Utilities Find Ways to Ward Off FOG

In light of the latest discovery of a massive fatberg in a Baltimore sewer, here are some of the ways utilities have found success defeating FOG

Oct 24, 2017 | by Kyle Rogers |

Baltimore Fatberg — A fatberg was recently discovered in Baltimore, Maryland, that was blocking about 85 percent of a 24-inch-diameter sewer main. (Photo by Baltimore Department of Public Works)

The latest fatberg making headlines is in Baltimore, Maryland.A nearly 1.2 million gallon dry-weather SSO occurred last month because of the massive FOG blockage in a midtown sewer main. According to Baltimore officials, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that about 85 percent of the 24-inch-diameter pipe was blocked.It doesn’t quite match up to the fatberg that was recently found in a London sewer that clocked in at the size of 11 double-decker buses, one of the largest ever discovered. Still, no matter the size of a FOG sewer blockage, it’s yet another example of something that remains a chronic

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