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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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