Health : The Atlantic: 15-Ton Glob of Fat Removed From London Sewer

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15-Ton Glob of Fat Removed From London Sewer Aug 6th 2013, 20:18, by James Hamblin Part of a 15-ton lump of fat and debris inside a sewer main under London Road in Kingston (Thames Water/AP) London's Thames Water announced today, the BBC reports, that workers successfully "removed 15 tons of fat and debris all congealed in one massive lump in a Thames sewer." They call them fatbergs. This one, the size of a bus, was the biggest on record in the city.  "We worked on it for three weeks solidly, overnight," the Thames Water spokesman continued, "using a jetting technique that breaks the fat content into smaller lumps and then is sucked out into the back of a tanker." When these fatbergs lodge in sewer drains, time is of the essence. Thames Water is also taking this opportunity to spread the important message, that this recurring problem, caused by "people misusing sewers" is costing the city thousands of pounds. "Bin it, don't block it." Since not everyone will bin it, though, Thames Water is also working on a project to turn the fat harvested from these sewers into electricity by burning it. They employ fatberg shovelers across the city who will feed it into the power station at Beckton in east London, and they claim can produce enough renewable energy to power 39,000 homes. This problem/opportunity is not unique to London, everyone.

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