Dubai’s Dewa chooses a group of businesses for consulting services on water projects

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has selected a group of businesses to provide consulting services for its 120 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD), Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) facility in Hassyan. These businesses include top advisory firm Deloitte, premier engineering services major WSP, and international law firm Addleshaw Goddard.
The advisory services provided by the consortium include tender document preparation, soliciting development and investment market interest, financial model development, IWP Developer tender submission management and evaluation, development of supplemental agreements, commercial negotiation, concluding a water purchase agreement, and financial closure with the developer.
The scope includes preparing a project marketing plan, participating in marketing activities, and local and international roadshows, it stated.
Announcing the new consortium, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, the MD and CEO of Dewa, said the desalination project is its first Independent Water Producer model (IWP) project and will become operational in phases in 2025 and 2026.
Reverse osmosis (RO)-based production plants, which use less energy than multi-stage flash distillation (MSF)-based plants, are being built by Dewa. This makes them a more environmentally friendly option for desalinating water.