Sustainable Development Goals

UAEU works closely with the municipality on wastewater treatment. The university base water and faucets are each connected to the municipality network and all wastewater treatment is undertaken in the municipality domain. We then use one specific line of recycled ‘grey’ water for irrigation on campus.

UAEU is extremely careful about water conservation as we have a hot desert climate with limited rainfall. We use the company Khadamat for services including water supply. We have metering from the main pumping station and additional meters in each building on campus. These are used for measuring, auditing, and comparing water consumption and the figures are compiled into a monthly report for each building and for the whole university

UAEU hosts the National Water and Energy Centre as an integral part of the university. Our scientists provide lectures at regional and international conferences to the academic community, for example the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Society Chapter in Kuwait. We also provide regular talks to local bodies involved in water management such as the Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi, and to local schools.

UAEU provides a series of customized workshops to students in Years 10, 11, and 12 from all the Emirates in the country. The workshops formed part of a summer camp and originally involved UAEU experts going out and visiting schools to provide the sessions. The workshops covered an introduction to geology, aquifers, different types of pollution along with methods to prevent pollution and monitor water quality. UAEU faculty taught the school pupils and encourages children to teach their parents as an example of inter-generational cooperation for the good of the whole community. Within the university, UAEU offers a course on sustainability of which almost half the course is devoted to water sustainability. We also take our students to visit the Sheikh Zayed Desert Learning Centre, a 5-Pearl rated sustainable building. As the recent movement restrictions have stopped the visits, our students have made a video to enable current students to hold virtual visits.