The tallest building in the world isn't connected to a sewage system. Instead they haul the sewage away in trucks.
See: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/11/the-tallest-building-in-the-world-would-be-poop-without-trucks/
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/08/what-happens-when-you-flush-a-toilet-in-the-worlds-tallest-building.html
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The Burj Khalifa is practically empty:
"This symbol of the pre-financial crisis building boom opened practically empty, after all. In late 2010, according to local business reports, about 825 of its 900 condos were unoccupied. ...for now at least, it is plainly no towering achievement in urban planning."
--http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2012/01/isthe-worlds-tallest-buildinghaving-its-king-kong-moment-two-years-afterdubais-burj-khalifa-opened-amida-blaze-of-fireworks.html
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