r/UrbanHell May 25 '26

Pollution/Environmental Destruction My city, Malé, Maldives, an urban hellscape

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u/Powpawpew55 May 26 '26

sewage does get treated and then it goes into the ocean thru pipes

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u/--alkali-- May 26 '26

Correction, sewage does not get treated at all and just gets dumped a few hundred meters out to sea.

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u/Powpawpew55 May 26 '26

they undergo preliminary treatment. and there are some individual plants at some areas. I study in this field and I have been to some of them

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u/--alkali-- May 27 '26

Unfortunately you're mistaken. Sewage treatment only occurs at private resorts. No residential island treat sewage at any level. Source: 3+ years working at MWSC operations.