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'''Sanitation in Dubai''' involves planning and managing [[Dubai]]'s waste and sewage management infrastructure. In the past due to the rate of expansion of the city there were problems with sewage capacity and connectivity but in recent years Dubai Municipality has greatly expanded capacity and the entirity of Dubai is connected to a central sewage system.<ref>{{cite web|first=Rasheed|title=Sewage system now covers the entire Dubai|url=http://p4papyrus.blogspot.ca/2011/02/sewage-system-now-covers-entire-dubai.html|publisher=PAPYRUS|accessdate=1 October 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:17, 1 October 2012
Sanitation in Dubai involves planning and managing Dubai's waste and sewage management infrastructure. In the past due to the rate of expansion of the city there were problems with sewage capacity and connectivity but in recent years Dubai Municipality has greatly expanded capacity and the entirity of Dubai is connected to a central sewage system.[1]
Sanitation Infrastructure
Dubai Municipality maintains two main sanitation plants, one in Al Awir and one in Jebel Ali.
Al Awir Plant
The sewage plant in Al Awir is one of the main areas of waste water treatment in Dubai. It has been significantly expanded in recent years.
Jebel Ali plant
The first two phases of the Jebel Ali plant were completed in April 2009 and it has begun operations, easing pressure on the Al Awir plant. The second phase was completed in October 2010. The odour treatment plant was also completed. The project cost over 1,500,000,000AED, and covers an area of 670 hectares. It has the capacity to process 300,000m³ of waste water per day. A sewage water pumping station and pumping lines are being created as a second project at a cost 580,000,000AED. A sewage pumping station and the pumping lines linking up to the main treatment plant at Jebel Ali are being built at a cost of 191,000,000AED.[2]
Sewage Issues
During Dubai's economic boom in 2008 the city's rapid growth meant that it was stretching its limited sewage treatment infrastructure to its limits. Consequently, human waste from Dubai's 1.3 million inhabitants was collected daily from thousands of septic tanks across the city and driven by tankers to the city's only sewage treatment plant at Al-Awir. Because of the long queues and delays, some tanker drivers resorted to illegally dumping the effluent into storm drains or behind dunes in the desert resulting in much controversy. The result of sewage dumped into storm drains was that it flowed directly into sea of the Persian Gulf, near to the city's prime swimming beaches. Doctors warned that tourists using the beaches ran the risk of contracting serious illnesses like typhoid and hepatitis.[3]
Dubai's municipality says that it is committed to trying to catch the culprits and has imposed fines of up to $25,000 as well as threatening to confiscate tankers if dumping persists. The municipality maintains that test results show samples of the water are "within the standard".[4]
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References
- ^ "Sewage system now covers the entire Dubai". PAPYRUS. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ "New Dubai areas get municipality sewage system". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
- ^ Pitcher, Gemma (November 14, 2008). "Poo-bai: sewage threatens Dubai's beaches". Agence France-Presse. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- ^ Wheeler, Julia (October 13, 2008). "Raw sewage threat to booming Dubai". BBC. Retrieved December 8, 2008.