Al-Musk Lake

Al-Musk Lake (Arabic: بحيرة المسك) was an artificial sewage lake east of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, a city that (at the time) lacked an underground sewage system.

[2] Over time, the lake reached dangerous levels, and in 2005, a concrete precautionary dam was erected to prevent spillover into the city.

[3] In 2010, the lake was drained by Saudi Arabia's National Water Company, acting under government instructions.

[2] Despite having been drained of sewage, a 2017 scientific study concluded that the site remained environmentally contaminated.

[4] This Saudi Arabia related article is a stub.