Ajman, August 13: A water map of reservoirs in Ajman and studies to identify pollution sources are part of a plan by Ajman University of Science and Technology (AUST), Ajman Municipality and the Planning Department to protect the environment in Ajman, according to a media release.
Khalid Al Hossany, Director of the Department of General Health and the Environment, said, “The Municipality and AUST discussed ways to manage an environmental study, to prepare a water map for Ajman, and to indicate the sources of pollution of the Ajman marine environment.”
Dr Zeen Al Abedeen Rizk, Dean of the Environment, Water and Energy Institute at AUST pointed out that AUST has a well established plan to boost scientific research with the aim to pave the way to graduate students and serve experts and researchers.
During a meeting with the municipality, AUST discussed the opportunities for training of government officials, cooperating in the areas of environment, water research studies, and supporting the Master’s programme in groundwater engineering and management offered by the Institute of Environment, Water and Energy in AUST.
The two parties recommended setting a plan and a time line for the execution of a water map no later than 2010, as well as creating working groups which include experts and graduate students specialised in water and environment. This will be followed up by Dr Zeen Al Abedeen Rizk and Dr Naeem Abdul Aziz, in charge of Research and Studies, and Yassir Kayed, specialist in the protection of environment.
This plan will consist of field studies that last from October to December 2009 and from March to May 2010, based on a chemical and bacteriological analysis in the laboratories of the Department of General Health and Environment, while the measuring of the hydraulic transactions of water reservoirs will take place in laboratories at the Institute of Environment, Water and Energy in AUST.
This study will provide an assessment of the traditional and non-traditional sources of water that include surface water, groundwater, desalination and treated wastewater.
–Agencies