'95739/50/D1_047 bed cttalise Bed fe Be ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE GROUND WATER DISCHARGE TO MARINE. ENVIRONMENT PROJECT MAY 2007a 4.7 Comparison ofthe Qatari environmental regulation with Sultanate Oman ‘and Gulf Countries Environmental Regulation for the discharged Eins to Marine Eaicoaments Environmental Permits Cater | Unit | Symbot ; ‘@atar [Oma | ace Tata — [ag |“TOS—| — 1500 [= isa Tal pnaed Sas ['mgT| “188 | — 30 30 | “1899 fa a Fama abames —[ |} Fi Nt Teel cen | Sires | § Wesioe toon [te] Catone | tection Eats, | amEL, | ioenee ‘mee ——T ag io iz eis cnet Ch | O05 T610 Gai [apt] —et | — tr Tr aost0 a 20 iii | mgt | PO, | 20 30} —z050 a at | ota Bisieial operand | mpl [BOD | — 30 20—|“- 2050 Genial Onder [mgt [COD | —100—| 300} a 0 ‘ae ml > = Tea Rees gs [mgt | TEN] — TO iB 50 ites | mgt At rs ‘awe’ —~|— ng —[~a| 03 a a | aon mm |-Br|- 39 | 39 20 Sor a 1 sien amg —| oa} tos —| at ara Teatdrsian —[ matter} — 0 as —~o1-03 coat imgi_[ ea [-20—| tos az Co ‘mgt [ex [05 az —[—an15 i mgl—[-Fe[ 1 ts 15100 | ed mgl—[-re-[ or aos | os Hangeoe | gt [wn 03 [toot | 0330 ‘ey ‘ng!_—[- ag | 0001 701-1065 Nae met —[-Nt 08 a] on te seta | 30 1] 042 ie amgi_[ ag [tons [ear — |e enon mgi—[se_[—on [oo 03 “nico ‘Orage [mgt [0a Ps isos Tau fen [mt a5 | “aor —| e079 Gin a voter | mt ox | Paste | oeoi02=——— TT eee eee eee ee ee ee Dios rv sae" = Tass than “THelrathne wt [tm | 100 on — Dilger eat Cottom — | wenn |= ee : 100 | cotiormiee | _ 109 ores eae Mi 7 Mi arse ware ‘Nil | Less than] Nil repeat Fels | HRNTORE 100- = = ‘The Qatari environmental regulations as stipulated in the attachment ‘number 4/1 for the law issued by the Supreme Couneil for Environment and Natural Reserves controlling the effluents discharged to the marine environment should not exceed a limit of TDS of 1500 mgllter for the treated or raw effluents. This salinity concentration is fer apart from the Prevailing salinity ofthe sea water varying between 40-45x 10” mglliter. ‘This difference impacts the survival of marine fauna and flora and can lead to drastic deterioration in the fishing breeding grcunds as well as the natural assimilative capacity of the shore biological environment leading to reduction in its natural self cleansing. ‘The value of Dioxins and Benzopyrines of (1.34X10") isnot realistic as it could not be detected in marine water by available technologies, Yet it should be considered to be low and possibly absent as those compounds are among the most wanted organic chemicals (POPs) to be banned from reaching the environment. Most of Doha beaches are non-swimming and there got to be differences between swimming and non-swimming beiches as far the permissible limits of total coliform groups. The realistic limits should be stated as impacting edible marine species cached in shore areas, WHO permits the presence of up to 1000 MPN/100 ml total coliforms in sea water atthe beach. In the Qatari environmental law as well as the listed other laws, the discharge limit for coliforms bacteria in sea water are present in equal amounts to faecal coliforms at 100 MPN/100 mi ‘This isnot realistic as the soil as well as other sources of contamination will be present in discharged waters. Therefore faecal coliforms should ‘not be equal to the total coliforms MPN/100.