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I the thing that I was surprised the most to hear was that those skyscrapers sewage is carried by trucks outside Dubai and dumped who knows where. I've heard of

I the thing that I was surprised the most to hear was that those skyscrapers sewage is carried by trucks outside Dubai and dumped who knows where. I've heard of slavery stories before and am surprised they still get any new workers recruited, the stories I've heard are horrific. This is a place I will never visit, even if the trip is all paid for by someone else.

zepearl 5y ago
> I the thing that I was surprised the most to hear was that those skyscrapers sewage is carried by trucks outside Dubai and dumped who knows where. Mmmhh, does not seem to be 100% correct? At least not in relation to the Burj Khalifa as mentioned by the video... . https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-sewage-from-the-burj-khalifa-transported-away-by-trucks https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-se... => https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091115/http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/4529/ESL-HH-06-07-19.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091115/http://repository... A complete soil, waste and vent system from plumbing fixtures, floor drains and mechanical equipment arranged for gravity flow and, ejector discharge to a point of connection with the city municipal sewer is provided. A complete storm drainage system from roofs, decks, terraces and plazas arranged for gravity flow to a point of connection with the city municipal sewer system is provided.*
- hypertele-Xii 5y ago
  The problem is, the municipal sewer system has inadequate capacity to receive any of the poop, so while the sewers are being upgraded, the poop is hauled away by trucks.
  - devoutsalsa 5y ago
    It'd be hilarious to learn that the bottom N floors are actually a giant holding tank, and that some engineer calculated they'd have 20 years to figure out how to empty it all.
hasmanean 5y ago
> dumped who knows where Lol, maybe there’s a spot in the desert. A brown spot. Probably visible from space.
bin_bash 5y ago
I found that incredibly hard to believe and it appears to be false: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-sewage-from-the-burj-khalifa-transported-away-by-trucks https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-se...
- MisterSandman 5y ago
  Thank you for introducing me to my new favorite StackExchange. It used to be Workplace SE because of all the fun drama I got to read.
m0llusk 5y ago
This happened during a period of peak development. Not entirely sure, but my understanding was there were sewage processing facilities available, just a lack of functioning plumbing connecting everything at that time.

zepearl 5y ago

> I the thing that I was surprised the most to hear was that those skyscrapers sewage is carried by trucks outside Dubai and dumped who knows where. Mmmhh, does not seem to be 100% correct? At least not in relation to the Burj Khalifa as mentioned by the video... . https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-sewage-from-the-burj-khalifa-transported-away-by-trucks https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-se... => https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091115/http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/4529/ESL-HH-06-07-19.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091115/http://repository... A complete soil, waste and vent system from plumbing fixtures, floor drains and mechanical equipment arranged for gravity flow and, ejector discharge to a point of connection with the city municipal sewer is provided. A complete storm drainage system from roofs, decks, terraces and plazas arranged for gravity flow to a point of connection with the city municipal sewer system is provided.*

hypertele-Xii 5y ago
The problem is, the municipal sewer system has inadequate capacity to receive any of the poop, so while the sewers are being upgraded, the poop is hauled away by trucks.
- devoutsalsa 5y ago
  It'd be hilarious to learn that the bottom N floors are actually a giant holding tank, and that some engineer calculated they'd have 20 years to figure out how to empty it all.

hasmanean 5y ago

> dumped who knows where Lol, maybe there’s a spot in the desert. A brown spot. Probably visible from space.

bin_bash 5y ago

I found that incredibly hard to believe and it appears to be false: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-sewage-from-the-burj-khalifa-transported-away-by-trucks https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52204/is-the-se...

MisterSandman 5y ago
Thank you for introducing me to my new favorite StackExchange. It used to be Workplace SE because of all the fun drama I got to read.

m0llusk 5y ago

This happened during a period of peak development. Not entirely sure, but my understanding was there were sewage processing facilities available, just a lack of functioning plumbing connecting everything at that time.