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Our Motto
"We
Work for You."
Our
Mission
"To
meet customer satisfaction through
efficiently providing reliable,
clean and safe supplies of water
and electricity, promoting Dubai
as the preferred choice for business
and industry."
Our
Vision
"To
become and remain one of the most
dependable and efficient utilities,
world-wide"
A
Glimpse Through the Years
The
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
(DEWA) was formed on 1 January,
1992, by a decree issued by His
Highness Shaikh Maktoum bin Rashid
Al Maktoum to take over and merge
the Dubai Electric Company and the
Dubai Water Department that had
been operating independently for
several years until then. Both these
organizations were established in
1959 through the foresight and initiative
of His Highness Shaikh Rashid bin
Saeed Al Maktoum, the late Ruler
of Dubai, as government supported
bodies with the objective of making
available to the people of Dubai
an adequate and reliable supply
of electricity and water.
Dubai
Electricity Company
In
the year 1959, His Highness Shaikh
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum issued
a decree to establish the Dubai
Electricity Company (DEC) with the
objective of generating electricity
and transmitting and distributing
it to consumers in Dubai. The Company
set up its first office in a rented
house near Al Nasr Square, Deira,
and soon after started to supply
electricity to its first consumer.
Thus started the operations of a
dynamic organization that was to
play a pivotal role in spurring
the growth and development of Dubai,
ushering in a bright era for its
people.
Dubai Water Department
In
1959, the same year that the Dubai
Electricity Company was established,
His Highness Shaikh Rashid bin Saeed
Al Maktoum, the then Ruler of Dubai,
ordered the establishment of a specialized
organization to carry out the project
of supplying Dubai with water. This
was a momentous juncture in the
history of the Emirate for, with
adequate supply of water and power,
Dubai could now begin to confidently
undertake a prudent program of modernization
and establish itself as a bustling
center of trade and business.
...And Today
Today,
after more than three and a half
decades, DEWA is an inspiring success
story known for its efficiency and
reliability in every facet of its
operations. Constant planning and
forecasting to meet the growing
demands of the consumer has always
been DEWA's well entrenched philosophy.
Owing to this policy, the Authority
has come a long way in serving the
consumers and thereby making its
own contributions to the economic
growth of Dubai.
Today
DEWA employs a workforce of about
4000 employees who constantly endeavour
to see that both the quantity and
quality of services provided are
of the highest standards in consistency
and reliability.
Thus
the expansion continues in order
to meet the ever growing demand
for electricity and water, and keeping
this in mind DEWA continues to maintain
its corporate structure and functioning
in the most professional and advanced
ways to ensure its continued success
in the years to come.
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