Key Threats To Quality Of Life (Qol)

1. Key Threats to Quality of Life (QOL) in the UAE

3. Basic statistics for the UAE * gross domestic product (GDP): The value of all the goods and services produced within the borders of a nation in a given year. 250 mm From 60 To 150mm 4. Annual rainfall in U.A.E UAE: 1,881 (% 2,27) Abu Dhabi : 1,627 5. total area of vegetation (sq km) NA $ 45,200 *7. GDP per capita NA % 62 6. % employment 6,500,000 82,880 3. Total land area (sq km) NA 824,921 (% 20,1) 2. Total Nationals 300,000,000 4,104,695 1. Total population Middle East (region) UAE

8. Eastern Abu Dhabi Emirate’s Water Sources Identified Areas of Fresh, Brackish, and Saline Ground Water Water-Quality Map of Al Ain Area

9. Abu Dhabi Emirate’s Water Sources Identified Areas of Fresh, Brackish, and Saline Ground Water Identified Areas of Renewable and Non-Renewable Fresh Water Liwa, Non-Renewable at least 7,000 years old Eastern Region, Al Ain Area, Renewable 25-45 years old near Al Hayer.

10. Location of GWP wells sampled, and age of ground water. Age of ground water is shown as the number of years it took for water to flow through the ground water system to the well after rain fell in the mountains and wadis. Al Hayer 27 Years old 36 Years old 45 Years old 28 Years old 33 Years old 33 Years old 31 Years old Air2 Wadi Sinebil Wadi Mugayrah

11. Water Level Declines Since 1980 Al Remah Al Saad Water-level decline, in meters Al Foah Mohayer

12. Hydrographs showing water levels changes in monitoring wells. Water levels declined 60 meters in 2 years from 1998 t0 2000,

14. LANDSAT satellite images from 1996 and May 2004, showing large changes in areas near Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.

18. InSAR land deformation map averaged from 1996 to 1999 Deformation along E-E’ Distance (km) Distance (km) Deformation along F-F’ The graphs show deformation or land subsidence possibly caused by ground-water declines causing soils to collapse. Some deformation sites are located in areas of large ground-water pumpage. Line-of-sight deformation (mm) Line-of-sight deformation (mm) A A’ B B’ C C’ D D’ E’ E F F’ G G’