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Table 5: Policy Gaps

Driving force Pressure State Impact 5

Description Inefficient and Poor landfill design Groundwater Reduced properties/farms value
Inadequate Low STP capacity deterioration Citizen migration and social
institutional Lack of (quality and conflicts
capacity in waste environmental quantity) Expected threats to ecosystems
management and habitats
regulation
enforcement Lost the recreational value of Abu Dhabi, UAE
water and eco-tourism.
Expected social transformation
from rural to urban city
Sea water Intrusion and
Salinization
Indicator
and trend See Table 2 Indicators
Policy RD114/2001, Law Introduce water
instruments on conservation of metering
Economic the environment
and prevention of
pollution
Regulatory National MD421/1998,
Population Policy Regulations for
RD29/2001, the septic tanks, soak-
Statistical Law, Birth away pits and
spreading program holding tanks
MD193/2001, W. MD18/1993,
Ma’awil WPZ Regulations for
Water demand hazardous waste
management management.
policies MD17/1993,
RD82/88, Water Management of
Resources as a Non Hazardous
National Treasure Waste
RD29/2000, Law MD145/1993,
on protection of Management of
water resources wastewater reuse
RD115/2001, Law and discharge
on protection MD200/2000,
of sources of Regulations for
potable water from crushers, quarries
pollution and removal of
RD114/2001, Law sand from shores,
on conservation of beaches and wadis
the environment
and prevention of
pollution

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