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'Bus-Sized' Lump Of Fat Called A 'Fatberg' Discovered In London Sewer
http://jalopnik.com/bus-sized-lump-of-fat-called-a-fatburg-discovered-i-1028805797
The local utility, Thames Water, says the 15-ton "fatberg" (their word, not mine, dear God this is so awful) was actually blocking sewage flow from houses in southwest London. The mass was made of fat and wet wipes. Workers discovered it after residents complained they were unable to flush their toilets.
UKs biggest fatberg discovered in London sewer
http://www.thameswater.co.uk/media/press-releases/17205.htm
30 July 2013
Britains biggest ever fatberg has been removed from a London sewer.
The bus-sized lump of wrongly-flushed festering food fat mixed with wet wipes formed in drains under London Road in Kingston, Surrey.
Had it not been removed it could have led to sewage flooding many homes, streets and businesses in the leafy London suburb.
Gordon Hailwood, waste contracts supervisor for Thames Water said: "While we've removed greater volumes of fat from under central London in the past, we've never seen a single, congealed lump of lard this big clogging our sewers before.
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CCTV investigations in London Road found the mound of fat had reduced the 70x48cm sewer to just five per cent of its normal capacity.
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'Bus-Sized' Lump Of Fat Called A 'Fatberg' Discovered In London Sewer (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2013
OP
I don't undersstand that either. They must be using the term "fat" meaning it was large.
patricia92243
Aug 2013
#17
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Sewer overshare! n/t
warrior1
(12,325 posts)2. ugh
It must have smelled pleasant.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)3. Call Geraldo Rivera!
(*urp*)
petronius
(26,604 posts)4. I was thinking more like Guy Fieri
This would fit just fine into one of his shows...
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)5. Coming soon to SyFy: FATBERGNADO!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)13. that's hilarious!
LOL!
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)7. gives a whole new meaning to
fat"berger" (fatburger)
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)8. Damn, don't they inspect their sewers?
I guess they don't because this didn't happen overnight.
walkerbait41
(302 posts)9. I`m so sorry that I got so drunk
That I ended up in the London sewer
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)11. What was Rush doing in London?
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)12. "wrongly-flushed festering food"
I did not know there was such a thing as "wrongly-flushed" food.
Sanity Claws
(21,854 posts)14. Could a liposuction clinic have flushed the stuff down the toilet
rather than dispose of the fat as medical waste?
I don't understand how else fat could have accumulated like that from sewers.
patricia92243
(12,603 posts)17. I don't undersstand that either. They must be using the term "fat" meaning it was large.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)15. There's a couple of faces peering out of that mess
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)16. Found: Rush Limbaugh!
Bet he will never forget this vacation.
olddots
(10,237 posts)18. lets cook that up
and make deep fried twinkies