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The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently honoured Al Qusais Bus Depot by naming it: The Most Sustainable Bus Depot in terms of optimizing water consumption by as much 11 per cent. The award is a result of a series of initiatives rolled out by RTA’s Public Transport Agency with a view to saving water consumption, and realizing RTA’s endeavours to make the green economy concept a reality on the ground.
Abdullah Yousef Al Ali, CEO of RTA’s Public Transport Agency said: “Honoring the officials, staffs and workers of Al Qusais Bus Depot through naming it as The Most Sustainable Depot was a result of achieving the highest water consumption rates in as much as 11% through recycling of water used in washing buses and daily activities. The Public Transport Agency has launched bus-wash water recycling plant at Al Qusais this year, thus pushing the recycling of water rates up to 100%.
“The Agency developed a plan last year for economizing on the water consumption by 5% p.a. i.e. more than one million gallon in order to conserve water resources we obtain from desalination stations, which require huge amounts of power to operate. Reducing the water consumption is also an Islamic value and an environmental attitude contributing to the sustainability of future generations,” he noted.
“RTA adopts a comprehensive system for optimizing power consumption and boosting the green economy through undertaking an array of outstanding procedures and initiatives towards realizing the directives of our government in this regard,” added Al Ali.
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