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130-ton 'ball of fat' clogs London sewer
130-ton 'ball of fat' clogs London sewer
Agence France Presse
Published Sep 13, 2017 01:33 PM PHT
We've shown you what happens when fat & wipes go down the drain. We've asked you to bin it. But do you know how? Watch this space! #FatTrap pic.twitter.com/cLq7GkWYhN
— Thames Water (@thameswater) September 11, 2017
We've shown you what happens when fat & wipes go down the drain. We've asked you to bin it. But do you know how? Watch this space! #FatTrap pic.twitter.com/cLq7GkWYhN
— Thames Water (@thameswater) September 11, 2017
LONDON - Sewage workers have found a 130-ton ball of congealed fat and sanitary wipes -- dubbed a "monster fatberg" -- clogging a Victorian-era sewer in London, utility company Thames Water said Tuesday.
LONDON - Sewage workers have found a 130-ton ball of congealed fat and sanitary wipes -- dubbed a "monster fatberg" -- clogging a Victorian-era sewer in London, utility company Thames Water said Tuesday.
Engineers expect it will take up to three-weeks to remove the rock-solid mass of festering food fat mixed with sanitary wipes found in drains under a major road in Whitechapel, east London.
Engineers expect it will take up to three-weeks to remove the rock-solid mass of festering food fat mixed with sanitary wipes found in drains under a major road in Whitechapel, east London.
"This fatberg is up there with the biggest we've ever seen. It's a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it's set hard," Matt Rimmer, Thames Water's head of waste, said in a statement.
"This fatberg is up there with the biggest we've ever seen. It's a total monster and taking a lot of manpower and machinery to remove as it's set hard," Matt Rimmer, Thames Water's head of waste, said in a statement.
"It's basically like trying to break up concrete. It's frustrating as these situations are totally avoidable and caused by fat, oil and grease being washed down sinks and wipes flushed down the loo," he added.
"It's basically like trying to break up concrete. It's frustrating as these situations are totally avoidable and caused by fat, oil and grease being washed down sinks and wipes flushed down the loo," he added.
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Sewage workers find a 130-tonne ball of congealed fat -- dubbed a "monster fatberg" -- clogging a sewer in London https://t.co/OiFIpMnUza pic.twitter.com/bZqGfBRALT
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 12, 2017
Sewage workers find a 130-tonne ball of congealed fat -- dubbed a "monster fatberg" -- clogging a sewer in London https://t.co/OiFIpMnUza pic.twitter.com/bZqGfBRALT
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 12, 2017
Images show that the sewer totally blocked by the 250-metre (273-yard) long fatberg.
Images show that the sewer totally blocked by the 250-metre (273-yard) long fatberg.
An eight-member crew is removing an average of 20 to 30 tonnes a day, the statement explained, using high-powered jet hoses to break up the mass which is then sucked out into tankers.
An eight-member crew is removing an average of 20 to 30 tonnes a day, the statement explained, using high-powered jet hoses to break up the mass which is then sucked out into tankers.
Weighing the same as 11 double decker buses, the fatberg easily eclipses the one found in 2013 in Kingston, southwest London.
Weighing the same as 11 double decker buses, the fatberg easily eclipses the one found in 2013 in Kingston, southwest London.
Our version of a walking tour of London: see for yourself the monster #Fatberg everyone's talking about: pic.twitter.com/LNd81wAliO
— Thames Water (@thameswater) September 12, 2017
Our version of a walking tour of London: see for yourself the monster #Fatberg everyone's talking about: pic.twitter.com/LNd81wAliO
— Thames Water (@thameswater) September 12, 2017
Described at the time as Britain's biggest ever fatberg, it weighed 15 tons and took ten days to clear up.
Described at the time as Britain's biggest ever fatberg, it weighed 15 tons and took ten days to clear up.
Thames Water clears up an average of three fat related blockages and five blockages caused by items including wet wipes every hour from its sewers in London and the Thames Valley.
Thames Water clears up an average of three fat related blockages and five blockages caused by items including wet wipes every hour from its sewers in London and the Thames Valley.
It costs the company around £1 million ($1.3 million, 1.1 million euros) a month to do so.
It costs the company around £1 million ($1.3 million, 1.1 million euros) a month to do so.
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