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> Reminds me of 2009 Dubai rivers of shit fiasco. Link, please.
by tablespoon 6y ago
> Reminds me of 2009 Dubai rivers of shit fiasco.
Link, please.
- rasz 6y agohttps://www.greenprophet.com/2011/11/burj-khalifa-poop/ https://www.greenprophet.com/2011/11/burj-khalifa-poop/ https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/dark-side-dubai-1664368.html https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-har... >"It started like this. We began to get complaints from people using the beach. The water looked and smelled odd, and they were starting to get sick after going into it. So I wrote to the ministers of health and tourism and expected to hear back immediately – but there was nothing. Silence. I hand-delivered the letters. Still nothing." The water quality got worse and worse. The guests started to spot raw sewage, condoms, and used sanitary towels floating in the sea. So the hotel ordered its own water analyses from a professional company. "They told us it was full of fecal matter and bacteria 'too numerous to count'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQdjwliLMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQdjwliLMA I think there also might of been some BBC documentary shooting raw shit flowing down the street among glimmering sky scrapers, plus you cant ignore the aroma of the city overall.