Dubai's Big Time Sewage Problem

By Jack Brummet, Travel Editor

Dubai is a new city of massive, wacky and often brilliant skyscrapers.  But, alas, since they were all built quite recently, the city's sewer system is not even close to keeping up.

As NPR's "Fresh Air" reported last month, only a very few of these edifices are actually hooked up to the central municipal sewer system.  All the rest of the towers must install massive storage tanks and hire huge fleets of tanker trucks to carry away the waste.  These buildings work basically like RV's!  The tanker trucks, when they pull into the overburdened central treatment plants, are often forced to wait on line, for as long as 24 hours at a time, to dispose of  their "cargo."

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George Bush's Sewer Treatment Plant

According to the Associated Press, a measure seeking to honor George's Bush's years in office by placing his name on a San Francisco sewage plant has qualified for the November ballot.


The referendum was certified Thursday and will rename the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W. Bush Sewage Plant.


Supporters say the plan is to commemorate the mess they claim Bush left behind in Iraq. What better facility to honor the President, who has been steadily emitting crap from the White House for the last 7 10/12 years?
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