[en] Qatar's rapid industrialization, notably in its capital city Doha, has spurred a surge in land reclamation projects, leading to a constriction of the entrance to Doha Bay. By reducing and deflecting the ocean circulation, land reclamation projects have reduced the effective dispersion of wastewater introduced into the bay and hence degraded the water quality. Here, we assess fluctuations in water residence time across three distinct eras (1980, 2000, and 2020) to gauge the impact of successive land reclamation developments. To do this, we couple the multi-scale ocean model SLIM with a Lagrangian model for water residence time within Doha's coastal area. We consider three different topographies of Doha's shoreline to identify which artificial structures contributed the most to increase water residence time. Our findings reveal that the residual ocean circulation in Doha Bay was predominantly impacted by northern developments post-2000. Between 1980 and 2000, the bay's residence time saw a modest rise, of about one day on average. However, this was followed by a substantial surge, of three to six days on average, between 2000 and 2020, which is mostly attributable to The Pearl mega artificial island development. Certain regions of the bay witnessed a tripling of water residence time. Given the ongoing population expansion along the coast, it is anticipated that the growth of artificial structures and coastal reclamation will persist, thereby exacerbating the accumulation of pollutants in the bay. Our findings suggest that artificial offshore structures can exert far-reaching, non-local impacts on water quality, which need to be properly assessed during the planning stages of such developments.
Disciplines :
Earth sciences & physical geography
Author, co-author :
Lecart, Mathieu; Earth and Life Institute (ELI), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Dobbelaere, Thomas ; Earth and Life Institute (ELI), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Alaerts, Lauranne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS) ; Earth and Life Institute (ELI), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Randresihaja, Ny Riana ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch (FOCUS) ; Earth and Life Institute (ELI), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Vethamony, Ponnumony; Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Hanert, Emmanuel ; Earth and Life Institute (ELI), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ; Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (IMMC), UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Land reclamation and its consequences: A 40-year analysis of water residence time in Doha Bay, Qatar.
Alternative titles :
[fr] La poldérisation et ses conséquences : Une analyse sur 40 ans du temps de résidence de l'eau dans la baie de Doha, au Qatar.
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