We cannot afford to waste water

As a concerned resident I would like to raise an issue that has been bothering me for more than two months. There is a leak in the hoses that water the trees in the area behind Mushrif Palace – between 12th Street and 14th Street – directly across from Um al Emarat park.

I often walk my dogs there and for many weeks I have been seeing a water leak that is as big as a fountain. It floods the area, but doesn’t reach the target, which is the trees. If this continues over the summer, some trees might die.

I have the City Guard app on my phone, with which I filmed the water wastage and sent the video clips with my comments and the location to the authorities. So far, no action has been taken.

This defeats the very purpose of the City Guard initiative that aims to “provide a direct channel to the Government to report incidents within the emirate of Abu Dhabi”.

I also brought it to the notice of the people who work in the area, but they too did nothing about it. We live in a region where water is scarce. Hence my concern. Adriana Holtslag-Alvarez, Abu Dhabi