Dubai’s water network is operating with a substantial cushion, with the authority holding a strategic reserve of roughly 220 million gallons — about 30 per cent of what the emirate draws on daily. The figure was disclosed Wednesday by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), in remarks to Emirates News.
Al Tayer used the occasion to shut down any expectation of measures such as rationing or staggered distribution, describing the emirate’s supply position as comfortable rather than strained. Daily water output, he said, has climbed to 550 million gallons from a previous level of 470 million, leaving no gap between what Dubai can produce and what its residents consume.
Storage forms a second layer of that security. According to Al Tayer, DEWA maintains above-ground cement tanks capable of holding 1.1 billion gallons, alongside an underground strategic reservoir whose capacity is estimated at 6 billion gallons — infrastructure he framed as a guarantee of water availability for residents, citizens and investors alike.
The CEO also pointed to the electricity side of DEWA’s operations, where generation now stands at around 18,000 megawatts. He singled out reliability as a marker of the network’s standing, noting that the typical customer experiences under two minutes of supply interruption across an entire year, a performance he placed well ahead of international benchmarks.
On the question that prompted the briefing, Al Tayer was direct: tariffs for both water and electricity are staying where they are, with no adjustments under consideration for the time being.
