{"id":6218,"date":"2017-06-24T07:48:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T07:48:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-06-24T07:48:31","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T07:48:31","slug":"orange-marina-reason-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/orange-marina-reason-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Government Has Revealed Why The Entire Marina Turned Bright Orange This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Thursday, the Dubai Marina turned a weird looking, murky shade of orange<\/a> and concerned residents took to Twitter to ponder over an explanation.<\/p>\n

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Some sort of spillage in Dubai Marina #environment<\/a> #dubaimarina<\/a> #dubai<\/a> #emaar<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Y03mToz8kY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Moist Macro (@moist_macro) June 22, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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WHY TF IS THE WATER ORANGE? #dubaimarina<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/r2iTIwtYV8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Moaz (@moaz_aj) June 22, 2017<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Unfortunately, suggestions the water canal was a Willy Wonka chocolate creation have turned out to be unfounded<\/h3>\n
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‘Harmless construction material’<\/h3>\n

Questions and concerns can be put to rest now however after the municipality released a statement describing the discolouration as harmless construction material.<\/p>\n

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.’<\/p>\n

Bentonite, a chemical composed of aluminium phyllosilicate and water was found in samples taken by analysts who noted\u00a0that the discolouration\u00a0poses no threat to human life.<\/p>\n

The statement also noted that colour has now completely disappeared.<\/p>\n

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