The Government Has Revealed Why The Entire Marina Turned Bright Orange This Week
On Thursday, the Dubai Marina turned a weird looking, murky shade of orange and concerned residents took to Twitter to ponder over an explanation.
Some sort of spillage in Dubai Marina #environment #dubaimarina #dubai #emaar pic.twitter.com/Y03mToz8kY
— Moist Macro (@moist_macro) June 22, 2017
WHY TF IS THE WATER ORANGE? #dubaimarina pic.twitter.com/r2iTIwtYV8
— Moaz (@moaz_aj) June 22, 2017
Unfortunately, suggestions the water canal was a Willy Wonka chocolate creation have turned out to be unfounded
‘Harmless construction material’
Questions and concerns can be put to rest now however after the municipality released a statement describing the discolouration as harmless construction material.
According to the statement, the ‘orange colour that appeared today in the man-made water canal in Dubai Marina is due to excavation works related to a construction project at Qarn Al Sabkha, which links the rainwater drainage system to the canal.’
Bentonite, a chemical composed of aluminium phyllosilicate and water was found in samples taken by analysts who noted that the discolouration poses no threat to human life.
The statement also noted that colour has now completely disappeared.
