Thames Water described the clearance of the fatberg as ‘hugely complex’
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Thames Water described the clearance of the fatberg as ‘hugely complex’
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A colossal 100-tonne “fatberg” has been successfully cleared from a west London sewer, Thames Water has revealed.
Extraction of the blockage could take ‘weeks to complete’, according to Thames Water
Mass of congealed fat, oil and grease 100 metres in length found blocking sewers in Whitechapel area of capital
Some 11 billion wet wipes are used every year in the UK. The mass found in west London is the size of two tennis courts
Congealed rubbish equivalent to around five million wet wipes has been cleared from the river banks as a major project to remove…
The site is thought to contain around 20,000 tonnes of waste
Australia's Sydney Water confirmed there is a massive fatberg "the size of four buses" in a difficult-to-reach position under a…
