London's sewers blocked by 15 tons of fat
The unsavory images of fat that blocks the sewers of London may disgust even who has the strongest stomach. As a result of lard and cooking oils spilled by pipes, there is a block the size of two stories underground â€" and the situation is getting worse. Since the discovery made last month, already over three tonnes were added to the existing mass.Despite the efforts of the engineers to remove the mass of 15 tons and the appeals of the city water company, fat continues to increasingly clog sewers. The blockade is so critical that a drain cover in Kingston has already threatened to burst.Old fat and frozen is white, but the images have a yellowish tint, what seems to have been poured in the sewers during the past few weeks. You wouldn't think so from where are coming these massive amounts.The Thames Water prepares to launch a new campaign allusive to the dangers of pouring fat in the pipes, in an attempt to sensitize the homes and businesses to the problem that is costing the company €1,2 million ($ 3.6 million) per month in repairs.This problem is not new â€" in the late 1990, Thames Water spent €2,4 million (US $ 7 million) per year in removing fat from your network. The scenario worsened to €14,2 million (US $ 43 million) in 2012.But it's not just the cooking oils that are causing the problem â€" an annual increase of 15% is due to the moist wipes, a material with the sewers can't handle but which records a growing tendency to use in Great Britain, to the detriment of toilet paper."Our sewers are designed to receive human waste and toilet paper, nothing more than that," warned Simon Evans, spokesman for Thames Water. The toilet paper fades in seconds but the same is not true with the wipes, despite the manufacturers call it.So please bear with a lot of attention: here or in London, has not yet been created no wipe moistened not that can be processed in the sewers of cities.
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