01-05-2021, 01:43 AM
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Giant 300-tonne fatberg blocks Birmingham sewer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...ngham-56952152Severn Trent said the fatberg was likely to be one of the biggest blockages it had dealt with. The firm said it is estimated to be 1m (3ft) high and 1,000m (1,094yds) long and could take until June to clear.
Severn Trent said it was alerted to the fatberg by sewer sensors * and engineers were working around the clock to tackle it. The mass is thought to weigh the equivalent of 250 family cars.
In the last year, the firm said it has been called to thousands of blockages across the West Midlands with three-quarters caused by people "misusing the sewer system" **.
** Obviously, those people are either ignorant or stupid .....
01-05-2021, 10:35 AM
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Re: Giant 300-tonne fatberg blocks Birmingham sewer
Originally Posted by spitfire
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This is most puzzling, Hodge Hill has high level of Curry Take Up.
That's what I was thinking. There has to be a connection. Eating at our local Indian restaurant means that you never leave because you get stuck to the chair, so I can only imagine what gets dumped down the sewer.
01-05-2021, 02:18 PM
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Re: Giant 300-tonne fatberg blocks Birmingham sewer
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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In third world suburbs of many of our towns what would elsewhere in the world be thrown into streets gets instead poured into sewers.
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