Environment Agency reveals key challenges faced in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / WAM - 20th Feb, 2021) The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) revealed that Abu Dhabi’s scarcity of naturally renewable water resources has been worsened by the increased demand for groundwater and withdrawal from aquifers. This has imposed significant environmental challenges which have contributed to the increase in salinity, pollution, lower water levels, depletion of stocks and deterioration of the groundwater reserves. As a result, some areas within the emirate have been classified as depleted, while digging new wells is prohibited, EAD said in a statement to the Emirates news Agency (WAM). Abu Dhabi faces the issue of water resources...