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The Regulation and Supervision Bureau was founded in 1999 following the passing of an Emirate law reference Law No (2) of 1998. During 1997 and 1998 a privatisation committee was formed by the Abu Dhabi Government to study the UK model of un-bundling and privatisation of the then Water and Electricity Department (WED) which was a government owned vertically integrated organisation.
Satellite view of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi has witnessed an explosion of wealth and population since its independence in 1971 and the oil boom of 1973. Before, groundwater was the only source of water supply. It was very scarce since there is little recharge and most of the aquifers are highly saline.
Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) (Arabic: مركز النقل المتكامل) is an organ of Department of Municipalities and Transport in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is tasked with overseeing public transport operations and management of parking spaces besides handling a range of other relevant duties like supervising ...
Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (Arabic: دائرة البلديات والنقل), is a regulatory authority of the Government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates that is responsible for overseeing and supervising the regional municipal councils and municipal administrations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [3] [4] [5]
Water quality laws govern the protection of water resources for human health and the environment. Water quality laws are legal standards or requirements governing water quality, that is, the concentrations of water pollutants in some regulated volume of water. Such standards are generally expressed as levels of a specific water pollutants ...
The UAE has a hot desert climate, [1] which is very vulnerable to the effects of climate change and contributes to worsening water scarcity, quality, and water contamination. [2] The United Arab Emirates is located in the Middle East between Oman and Saudi Arabia, adjoining the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. [3]
Drinking water quality standards describes the quality parameters set for drinking water. Water may contain many harmful constituents, yet there are no universally recognized and accepted international standards for drinking water. Even where standards do exist, the permitted concentration of individual constituents may vary by as much as ten ...
The CWA requires states to monitor their water bodies and establish Water Quality Standards for them. [46] Water Quality Standards (WQS) are risk-based requirements which set site-specific allowable pollutant levels for individual water bodies, such as rivers, lakes, streams and wetlands.