Local Order No.8 of 2002 regarding Sewage, Irrigation, and Water Drainage in the Emirate of Dubai. Country/Territory United Arab Emirates Territorial subdivision Dubai Document type Regulation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Water, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Sewerage Effluent waste water/discharge Waterworks Rainwater Drainage/land reclamation Pollution control Irrigation Monitoring Industrial water use Business/industry/corporations Protection of environment Freshwater pollution Geographical area Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Persian Gulf Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract This Order consisting of 48 articles divided in VI Chapters and 1 Annex aims at defining powers and duties of the Municipality Sewage and Irrigation Administration of the Emirate of Dubai. Main duties are (i) planning, designing and executing all public sewage networks and processing stations in the Emirate, in addition to exercising surveillance and full supervision in respect of the operation and maintenance of such networks and stations; (ii) give approval for connecting a private sewage network of a building with the public sewage network or affecting any alteration or change in the network lines or the sewage system; (iii) determine the size and number of the points for connecting of the building private sewage network to the public sewage network, and also the positions and number of connection with the rain water drainage network; (iv) give approval for establishing a liquid waste processing station; (v) establish conditions, restrictions and standard specifications needed to drain industrial liquid materials into the public sewage network; (vi) establish conditions and specifications that must be respected by private sewage network of any building; (vii) planning, designing and executing all rain water drainage networks, and determining the water drainage points thereto, in addition to exercising surveillance and full supervision in respect of the operation and maintenance of the said networks; and (viii) planning, designing and executing public irrigation water networks, in addition to exercising surveillance and supervision over the networks operation and maintenance. Full text English Website www.dm.gov.ae