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 all its residents. It supplies the same to over 300,000 consumers [2] It has its own bottled drinking water subsidiary known as Zulal which has its factory located in Rahmania area.

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

The current Chairman is Saeed Sultan Al Suwaidi who took this role in 2020. (https://www.sewa.gov.ae/en/content.aspx?P=mMVyU3I8qgk%2bJD3MkzcmSA%3d%3d&mid=I82X5exjK422E8H%2bqZdAJg%3d%3d)

SEWA changed its name to Sharjah Electricity Water and Gas Authority (SEWGA) [3] on 23rd September 2020.

SEWA became a profitable organization in 2015 contributing towards government revenue.[4] It also won the best Arab electricity and water authority award in 2014 [5]

Since 2015 SEWA uses a slab system for managing different types of tariffs [6]

History

Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority was previously a private company even before the United Arab Emirates was formed in 1971. It was then called Sharjah Electricity & Water Resources Company.

This changed in the coming years and it became a part of the Sharjah government as the Electricity and Water Department. With the growth of the emirate, it seemed necessary to expand it from being a department to a financially and administratively independent entity now known as Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority.[7] This decree was issued by Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qassimi.

Recent Developments

SEWA opened up a new SCADA center in Nasseriya [8] in 2015. It has also started implementing smart meters across the region and completed over 40,000 meters as of April 2018 [9]

It has ISO 500001 certifications.[10]

Power Stations

SEWA has the following power stations having a total installed capacity of 2814 MW as of 2018.[11]

  1. Wasit Power Station [12]
  2. Layyah Power Station[13]
  3. Hamriya Power Station[14]
  4. Kalba Power Station
  5. Khorfakkan Power Station

Some of its power is also supplied by Transco (Abu Dhabi)

Water Plants

SEWA has 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 2019-06-13.
  2. "SEWA awards water-metering contract to Elster".
  3. "Sharjah Ruler changes the name of SEWA to SEWGA". Sharjah24. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  4. "SEWA Revenue" (PDF).
  5. "SEWA Award Arab utility best".
  6. "Slab System".
  7. "Formation of SEWA".
  8. Glesni, Holland (2017). "Knowledge is Power- SEWA Chairman Dr. Rashid Alleem". CNME.
  9. Asaba, Baset (April 2018). "Sharjah Installs More Smart Meters To Bolster Digital Utility". Utilities ME.
  10. "Case Study on Sharjah Energy Management" (PDF).
  11. "SEWA Statistics 2018" (PDF).
  12. "Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Wasit Power Station - Sharjah". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  13. "Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Layyah Power Station - Sharjah". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
  14. "Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority - Al Hamriyah Power Station - Sharjah". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
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