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And what you do is when you bring in the world’s most sophisticated architects and engineers, you can literally build anything, including a building of 140 or 150 stories. But designing a municipal network of sewage treatment is in some ways more complex.
— Kate Ascher, author of ”The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper” commenting on why sewage is transported by tank trucks from the Burj Khalifa,the world’s tallest building.
