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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.
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]
In the 2014 environment statistics report from the Statistics Centre Abu Dhabi, demonstrates its sharply increasing water consumption from 667 million cubic meters in 2005 to 1.126 billion cubic meters in 2014. [21] By 2025 the Arab countries will face serious levels of water scarcity regardless of climate change.
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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.
In recent years, most states have used CWA section 401 water quality certification programs in addition to or in lieu of specific regulatory statutes. Section 401 requires that before a federal permit or license is issued, states must certify that the project complies with water quality standards.
The standard rate of corporate tax is 9%, some exempt businesses and those with net annual profits under AED375,000 (US$102,100) qualify for a rate of 0%, and that fall under the criteria of the global minimum corporate tax rate agreement are charged a corporate tax rate of 15%. [5]