In 2013, Thames Water in England found a bus-sized lump of fat in a sewer. The 15-ton obstruction of food fat and wet wipes was one of the largest ever discovered by the utility, and an eight-person crew needed three nights to remove it.The “fatberg” remained an extreme go-to example for what FOG and nonbiodegradable wipes can do to a sewer line. That is, until last week when Thames Water discovered a fatberg that makes the 2013 find seem miniscule — a 130-ton monster weighing the equivalent of 11 double-decker buses, blocking a stretch of London sewer 250 meters in length.“This fatberg
British Utility Discovers 130-Ton FOG Blockage
The ‘fatberg’ clocks in at around 10 times the size of a massive blockage Thames Water found in 2013
Sep 20, 2017 | by Kyle Rogers |















