Why doesn't the modern city of Dubai have a sewer system?

While it was true back in 2009, the situation was corrected by the following year.

In 2009 Dubai found that its rapid growth had stretched its existing sewage treatment infrastructure to its limits. Sewage from newer areas of Dubai were not connected to the municipal network at the time and was collected daily from thousands of septic tanks across the city and driven by tankers to the city's only sewage treatment plant at Al-Awir. Because of long queues and delays, some drivers illegally dumped their cargo into storm drains or behind dunes in the desert. Sewage dumped into storm drains flowed into the Persian Gulf, near the city's prime beaches. Doctors warned that beach users risked contracting illnesses like typhoid and hepatitis.

Dubai Municipality has two main sanitation plants, one in Al Awir, and one in Jebel Ali. There are also several smaller sewage treatment plants operated by private operators to serve specific districts or neighbourhoods.

1. Al Awir Plant

Designed with a capacity of 260,000 m³/day -- but by 2007 it dealt w/almost 500,000 m³/day.

In 2008, a 2nd phase -- 65,000 m³ of capacity became operational. Now, a 3rd phase has added an extra 80,000 m³ capacity. (Total of 405,000 m³/day.)

2. Jebel Ali plant

By 2010 this plant could process 300,000 m³ of waste water/day.

Another project underway is a sewage water pumping station and pumping lines linking to Al Awir.

Private systems:

There are "membrane bioreactor" sewage treatment plants on both the Palm Jumeirah and in Dubai International City.

There’s a 2,000 m³/day "sequencing batch reactor" sewage treatment plant for the Sky Courts complex.

Also, there’s a sewage treatment plant serving The Galleries development in Downtown Jebel Ali.

Dubai Sewage

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It's against the law to eat in Dubai. If nothing goes in nothing comes out.

Probably not any more complicated than a central planing screw up....

Ah but who knows, maybe the sewage truck guys have a really great union.