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Malé Makes the Most of Limited Land and Lack of Freshwater
Author(s) -
Venkatesh Govindarajan,
Didi Mohamed Ahmed,
Mujthaba Ahmed
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2011.tb11454.x
Subject(s) - sewerage , sanitation , capital city , geography , water resource management , elevation (ballistics) , capital (architecture) , environmental planning , environmental science , environmental engineering , archaeology , engineering , economic geography , structural engineering
Malé is the capital city of the Maldives, a group of about 1,200 islands—200 of which are inhabited—located off the southwest tip of India. The low‐lying islands (the elevation of the highest island is 8 feet above sea level) rely entirely on desalinated saltwater, and because of land area constraints, do not have a wastewater treatment facility. G. Venkatesh talks with Malé Water and Sewerage Company Managing Director Mohamed Ahmed Didi as interpreted through Ahmed Mujthaba (the utility's operations manager) to understand the water and sanitation system in this Indian Ocean city.