VOL. XLIV

No 34

20-August-2001

UAE

Sharjah RecordsElectricity/Water/Gas Consumption Increases In 2000

Ina report published at the end of July, the Sharjah Water and ElectricityAuthority (SEWA) said that electricity production in 2000 totaled 4.7bn kwh, up7% over the 4.4bn kwh produced the previous year. Production of desalinated waterin the emirate over the same period also rose by around 7%, from 55.31mngallons/day to 58.94mn g/d, with the number of consumers increasing from141,769 to 160,043....