Dabai has no water

DUBAI HAS NO WATER…

 

As we know, Dubai is the fastest  growing city in the world. This urbanization has led to a very environmental issue  : water shortage, because this city doesn´t have much precipitation .Water supply in Dubai comes mainly from energy intensive desalination of the sea water.  Their main source of electricity is natural gas because it is cheaper than the other alternatives.

The place is developing so fast but not considering on environmental factor that affect its sustainability. In the future, global warming can be a big trouble for the country´s population centres that are located along the coast. They may have flooding.

Wasting  water from having golf courses, parks, hotels and the highest buildings is a very irresponsible way to face the problem since treated water cannot be used for every purpose ,it is undrinkable so they use it for irrigation, but making this process damage the Earth, because desalination plants produce emissions of carbon dioxide, which they put it back to the sea. The plants also produce many heated sludge which also goes to the ocean .We could understand it If all damage would come from the drinking water required, but not for a luxury lifestyle.