It is a rare honour for an Indian scientist. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University’s (TNAU) Dr. K Palanisami is part of an eight-member international committee to prepare a `Water Master Plan’ for the Abu Dhabi Government in UAE.
Palanisami, Director of Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development in TNAU, joins representatives from the US, UK, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Emirates to chart a joint report on behalf of the International Centre for Bio-Saline Agriculture (ICBSA).
The team has visited Abu Dhabi in the last week of January and travelled the length and breadth of the country. “I have been entrusted with the job of economic and investment planning,” Palanisami told this website’s newspaper here on Thursday. The team will prepare a master plan considering future demand for water, investments needed in desalination, waste water treatment and groundwater development.
The annual rainfall in Abu Dhabi is only 150 to 200 mm and the current demand for domestic use is met by desalination of seawater. For non-agricultural demand they use treated municipal water and for agricultural needs they depend on groundwater, he noted.
Mentioning the over usage of drinking water in Coimbatore he said “The city’s water resources, if used properly, can serve the requirements of the city for another ten years.” He revealed that 45 percent of drinking water is wasted by leakages. A re-survey of our water resources is the need of the time, he said. Source
Palanisami, Director of Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development in TNAU, joins representatives from the US, UK, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Emirates to chart a joint report on behalf of the International Centre for Bio-Saline Agriculture (ICBSA).
The team has visited Abu Dhabi in the last week of January and travelled the length and breadth of the country. “I have been entrusted with the job of economic and investment planning,” Palanisami told this website’s newspaper here on Thursday. The team will prepare a master plan considering future demand for water, investments needed in desalination, waste water treatment and groundwater development.
The annual rainfall in Abu Dhabi is only 150 to 200 mm and the current demand for domestic use is met by desalination of seawater. For non-agricultural demand they use treated municipal water and for agricultural needs they depend on groundwater, he noted.
Mentioning the over usage of drinking water in Coimbatore he said “The city’s water resources, if used properly, can serve the requirements of the city for another ten years.” He revealed that 45 percent of drinking water is wasted by leakages. A re-survey of our water resources is the need of the time, he said. Source
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