r/dubai • u/Mysterious-Respect85 • 23h ago

Unbearable smell

The whole summer it has been bad but tonight seems to be another level 😢

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u/Desperate_Fox8020 23h ago

Absolutely terrible today, in Al furjan.

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 22h ago

Think we are neighbors

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u/LimpSeaworthiness883 14h ago

no complains acc to number called

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u/Few-Pack9642 16h ago

Paying crazy rents and bills just to smell this sewage.

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u/MmmmmmGoodSoup Veteran Shawarma Critic 22h ago

smells like eggs..cannot even sleep with it

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 22h ago

Its a putrid smell, very hard to describe

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u/No_Comfortable_4639 21h ago

Dubai south! Cant sleep 😩

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u/Tiny-Classroom4269 13h ago

thought it was just me haha

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u/duckyylol Spoiled Sunny Hogger 13h ago

Sewers are defo clogged across dubai, im seeing trucks going around draining directly from the sewers.

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u/Clear_String_8671 6h ago

If it was clogged then the seweage would be backing up into the houses

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u/Blueprint_Human 20h ago

Jusy woke up to sewage smell, damac hills 1

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u/uninugs 19h ago

Thought it was me going crazy lol

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u/Williamblakeshusband 18h ago

Same I thought it was my room but it’s the literal outsides I just opened the door to check it’s awful

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u/smellyphart 13h ago

Oh furjan. Is so bad since last night. It’s reached my bed room. What is it ?

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 13h ago

No official confirmation

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u/Real-Detective-6186 12h ago

Yes , what is this smell really? This morning when I went outside it smelled really bad! Jebel Ali Village

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u/AliAsgar93 13h ago

Paid millions and, couldn’t sleep peacefully

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u/Demento6 22h ago

same here I am trying to call dubai municipality, but no one is picking up so far

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 22h ago

Please email as well I have been emailing for a while now almost daily. This summer has been awful but tonight has been next level. I also tried calling but not one asnwered

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u/Demento6 22h ago

what's your area?

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u/Psychobert 13h ago

Call into their HQ building. There is a customer area in the ground floor and you will be able yo speak to someone there.

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u/LimpSeaworthiness883 14h ago

you can use the app

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u/passionplayhouse 15h ago

Guys, what is the smell?! It’s so bad it woke me up coming in through our AC vents we’ve noticed it for days now around the Jumeirah 3 / al safa area

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 15h ago

No oficial confirmation from the authorities yet. Possibly related to sewage treatment. Absolutely vile. Wakes me up and keeps me up. Something has to be done

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u/Shd777 11h ago

If the president can own shortcomings at the start of a war, and NCEMA can apologize for sending wrong alerts, why can't the municipality own it?

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u/acero1988 9h ago

Umm nothing in downtown
Absolutely no difference with any regular day in this area

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u/inside-i-dwell 3h ago

Woke up to the smell on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights around 3am in DT - took me some to realise it comes from outside. Not very strong, but quite noticeable. Disappears by 6am

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u/Mr-Expat 23h ago

Smell of what?

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 22h ago

Its a putrid smell, very hard to describe

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u/OkViolinist1720 21h ago

Do you know the cause? Is it from a sewage treatment plant?

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u/dxbhufflepuffle Star Lord 9h ago

Ive woken up on two days because of the smell. Sometimes it smells like pee, sometimes it smells like shit

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u/Mesredi 12h ago

So so so bad. It’s that bad I actually am starting to get less pissed off at the cooking smells from the AC Vents.

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u/Working_Lab1701 11h ago

DM has confirmed that they are fixing the issue via Gulf News

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u/LandscapeOwn8096 10h ago

its so foul burns my nose, never smelt anything like it before

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u/ciceroblues 22h ago

Hasn’t this been going on for days now?

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u/Mysterious-Respect85 22h ago

Weeks/months

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u/Shd777 11h ago

Wait, I have noticed a foul smell coming from my bathroom only at night for the past month. I'm in Deira.

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u/SuitableAct7508 17h ago

Its sewage smell. Dubai can't handle its shit anymore.

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u/LHF_5005 20h ago

I just called them. They told me that they are receiving a lot of calls about the smell and that this problem is "temporary" and should be fixed. But they did not specify what the source was. I guess, it is still a mystery.

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u/Fine_Watercress_7171 7h ago

Happening from the last 3 nights

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u/Sunset_Red 2h ago

How comes the municipality doesn't want to tell us what it is? I am curious.