TAQA's unit awarded $246mln recycled water distribution projects

Abu Dhabi –  One of the subsidiaries of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) was awarded two projects at a total value of AED 900 million to expand the company's recycled water distribution programme.

Abu Dhabi Distribution Company (ADDC) won the projects, which will have a capacity to transfer around 85 million imperial gallons per day (MIGD) of recycled water upon completion, according to TAQA's disclosure on Sunday.

Commercial operations and nearly 4,000 farms would benefit from the expansion of ADDC’s programme, which will attain the company's objective to better use desalinated water and prevent the depletion of groundwater resources.

These two new projects will be implemented in two phases, with the first 30 MIGD pipeline project to be completed by the third quarter (Q3) of 2021 and the second 55 MIGD project expected in Q4-21.

Commenting on the expansion, the executive director of transmission and distribution at TAQA, Omar Abdulla Alhashmi, said: "We are particularly focused on the goals outlined in the national strategies for energy and water supply, which anticipate an increase in demand and the deployment of more clean technologies and sustainable methods of service delivery."

Meanwhile, the managing director of ADDC, Saeed Mohamed Al-Suwaidi, noted: "ADDC’s recycled water distribution program plays an integral role in meeting the objectives set forth in the UAE’s Water Security Strategy 2036."