Dubai Sailing club loses licence due to sewage dump
Sep 18th 2008, 1:38 pm
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Dubai Sailing club loses licence due to sewage dump
What an absolute shame.
The Dubai Offshore Sailing Club lost its Royal Yachting Association (RYA) accreditation yesterday after effluent dumped into a storm drain nearby flowed into the waters around the club, leaving a stench. Keith Mutch, the club’s manager, said the dumping ruined the opening regatta of the season on Friday and threatened the reputation of the club.
“There were more than 200 people here and I got complaints all day about the stench,” he said. “It smelt of raw sewage. In the middle of the afternoon it flowed out of the storm water drain at the bottom of the pier.
“The water had a big dark brown slick of water in it that smelt very bad.”
The waste has also now washed onto a nearby public beach and the water has made several people sick. They have complained of skin rashes, ear infections and diarrhoea.
“One member who used to swim here all the time has stopped because he has got several ear infections from the contaminated water,” said Mr Mutch.
The problem has blighted the coast for three months but has dramatically increased this week, said Mr Mutch.
“It pours in every day. We do not know where it originating from but it is seriously affecting the club and its members.”
One of the members, who did not wish to be named, said: “It is only a matter of time before people get cholera or typhoid from the water. I can’t risk my daughter getting anything like that. People using the beach next to the club have no idea.”
Those on the public beach were equally upset.
“I have just taken a swim,” said Claudia Kemfert from Germany. “I never expected to see something like raw sewage in the water. The quality of the beaches has deteriorated since I got here two years ago but this is horrible.”
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20...ONAL/634190884
The Dubai Offshore Sailing Club lost its Royal Yachting Association (RYA) accreditation yesterday after effluent dumped into a storm drain nearby flowed into the waters around the club, leaving a stench. Keith Mutch, the club’s manager, said the dumping ruined the opening regatta of the season on Friday and threatened the reputation of the club.
“There were more than 200 people here and I got complaints all day about the stench,” he said. “It smelt of raw sewage. In the middle of the afternoon it flowed out of the storm water drain at the bottom of the pier.
“The water had a big dark brown slick of water in it that smelt very bad.”
The waste has also now washed onto a nearby public beach and the water has made several people sick. They have complained of skin rashes, ear infections and diarrhoea.
“One member who used to swim here all the time has stopped because he has got several ear infections from the contaminated water,” said Mr Mutch.
The problem has blighted the coast for three months but has dramatically increased this week, said Mr Mutch.
“It pours in every day. We do not know where it originating from but it is seriously affecting the club and its members.”
One of the members, who did not wish to be named, said: “It is only a matter of time before people get cholera or typhoid from the water. I can’t risk my daughter getting anything like that. People using the beach next to the club have no idea.”
Those on the public beach were equally upset.
“I have just taken a swim,” said Claudia Kemfert from Germany. “I never expected to see something like raw sewage in the water. The quality of the beaches has deteriorated since I got here two years ago but this is horrible.”
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20...ONAL/634190884
Sep 18th 2008, 2:22 pm
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Re: Dubai Sailing club loses licence due to sewage dump
oh god, that's horrible...is it the one along beach road...?
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Sep 18th 2008, 2:32 pm
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Think it is Umm Suqeim harbour - not too sure.
Sep 18th 2008, 2:35 pm
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yeah, that's where i was thinking of...eeuuwww whatever...
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Sep 18th 2008, 2:40 pm
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Off Beach Road, by Wollongong University, Jumeirah
Awful - they can't even clean the mess up/replace the sand because they can't be sure that it would stop as they don't know just when the dumping is happening. Hope they catch the culprits and hang them!
Awful - they can't even clean the mess up/replace the sand because they can't be sure that it would stop as they don't know just when the dumping is happening. Hope they catch the culprits and hang them!
