Dubai - Mubasher: The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded an international company with a contract for advisory services to develop a new plant to desalinate seawater at the Jebel Ali Power Station, according to Emirates News Agency (WAM).

"The advisory services contract is worth AED16.3 million, with a total desalination capacity of 40 million gallons per day that would be operational by April 2020," said Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of DEWA.

"In Dubai, our production capacity is 470 million imperial gallons per day,” added Al Tayer.

This is a key step to realise the Dubai Plan 2021, according to Emirates News Agency (WAM).