Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority

Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority, also popularly known as SEWA, is a government utility[1] in the Emirate of Sharjah which provides electricity, water and natural gas to approximately 300,000 consumers.[2] It owns a bottled drinking water subsidiary named Zulal.

Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA)
FormerlySharjah Electricity and Water Co.
TypeGovernment
IndustryUtility
HeadquartersSharjah
Number of locations
35 Branches
Key people
H.E. Saeed Sultan Al Suwaidi (Chairman)
Number of employees
4500+
Websitehttps://www.sewa.gov.ae/en/Default.aspx

Since 2020, Saeed Sultan Al Suwaidi has served as chairman.[3]

History

SEWA was a private company before the United Arab Emirates was founded in 1971. It was then called Sharjah Electricity & Water Resources Company.

It later became part of the Sharjah government, and named the Electricity and Water Department. As the emirate grew, the company was expanded to become a financially and administratively independent entity.[4] This decree was issued by Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi.

SEWA opened a new SCADA center in Nasseriya[5] in 2015. As of April 2018, it had implemented 40,000 smart meters.[6]

Power stations

SEWA operates the following power stations, which have a total installed capacity of at least 5,000 MW as of 2022:[7]

  1. Wasit Power Station[8]
  2. Layyah Power Station[9]
  3. Hamriya Power Station[10]
  4. Kalba Power Station
  5. Khorfakkan Power Station

Some of SEWA's power is also supplied by Transco (Abu Dhabi).

Water plants

SEWA operates the following water generation plants in UAE. They are mainly desalination plants:

  1. Layyah Plant
  2. Hamriya Plant (new and old)
  3. ADWEA
  4. UTICO
  5. Khorfakkan
  6. Kalba
  7. Abu Mussa, Seir Bu Neir & Zubair
  8. Sharjah Well Fields
  9. Khorfakkan Well Fields

See also

References
  1. "Public utilities - The Official Portal of the UAE Government". www.government.ae. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  2. "SEWA awards water-metering contract to Elster".
  3. "About Us". www.sewa.gov.ae. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. "Formation of SEWA".
  5. Glesni, Holland (2017). "Knowledge is Power- SEWA Chairman Dr. Rashid Alleem". CNME.
  6. Asaba, Baset (April 2018). "Sharjah Installs More Smart Meters To Bolster Digital Utility". Utilities ME.
  7. "SEWA Statistics 2018" (PDF).
  8. "Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Wasit Power Station - Sharjah". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  9. "Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Layyah Power Station - Sharjah". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  10. "Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Al Hamriyah Power Station - Sharjah". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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