'Bus-Sized' Lump Of Fat Called A 'Fatberg' Discovered In London Sewer

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Hat tip: Jalopnik

'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.

UK’s biggest ‘fatberg’ discovered in London sewer
http://www.thameswater.co.uk/media/press-releases/17205.htm

30 July 2013

Britain’s 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.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Sewer overshare! n/t

[warrior1]

2. ugh

It must have smelled pleasant.

[nolabear]

3. Call Geraldo Rivera!

(*urp*)

[petronius]

4. I was thinking more like Guy Fieri

This would fit just fine into one of his shows...

[pinboy3niner]

5. Coming soon to SyFy: FATBERGNADO!

[nolabear]

6. ...

[Paulie]

10. DUzy!

[lunatica]

13. that's hilarious!

LOL!

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. gives a whole new meaning to

fat"berger" (fatburger)

[MicaelS]

8. Damn, don't they inspect their sewers?

I guess they don't because this didn't happen overnight.

[walkerbait41]

9. I`m so sorry that I got so drunk

That I ended up in the London sewer

[KamaAina]

11. What was Rush doing in London?

[Duer 157099]

12. "wrongly-flushed festering food"

I did not know there was such a thing as "wrongly-flushed" food.

[Sanity Claws]

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]

17. I don't undersstand that either. They must be using the term "fat" meaning it was large.

[graywarrior]

15. There's a couple of faces peering out of that mess

[LiberalEsto]

16. Found: Rush Limbaugh!

Bet he will never forget this vacation.

[olddots]

18. lets cook that up

and make deep fried twinkies