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Did you know that Fatbergs are a problem for sewers?
Posted on 8/31/18 at 10:51 am
Posted on 8/31/18 at 10:51 am
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When it comes to grisly discoveries in the sewer, even finding the alligators of urban myth could be preferable to finding a fatberg.
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The blockages are known as fatbergs because they are composed of wet wipes that have been flushed down the toilet, mixed with sewage, fat, and oil.
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Posted on 8/31/18 at 10:54 am to fatboydave
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The 750-kilogram blockage, composed mainly of used wet wipes, was pulled from the sewer system in Eleebana, Australia on Wednesday. It took a crane to remove it. “The rest of the fatberg, 300 kilograms, was removed by hand, one bucket at a time,”
What a shitty job
Posted on 8/31/18 at 10:56 am to fatboydave
I always feel dubious if the "flush able wipes" really do dissolve. I know regular baby wipes wont.
Has anybody tested if they do?
Has anybody tested if they do?
This post was edited on 8/31/18 at 10:57 am
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:00 am to Packer
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The 750-kilogram blockage
A lot of times these “news” people will use measurements that we aren’t used to so the number sounds bigger. I’m always suspicious when they don’t use something I’m familiar with and use daily.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:04 am to OysterPoBoy
Its a Canadian site referring to a story in Australia.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:05 am to PoppaD
They do not dissolve and are a nuisance to wastewater infrastructure
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:13 am to OysterPoBoy
because the writer isn't american broPosted on 8/31/18 at 11:13 am to PoppaD
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Has anybody tested if they do?
They have, and they don't.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:13 am to crazyLSUstudent
This fatberg thing was a storyline on this past Tuesday's season finale of Younger, a 30 min. chick-flickish show on Prime. My guess is fatboydave watched this episode too and was blown away by the fatberg thing but didn't want to admit to watching such a gay show. Instead, he found a 2 year old story about fatbergs.
I don't mind admitting I watch gay shows.
I don't mind admitting I watch gay shows.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:17 am to crazyLSUstudent
Yep. I guarantee they're costing your municipality a lot in extra costs. Either in manpower and equipment for significantly increased maintenance or capital costs for new infrastructure at the headworks of the treatment plant.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:17 am to OysterPoBoy
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The 750-kilogram blockage
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measurements that we aren’t used to so the number sounds bigger.
About a 1653#, partially synthetic turd.
Better bring the dually with the big truck nuts.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:23 am to fatboydave
I remember an article about these in New York City sewers. They get packed in and become as hard as concrete. Decades of build-up.
We need to get Ed Norton to solve this.
Correction: It was in London, not NYC. It appears that it is a common British and Australian thing
We need to get Ed Norton to solve this.
Correction: It was in London, not NYC. It appears that it is a common British and Australian thing
This post was edited on 8/31/18 at 11:56 am
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:41 am to LSUJuice
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Yep. I guarantee they're costing your municipality a lot in extra costs
I’d rather pass the cost on to the S&WB and my neighbors than to my turd cutter.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:44 am to LSUJuice
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Yep. I guarantee they're costing your municipality a lot in extra costs. Either in manpower and equipment for significantly increased maintenance or capital costs for new infrastructure at the headworks of the treatment plant.
yea but they keep my butt clean and refreshed
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:49 am to PoppaD
The wipes just say "flushable" and that is exactly what you did. They need to be biodegradable
Posted on 8/31/18 at 11:54 am to jmarto1
I thought this was a thread about Terd?
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