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Executive overview
Key findings
505,821: customer accounts (2024, actual; 453,566 current and 52,255 final)
213.22 MIGD: installed water production capacity (2024, actual), against average daily production of 168.89 MIGD
3,007 km: distribution mains supplying customers, plus 622 km of transmission pipes (2024, actual)
25 fils vs 750 fils per m³: first subsidised citizen water band against EWA's stated cost (2024 tariff and unit cost table)
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Buyer relevance
Who the report is for
Suppliers and contractors new to Bahrain
Get a one-document reference on EWA's plants, networks and current contracts, including the US$110 million (estimated) nine-substation program.
Analysts covering Gulf utilities
Compare EWA's reliability (SAIDI 10 in 2024) and its first-band water tariff of 25 fils/m³ against a stated cost of 750 fils/m³.
Lenders and project financiers
See which public works are lender-backed, such as the US$200 million IsDB loan for Al Jasra, and which plants are privately financed.
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Decision scope
Questions answered
How large is EWA's customer base?
EWA reported 505,821 customer accounts in 2024 (453,566 current and 52,255 final) on a population basis of 1,588,670.
Who owns Bahrain's water plants?
Private producers held 195 of the 213.22 MIGD installed in 2022, or 91.5%, and the government held the rest, led by the 16 MIGD Ras Abu Jarjur plant.
How reliable is EWA's electricity distribution?
SAIDI was 10 and SAIFI 0.23 in 2024, against 52 and 0.63 in 2015.
What did tariffs change in 2026?
Non-subsidised water rose from 750 to 775 fils/m³ and electricity from 29 to 32 fils/kWh from January 2026; citizens' first and second tiers were unchanged.
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Inside the report
Inside the complete report
Executive Overview
1. Utility and Service Mandate
2. Water Resources and Supply
3. Infrastructure and Treatment
4. Networks and Assets
5. Investment and Major Projects
6. Tariffs and Customer Context
7. Energy and Sustainability
8. Governance and Regulation
9. Forward Developments
Key Intelligence Summary
Source Register
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Public preview
What to watch next
4. Networks and Assets
A baseline loss figure; the aged-mains share in the next Statistical Book; energisation of the first two 66 kV substations scheduled for 2026.
5. Investment and Major Projects
Award of the Sitra cable package to a named contractor; progress reporting on Al Dur 2 water transmission; the first two 66 kV substations in 2026.
6. Tariffs and Customer Context
Whether the Speaker accepts the MPs' inquiry request; any change to citizens' first bands; take-up of the Fixed Billing System.
8. Governance and Regulation
The bill in the next parliamentary session; any interim regulator appointment.
Investment and Major Projects: value, funding and status for Al Jasra, Al Dur 2 water transmission, the 66 kV substations, Sitra grid works and the private plants.
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Included
What you receive
The complete PDF report: 11 pages, 12 sections, 15 tables and a register of 23 sources.
This edition
November 2026, First edition.
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Evidence & method
Evidence and method
The profile is built on EWA's Statistical Books for 2016 to 2024, its January–September 2025 satisfaction index and EWA announcements. Project, tariff and legislative status comes from trade and Bahraini press reports checked on 7 November 2026.
Sources
23 sources, listed in the report's source register. Evidence current to 7 November 2026. Principal data periods: EWA Statistical Books for calendar years 2015–2024 (primary year 2024); customer satisfaction January–September 2025; project, tariff and legislative status checked against public sources on 7 November 2026. Currency is the Bahraini dinar (BD), with tariffs quoted in fils (thousandths of a dinar) and US dollar equivalents (US$) as the sources report them..
Evidence boundaries
This report uses authoritative source material available at the stated research cutoff. It distinguishes published facts, calculated values and analytical interpretation. No independent modelling is performed. Forward-looking analysis reflects published plans, documented trends and stated uncertainties. It does not constitute legal, financial, investment or engineering advice.
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Lead analyst
Robert C. Brears
Founder, Our Future Water Intelligence
Robert C. Brears is a water-security specialist and author whose work examines utility governance, infrastructure investment, climate resilience and long-term water-system change for executive and policy audiences.
- Decision-focused utility intelligence
- Published water-policy author
- Evidence-grounded system analysis
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Utility Intelligence Profile: Electricity and Water Authority
- Format
- Length
- 11 pages
- Edition
- November 2026, First edition
- Price
- USD 99
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Report details
Publication details
- Publisher
- Our Future Water Intelligence
- Report family
- Utility Intelligence Profile
- Edition
- November 2026, First edition
- Format
- Length
- 11 pages
- Reference
- OFW_EXT_ELECTRICITY_AND_WATER_AUTHORITY_UTILITY_INTELLIGENCE_PROFILE_74d4b58d2998
- Evidence current to
- 7 November 2026
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