TY - GEN
T1 - The feasibility of applying effluent taxation in Abu Dhabi residential sector
AU - Alhamad, Issah M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/4/12
Y1 - 2018/4/12
N2 - The average water consumption per capita in Abu Dhabi is almost three times the world average. As a result, the demand for desalinated water has got much higher due this exaggerated consumption rates and other factors such as very hot climate conditions, population growth and the limited natural resources across the country. A new approach for limiting high consumption rates is essential. Effluent tax is the process of taxing the waste water discharged from dwelling units and connected to municipality sewer network. It showed a success in different countries around the world such as Germany and Canada. This study measures the feasibility of applying this tax in the residential sector of Abu Dhabi emirate. It is assumed that the tax is applicable to high consumptions only and can be avoided for low consumption consumers. A survey was designed to measure the percentage of people who will try to lower their water consumption to avoid the tax, and the percentage of people who will continue their current consumption and pay the tax. Then a calculation model was built to study the economic feasibility as well as the carbon savings from three water reduction scenarios (5%, 10%, and 15%) of the residents' current consumption and 2-baseline scenarios (Abu Dhabi current consumption and world average consumption). The study is projected up to year 2030 which matches the Abu Dhabi vision 2030. The results came to support the expectation of the success of effluent taxation policy at Abu Dhabi Emirate if applied correctly. It also clearly showed how sensitive water saving can be to the environment due to the high carbon footprint of water desalination plants.
AB - The average water consumption per capita in Abu Dhabi is almost three times the world average. As a result, the demand for desalinated water has got much higher due this exaggerated consumption rates and other factors such as very hot climate conditions, population growth and the limited natural resources across the country. A new approach for limiting high consumption rates is essential. Effluent tax is the process of taxing the waste water discharged from dwelling units and connected to municipality sewer network. It showed a success in different countries around the world such as Germany and Canada. This study measures the feasibility of applying this tax in the residential sector of Abu Dhabi emirate. It is assumed that the tax is applicable to high consumptions only and can be avoided for low consumption consumers. A survey was designed to measure the percentage of people who will try to lower their water consumption to avoid the tax, and the percentage of people who will continue their current consumption and pay the tax. Then a calculation model was built to study the economic feasibility as well as the carbon savings from three water reduction scenarios (5%, 10%, and 15%) of the residents' current consumption and 2-baseline scenarios (Abu Dhabi current consumption and world average consumption). The study is projected up to year 2030 which matches the Abu Dhabi vision 2030. The results came to support the expectation of the success of effluent taxation policy at Abu Dhabi Emirate if applied correctly. It also clearly showed how sensitive water saving can be to the environment due to the high carbon footprint of water desalination plants.
KW - Effluent tax
KW - carbon savings
KW - desalination
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U2 - 10.1109/ICREGA.2018.8337621
DO - 10.1109/ICREGA.2018.8337621
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050481602
T3 - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Application, ICREGA 2018
SP - 281
EP - 284
BT - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Application, ICREGA 2018
Y2 - 26 February 2018 through 28 February 2018
ER -