Edited sentence: "Looking over the wetlands is the Lakes district of International City – which is the most expensive district of International City by virtue of having the prospect of overlooking a waterway and natural parkland - rather than another treeless concrete building of  fairly average architectural merit.A unique freshwater lake lies inside the boundaries of International City alonside the Dubai-Hatta Road.An assessment of the lake’s biological characteristics and water quality in an Environmental Impact Assessment and baseline survey of flora and fauna - indicted clean water rich in aquatic life and exhibiting high biological productivity.Leading specialists in wetlands, ornithology and freshwater ecology have formed a project consortium along with Architects, planners and landscape designers specializing in wetlands projects.Steps have been taken to list with these wetlands under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands which will officially formally recognise Al Warsan Lake as wetlands of international significance.The Al Wasan Lake district is the subject of a detailed review in www.The Al Wasan lake is comprised of a series of interconnected wetlands of about 3 metres depth set in an arid undulating desert landscape.The Al Wasan pools were created in the 1990s when excess treated sewage effluent water was pumped from the nearby Al Weer sewage treatment plant into shallow pits which had been excavated as a quarry by a local building company.The biological importance of the lake lies in the fact that it has become an integrated natural habitat with dense reed lands and a diverse food chain.The consortium is preparing a Lake Enhancement, Preservation and Management Plan focused on creating and managing a sustainable wildlife sanctuary located on the side of a busy high density commuter suburb.com as follows: