What Happens When You Poop in A Burj Khalifa's Toilet

There are several articles and videos online claiming that the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai is not connected to a wastewater treatment plant by a sewage system, but rather the wastewater is transported by trucks. You will be surprised to know that the tallest building in the world. Which is a spectacle in every other sense, does not answer this serious dilemma. Continue watching the video to find out how the Emirati icon handles the building's wastewater and click the bell icon for more updates in the future if you haven't already. To understand why the Burj Khalifa does not have a sewage system, we must take a look at how Dubai was built.

All the wonders of Dubai were funded by the government in an effort to attract tourists and businesses to the country to attract new Investments in Dubai follow a policy of having very lenient taxes; In fact, they do not have any sales or income tax, but have slowly managed to develop other sources of income, but like most governments, Dubai's leaders have to take out loans

when

it comes to starting new projects. . and this is precisely

what

they did

when

they started working on the

burj

khalifa

, a project that cost a whopping 1.5 billion dollars, now this is not the only expense of the country, they also expanded the emirati fleet, built hotels and spent a lot of advertising as a result.

Dubai has accumulated a large amount of debt, the current amount stands at 80 billion dollars, which is approximately 77 of its GDP. Now this figure does not seem so bad if you compare it with other major countries like the United States or Japan, but the problem with Dubai is that it does not have a stable source of income, all its income depends on investments and tourism, as a result, The ratio of 77 gdp to debt is much more volatile than in other developed countries, in addition to this, the country was also greatly affected during the credit crisis of 2008 and had to request a loan of 20 billion dollars from the bank of abu dhabi, dubai needed significant funding and sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, the ruler of dubai, was adamant about not using the proceeds to generate income.

As it would further decrease Dubai's popularity and reduce investments coming into the country, as a result, the government set out to complete the Burj Khalifa, as the structure would put Dubai in the spotlight once again as the government rushed to complete the project they decided to forego a sewer system as it would bring additional cost and would not be profitable. This does not mean that Dubai does not have a sewage system, obviously the city has one, but all the additional waste from this huge building could not have been supported by the current sewage facility, as a result, the building was not connected to the sewage system. city ​​sewer, but where does all that human waste go?

It can't just disappear, let's take a look after a hearty lunch at the restaurant on top of the world's tallest building in Dubai. building you excuse yourself from the table and go to the bathroom you flush without even thinking about it

what

happens

to the

poop

anyone would think that the world's tallest skyscraper, which requires incredibly advanced architecture and technology to reach its heights, would have an equally impactful Unfortunately, that is not the case as it is not connected to a municipal wastewater treatment system as we mentioned above, which means that when you defecate on the Burj Khalifa, the excrement is trucked out of the city, we were amazed by The inefficiency of such a system to transfer wastewater to a treatment facility outside the city.

One of the most sophisticated skyscrapers in the world employs an archaic system, so be aware that if you visit and use the bathroom at the Burj Khalifa, someone will have to collect their excrement and transport it. it out of dubai Npr's terry gross interviewed kate asher author of the anatomy of skyscraper heights in november and talked about what

happens

to the wastewater from dubai's

burj

khalifa

and other tall buildings in dubai there are several towering buildings, many of which are not linked to the construction of a local sewer system appear to have surpassed the installation of such a crucial component of any multi-story structure, apparently with permission from the municipal planning department.

There is some kind of system, but it is incapable of handling the output of a 828 meter tower, so what really happens to the waste when it is dumped from the top floor? For one thing, the trash shoots downpipes at 122 miles per hour, which is faster than the average speed of most major trains in the world. The important thing to remember is that the

poop

reaches terminal velocity much like that of a skydiver, so after about five floors, in theory, you can go up as high as you want, however, it goes back up at the bottom, for So drainage should be built to prevent this from happening and reduce the bouncing of waste from pipes going down multiple floors.

In buildings, the bottom of the pile, the main vertical pipe that carries the load, must be at a particular angle, this allows the waste to flow around a curve and then horizontally down a drain where the flow reduces a process known as jumping. hydraulic; However, for buildings with more than 20 floors, the two lowest

toilet

s should be in their own stack, otherwise things can go horribly wrong if this second system is not in place, flushing a

toilet

at the top of the building will result in something extremely unpleasant spilling quickly and forcefully from the ground level. Installations as a direct result of the bounce, the initial velocity and volume of the flowing liquid, as well as the position of the pipes leading from the toilets to the main chimney, have an impact on this anyway, its number one and two Then climb 160 floors at fast gravity speed.

It was broken by a clever series of curves in the pipes that slowed it down. By the way, these pipes are soundproofed because no one wants to listen to garbage traveling all day. Anywhere else, the waste would end up in a septic system before reaching the municipal wastewater treatment facility in greener buildings, it may even pass through a network of filters before being reused for landscaping or flush toilets, but this is not the case in the burj khalifa, some unfortunate individuals or more likely several collect the waste in trucks, experts believe that at full occupation, that could equate to a good 13 tons of human feces each day, but the city does not is at full occupancy, so let's lower that figure, let's reduce it to eight tons, a very cautious figure that is still a lot and I admit it, but there is one more factor that explains the greater amount of wastewater generated when showering, brushing your teeth , etc., is also added, so it adds up to 13 tons of waste to manage because the Burj Khalifa was built in such a hurry that no one Considering where the excrement would go, those poor guys had to transport this stinky garbage to a treatment plant where they often have to wait in line for up to 24 hours to dump their stinking truckload.

The inefficiency of such a system is staggering and begs the The question of how architecture is more than simply building a beautiful structure, architects must also examine the influence of the building on the rest of the city and how it will interact with it, is very well build the tallest structure in the world, but if you have to remove garbage using inefficient and expensive vehicles, they have failed, well, anything is possible when you are looking to reduce costs, so that's all the time we had today, friends, I hope If you enjoyed this video, don't forget to subscribe and hit the bell icon to stay updated. about all our future videos see you next time