URBAN - The Incredible Story Of How The Burj Khalifas Poop is Trucked Out of Town

You'd think that the world's tallest building - a structure that requires amazingly complex engineering and technology to reach its heights - would have an equally impressive sewage system. Unfortunately, that's not the case because it isn't hooked up to a municipal wastewater treatment system - so when you poop in the Burj Khalifa, that waste is actually trucked out of the city. Trucked out of the city! We're frankly flabbergasted by the inefficiency of such a system. One of the world's most advanced buildings relies on an arcane method to transport wastewater to a treatment facility outside of town. So remember, if you happen to visit and use the Burj Khalifa's restroom, some unfortunate person has to collect your poop and drive it out of Dubai.



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