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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