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water Aqualia positions itself as leader in the water sector in the United Arab Emirates A few years ago, Aqualia landed in the United Arab Emirates, a group of states southeast of the Arabian Peninsula, made up of seven emi- rates: Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujaira, Ras el Khaimah, Sarja and Um el Kaiwain. In Arabic, the name United Arab Emirates is a dance of letters turned into art that dances to the rhythm of an unmis- takable compass, in harmony, from right to left. With an area of 83,600 square kilometres, it is located in West Asia and borders on Oman to the southeast, the Persian Gulf to the north and Saudi Arabia to the west and south. Wastewater pumping station of the Al Ain network, United Arab Emirates. Early this year, AqualiaMACE, formed by Aqualia and its local partner Mace Contractors, won two major operations and main- tenance (O&M) contracts in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.. The pro- ject involves the operations and maintenance of the sanitation sys- tem in the capital, Abu Dhabi, as well as of the adjacent islands of Al Reem, Al Mayah and Al Saadi- yat. The authorities of the United Arab Emirates also extended the sanitation management contract in Al Ain, Eastern zone of Abu Dhabi, where the company is al- ready providing services to over 650,000 inhabitants. With this new contract, the com- pany will manage the sanitation services for the capital’s inhabi- tants and manage 1,320 kilome- tres of sanitation networks, as well as 54 waste water pumping sta- tions, supplying a total of 280,000 B U S I N E S S 16 B U S I N E S S