davieG Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Britain's biggest ever 'fatberg' has been removed from a London sewer. Thames Water say a "bus-sized lump" of food fat mixed with wet wipes formed in drains under London Road in Kingston, Surrey. The blockage was discovered after residents in nearby flats complained they couldn't flush their toilets. Thames Water believe if it wasn't removed it could have led to sewage flooding homes, streets and businesses. Gordon Hailwood, Waste Contracts supervisor for Thames Water said: "Given we've got the biggest sewers and this is the biggest 'fatberg' we've encountered, we reckon it has to be the biggest in British history. "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." He added: "The sewer was almost completely clogged with over 15 tonnes of fat. If we hadn't discovered it in time, raw sewage could have started spurting out of manholes across the whole of Kingston. "It was so big it damaged the sewer and repairs will take up to six weeks." CCTV investigations in London Road found the mound of fat had reduced the sewer to just five per cent of its normal capacity.
Harry - LCFC Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Thought this was going to be about some Germanic town with a particularly obese population. How wrong I turned out to be. I feel violated.
Captain... Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 The question here should be, do people know you shouldn't pour fat and lard down the sink? How many people after cooking bacon just pour the hot fat down the sink, or wash the frying pan with the fat still in it?
Deucalion Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 The question here should be, do people know you shouldn't pour fat and lard down the sink? How many people after cooking bacon just pour the hot fat down the sink, or wash the frying pan with the fat still in it? Me...and I know I'm not supposed to do it. What else can you do with it though?
Captain... Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Me...and I know I'm not supposed to do it. What else can you do with it though? Wait for it to go hard, then scrape it into the bin, or save it to cook with.
davieG Posted 6 August 2013 Author Posted 6 August 2013 Me...and I know I'm not supposed to do it. What else can you do with it though? Wait until it's set, scoop it out, put it in the bin.
Captain... Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Hey... I'm at lunch!!! Me too, trying to eat a healthy salad, very difficult to enjoy when looking at all that lovely fat and grease...
Out Foxed Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Me...and I know I'm not supposed to do it. What else can you do with it though? Let it congeal and then scrape it into the bin that's long though
Captain... Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Let it congeal and then scrape it into the bin that's long though Pour it into a jar and wait for it to congeal so you can wash the pan.
cambridgefox Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Pour it into a jar and wait for it to congeal so you can wash the pan.Let it set,scrape it into a sandwich for elevensies.My cousin whilst at university said a guy in their house scrapped the oven out before they gave it a clean and put it in a sandwich!
Mike Oxlong Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Fairly standard appearance of my toilet pan first thing in the morning.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Let it congeal and then scrape it into the bin that's long though You don't have to sit and watch it
Parafox Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 Me...and I know I'm not supposed to do it. What else can you do with it though? Lard (if you still use the stuff) can be left to congeal as others have said. Oil, however, once it has become unsuitable for re-use at home, I drain collect in a large container and it can be taken to the tip and re-cycled. At least in this area.
sphericalfox Posted 6 August 2013 Posted 6 August 2013 I bet that fatberg is full of jizz looked like a fair amount of dobbers dangling near the camera to me, you could be right
Orkneyfox Posted 8 August 2013 Posted 8 August 2013 Business opportunity there, raw material for lots of candles. that sort of fat would never go to waste in my day.
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