Posted on 09/01/2014 1:39:32 PM PDT by Gamecock
Thames Water workers have been blasting a fatberg the length of a Boeing 747 underneath a road in west London. A ‘fatberg’ – a congealed mass of fat, wet wipes and other litter wrongly put down drains and toilets – formed under a 80 metre stretch of Shepherd’s Bush Road.
"A team of sewer experts from the company fought the ‘berg all last week The immense, solid blockage needed to be broken up and removed from the sewer to prevent sewer flooding to nearby homes and business." – Thames Water
But Shepherd's Bush is far from being the worst offender when it comes to fatbergs. Kingston-on-Thames had a 15-tonne fatberg removed from a sewer last year. But top of the fatberg league is Harrow, with a staggering 13,417 blockages reported in the last five years. Shepherd’s Bush trails behind with just 68.
“Wet wipes cling to the fat. Fat clings to the wipes. And pretty soon your fatberg is out of control and sewage is backing up into roads, gardens and in the worst cases flooding up through toilets and into homes.“We’ve found all sorts in this sewer – from tennis balls to planks of wood . It goes without saying they shouldn’t be in those pipes. London – bin it, don’t block it.” – Dave Dennis, Thames Water sewer operations manager
A fatberg?Why not call it a Teddy?
Uuugh.... but you gotta just love the terminology....
Fat ‘berg....
Hey, hey, hey!!!! It’s Fat Al’berg!!!
I know. That was beyond bad. I’m so sorry.
:D
Hoss
“We’ve found all sorts in this sewer – from tennis balls to planks of wood .”
If I’ve told my kids to never flush a 2x4 down the toilet once, I’ve told them a thousand times.
I came here because of the WTF headline.
Just a thought — but why don’t they solder some sort of mesh to the openings of sewer grates? Expensive in the short run, but might save money over the long run.
so, it turns out I don’t have the worst job in the world.
. . . how did Michael Moore get INTO the London Sewers ??
What??? No Korans???? I’m SHOCKED!!!
I thought Fatberg was Michael Moore’s original surname ;?
Tis why I posted the article!
This would be funny and worth rooting for the fatwhatever, if it were Washington, DC
Over the long, medium, and short run leaves and gravel would clog the grates and the sewer system would become unable to mitigate flooding during heavy rains.
Sewer grates are not sized randomly.
“. . how did Michael Moore get INTO the London Sewers ?”
By eating too many Bowel Burgers Au Jus!
Check out the photos. Here's one:
All rental agreements should have a clause against wet wipes being allowed anywhere on the property.
“The drain is clogged.”
“Oh, here is the problem, the wet wipe YOU put down the toilet.”
That is some SERIOUS junk, LOL
bttt
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