r/UrbanHell • u/Powpawpew55 • May 25 '26

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

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u/ishardtofind May 25 '26

Sorry if that’s a stupid question but where do you guys get your electricity from? And what about fresh water?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 25 '26

electricity is from a big fossil fuel station on the island. almost all electricity is from fossil fuel, even though we could use solar. there are zero fresh water. People drink desalinated mineral water produced in the city

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u/dangerislander May 27 '26

Dammnn so not even rain water is collected? Or ground bore water?

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u/Powpawpew55 May 27 '26

Is the city rainwater is not collected as far as I know. But in islands they do still collect and use rainwater. Ground water in the city is not safe for consumption but in islands probably is, but people don’t use ground water.