At the moment, human waste coming from Dubai is gathered every day from several thousand septic tanks all over the city and driven by tankers towards the city's only sewage treatment plant at Al-Awir. As a result of very long queues as well as delays, a number of tanker drivers resort to illegally dropping the liquid waste directly into storm drains or simply behind dunes in the desert. A result of sewage thrown out into storm drains is that it runs straight into sea of the Persian Gulf, near the city's primary swimming beaches. Visitors are cautioned of the chance of getting serious health issues like typhoid and hepatitis if swimming on Dubai beaches. In this Youtube video you can see 1000's of trucks waiting to dump their loads.
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