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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. |
