{"id":"dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","canonicalSlug":"dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","language":"en","title":"DEWA puts desalination efficiency and smart water networks on WETEX agenda","summary":"The Dubai utility distinguishes its 180 million imperial gallons per day Hassyan capacity plan from reported 2025 network losses of 4.4%.","body":["DEWA’s 20 October briefing for WETEX, scheduled for 20–22 October in Dubai, focuses on reverse-osmosis desalination, water reuse and smart network management. The utility identifies its Hassyan project’s planned capacity as 180 million imperial gallons per day and targets producing all its desalinated water through clean energy and waste heat by 2030.","DEWA also reports that transmission and distribution water losses fell from 42.5% in 1989 to 4.4% in 2025. Its Hydro Insight system uses artificial intelligence to support network management. The loss figures describe past operations; the plant capacity and 2030 energy mix are forward-looking plans."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"DEWA puts desalination efficiency and smart water networks on WETEX agenda\n\nThe Dubai utility distinguishes its 180 million imperial gallons per day Hassyan capacity plan from reported 2025 network losses of 4.4%.\n\nDEWA’s 20 October briefing for WETEX, scheduled for 20–22 October in Dubai, focuses on reverse-osmosis desalination, water reuse and smart network management. The utility identifies its Hassyan project’s planned capacity as 180 million imperial gallons per day and targets producing all its desalinated water through clean energy and waste heat by 2030.\n\nDEWA also reports that transmission and distribution water losses fell from 42.5% in 1989 to 4.4% in 2025. Its Hydro Insight system uses artificial intelligence to support network management. The loss figures describe past operations; the plant capacity and 2030 energy mix are forward-looking plans.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":["power","ai"],"eventDate":"2026-10-20","eventDateBasis":"DEWA briefing publication date; operational indicators and future targets have their own periods.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20T14:35:48Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-20T14:35:48Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-20T14:35:29Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-20","translatedAt":"2026-10-20T14:35:27Z","sources":[{"url":"https://dewa.gov.ae/en/about-us/media-publications/latest-news/2026/10/wetex-2026-explores-innovative-solutions","name":"Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)","licence":"No open reuse licence asserted. Original factual reporting; source prose and images are not reproduced.","checkedAt":"2026-10-20","licenseUrl":"https://dewa.gov.ae/en/about-us/media-publications/latest-news/2026/10/wetex-2026-explores-innovative-solutions","attribution":"DEWA, WETEX water-security briefing, 20 October 2026.","publishedAt":"2026-10-20"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/dubai-wetex-water-security-desalination-networks-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["industry-event","project-update"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"AE","subdivisionCode":"AE-DU"}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","plan"],"measurementPeriod":null}}