Jets brought in to tackle fatberg blocking Birmingham sewer
Workers trying to remove a huge fatberg clogging a Birmingham sewer hope high-pressure jets will tackle the "horrible, gunky mess".The 300-tonne berg in Hodge Hill, and which goes underneath the M6, is the biggest Severn Trent said it has ever had to tackle.
Wet wipes being flushed away or oil and grease being poured down sinks has allowed it to build up, the firm said. The fatberg is about 8m underneath the surface so a huge, deep trench has had to be dug to allow hoses in to start work.If the jets do not work, then harder parts will have to be chipped away with a spade, Sarah O'Kane, from Severn Trent said.
The fatberg was discovered when sewer flows in the area were noticed to be moving slower than normal, she said. She said people think washing bacon sandwich fat down the sink will not cause a problem but these things can build up and once it hits the cold sewers it starts to solidify."So the wipes, when they start to get stuck in the fat, it's when they combine together they create this huge, horrible gunky mess... please don't put these things down the toilet and don't wash that down the sink because this is the consequence..." she added.
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