Meaning of fatberg | Babel Free

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A large accumulation of fat and discarded toiletries which clogs sewers.

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“Months ago a tunnel was clogged with a fatberg. It took a team of workers a month to move⟳ it.”

“Bleeding big fatberg up there. About half a ton's worth. [...] Gorman feels an involuntary shudder travel⟳ down his spine and agitate his stomach. He's seen those fatbergs on the training videos; huge accumulated walls of solidified grease and food and tissue and excrement, the churned result⟳ of everyday debris tipped down the domestic sinks and bathtubs and toilets of London.”

“Then I worked in the sewers of Manchester – a six month stint of that, jabbing pressure-water-poles at fatbergs, tonnes of used kebab grease and congealed sump oil, woven together with thousands of used wet⟳ wipes.”

“A 250-metre long fatberg weighing 130 tonnes which was blocking an east London sewer has been cleared after a nine-week "battle". The solid mass of congealed fat, wet⟳ wipes, nappies, oil and condoms was found in the Victorian-era tunnel in Whitechapel in September. Thames Water said it had taken longer to clear than expected because of the damage⟳ it caused to the sewer.”

“Thames Water has become⟳ the latest object lesson in the predictable and predicted folly of privatised monopolies, aided by a regulator that’s an even bigger wet⟳ wipe than the fatbergs bunging up the sewers.”

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