Dubai, globally acknowledged as a success story for building world standard infrastructure, has found that population growth, a huge increase in the number of tourists and rampant economic development are posing serious threats to its water resources.

'Scarcity of water resources in Dubai is evident," said a recent study conducted by Ahmad Ali Abdullah Murad and Hind Al Nuaimi from the Department of Geology at UAE University's College of Science. 'Dubai is worried about finding sufficient water for each person living in the emirate and has great anxiety about how it will provide a suitable amount of water for its rapidly expanding economic activities.'

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Posted by rjorr at September 6, 2006 11:34 AM