SAVING WATER
- From: Vol 6, Issue 10 (October 2005)
- Category: Need to know
- Region: Middle East
- Country: United Arab Emirates
- Related Companies: Severn Trent Water
The Dubai Electricity & Water Authority’s Branly Nassour said that Dubai was targeting the reduction of unaccounted-for water to 8% by 2010 (see story, p15).
The authority has already reduced UFW from 40% to 13% over the last decade. Oman was considering the introduction of water quotas in agriculture as part of its water resources development strategy, according to Khalid Al-Busaidi from the Ministry of Municipalities, Environment and Water Resources.
The picture is altogether more desperate in Yemen, the most water-scarce country in the world ...
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