The Jebel Ali plant has the capacity to convert seawater into clean water to meet the needs of Dubai's residents.
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| Dubai is one of the fastest growing cities in the world, and it has a very dry climate, according to Popular Science. Dubai's population explosion has caused groundwater to gradually be depleted, currently providing only 0.5% of the city's needs. |
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| To produce clean water to meet the remaining 99.5% of demand (about 1.6 billion liters of clean water), the city government built Jebel Ali, a seawater desalination plant located between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert, capable of processing 10.6 billion liters of seawater per day. |
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| The Jebel Ali plant uses reverse osmosis technology, pumping seawater through membrane filters to desalinate it. This membrane filtration system produces about 11.3 million liters of water per day. |
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| The remaining seawater (about 98.5%) goes through a heating and cooling system called flash distillation. Turbines transport the steam through pipes to a series of steam chambers and condense it into clean water. |
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| Dubai Water and Energy Authority (DEWA) tests the pH, turbidity and chlorine dioxide of the water produced before it is transported to reservoirs and the city's 666,430 customers. |
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| Only about 9% of the incoming seawater becomes potable. The remaining, saltier water, is pumped back into the Persian Gulf. Workers at the Jebel Ali plant regularly check the acidity of the water and the health of marine life, to ensure that the warm brine discharged from the plant does not harm the ecosystem. |
According to VNE
