The UAE Water Security Strategy 2036 aims to ensure sustainability and continuous access to water during normal and extreme emergency conditions. The strategy was developed from a comprehensive national perspective to cover all elements of the water supply chain in the country with the participation of all entities and authorities concerned with water resources in the country.

It focuses on 3 main programmes:

1. Water Demand Management Programme,
2. Water Supply Management Programme, and
3. Emergency Production and Distribution Programme.

The strategy aims to:

1. implement integrated water resources management by reducing total demand for water resources by 21 percent
2. increase the water productivity index to USD 110 per cubic metre
3. reduce the water scarcity index by 3 degrees
4. increase the reuse of treated water to 95 percent, and
5. increase national water storage capacity up to 2 days.