Umm Al Quwain was Dh7.6bn.

The annual growth rate of the local water desalination industry is 3 per cent, he said.

The Al Taweelah plant supports industries and communities in the area and will also play an important role in catering to Abu Dhabi’s peak water demand, which is expected to rise by the first quarter of 2023, Acwa Power said.

Acwa Power has a 40 per cent stake in the plant, with the remainder owned by the government of Abu Dhabi through Mubadala Development Company and Abu Dhabi Power Corporation.

Abu Dhabi-owned Ewec will become the sole off-taker of the project under a 30-year contract.

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Fishermen steer a boat through debris off the shore of Manila, Philippines. The archipelago is surrounded by vast body of water, but finding potable sources is a challenge for many. EPA
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Environmental activists in Bali, Indonesia, float a sculpture made of waste plastic and depicting a droplet to mark World Water Day. The day is used to advocate the sustainable management of freshwater resources. EPA
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People walk through an art installation made of plastic water bottles as part of an awareness drive in Malang, East Java. AFP
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Flowers are watered in Bitan, a tourist hot spot in New Taipei City, Taiwan. AFP
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A man carries jerrycans to be filled with water in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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South Korean environmental activists hold placards reading ‘I will protect the sea from microplastics’ during a campaign to mark World Water Day at a park along the Han River in Seoul. AFP
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A man bathes in ‘Los Chorros’ pools formed by a natural spring of water, in Colón, El Salvador. AFP
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A woman drinks water distributed by a tanker to El Crucero, a town on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua. AFP
Temple numbers

Expected completion: 2022

Height: 24 meters

Ground floor banquet hall: 370 square metres to accommodate about 750 people

Ground floor multipurpose hall: 92 square metres for up to 200 people

First floor main Prayer Hall: 465 square metres to hold 1,500 people at a time

First floor terrace areas: 2,30 square metres  

Temple will be spread over 6,900 square metres

Structure includes two basements, ground and first floor 

Killing of Qassem Suleimani
The specs

Engine: 6.2-litre supercharged V8

Power: 712hp at 6,100rpm

Torque: 881Nm at 4,800rpm

Transmission: 8-speed auto

Fuel consumption: 19.6 l/100km

Price: Dh380,000

On sale: now 

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When: Thursday, 9pm Arizona time (Friday UAE, 8am)

Farage on Muslim Brotherhood

Nigel Farage told Reform's annual conference that the party will proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood if he becomes Prime Minister.
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“All across the Middle East, countries have banned and proscribed the Muslim Brotherhood as a dangerous organisation. We will do the very same.”
It is 10 years since a ground-breaking report into the Muslim Brotherhood by Sir John Jenkins.
Among the former diplomat's findings was an assessment that “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” has “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
The prime minister at the time, David Cameron, who commissioned the report, said membership or association with the Muslim Brotherhood was a "possible indicator of extremism" but it would not be banned.

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KYLIAN MBAPPE 2016/17 STATS

Ligue 1: Appearances - 29, Goals - 15, Assists - 8
UCL: Appearances - 9, Goals - 6
French Cup: Appearances - 3, Goals - 3
France U19: Appearances - 5, Goals - 5, Assists - 1

Director: Laxman Utekar

Cast: Vicky Kaushal, Akshaye Khanna, Diana Penty, Vineet Kumar Singh, Rashmika Mandanna

Rating: 1/5

Day 1 results:

Open Men (bonus points in brackets)
New Zealand 125 (1) beat UAE 111 (3)
India 111 (4) beat Singapore 75 (0)
South Africa 66 (2) beat Sri Lanka 57 (2)
Australia 126 (4) beat Malaysia -16 (0)

Open Women
New Zealand 64 (2) beat South Africa 57 (2)
England 69 (3) beat UAE 63 (1)
Australia 124 (4) beat UAE 23 (0)
New Zealand 74 (2) beat England 55 (2)

Two products to make at home

Toilet cleaner

1 cup baking soda 

1 cup castile soap

10-20 drops of lemon essential oil (or another oil of your choice) 

Method:

1. Mix the baking soda and castile soap until you get a nice consistency.

2. Add the essential oil to the mix.

Air Freshener

100ml water 

5 drops of the essential oil of your choice (note: lavender is a nice one for this) 

Method:

1. Add water and oil to spray bottle to store.

2. Shake well before use. 

Zakat definitions

Zakat: an Arabic word meaning ‘to cleanse’ or ‘purification’.

Nisab: the minimum amount that a Muslim must have before being obliged to pay zakat. Traditionally, the nisab threshold was 87.48 grams of gold, or 612.36 grams of silver. The monetary value of the nisab therefore varies by current prices and currencies.

Zakat Al Mal: the ‘cleansing’ of wealth, as one of the five pillars of Islam; a spiritual duty for all Muslims meeting the ‘nisab’ wealth criteria in a lunar year, to pay 2.5 per cent of their wealth in alms to the deserving and needy.

Zakat Al Fitr: a donation to charity given during Ramadan, before Eid Al Fitr, in the form of food. Every adult Muslim who possesses food in excess of the needs of themselves and their family must pay two qadahs (an old measure just over 2 kilograms) of flour, wheat, barley or rice from each person in a household, as a minimum.

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Uefa Champions League last 16 draw

Juventus v Tottenham Hotspur

Basel v Manchester City

Sevilla v  Manchester United

Porto v Liverpool

Real Madrid v Paris Saint-Germain

Shakhtar Donetsk v Roma

Chelsea v Barcelona

Bayern Munich v Besiktas

Updated: June 23, 2022, 1:04 PM`
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