Bioremediation of soils contaminated by oil spills in the UAE: an engineering solution approach

Abstract

Water plays a vital role in our life and that is why human societies have been looking for different sources of water. Exponential growth of population and industrial expansion primed need for increase in water supply and distribution. This need was met by constructing dams, reservoirs, river diversions, pipelines, and aqueducts to bring water form more distant unpolluted sources [1]. As global resources of fresh water are limited and unequally distributed among the globe, it is not surprising to discover that lack of healthy fresh water and hence consuming unhealthy water is causing about 90% of diseases. This situation has forced nations around the globe to implement active and fast programs for wastewater treatment systems.