In the sewer of London grew fat lump the size of a double decker bus and weighing 15 tons Bashny.Net

The sewer tunnels beneath London employees «Thames Water», one of the British water companies have found a huge piece of fat the size of a double-decker bus.

According to a company spokesman Gordon Heylvud: "In the past we had to clean huge amounts of impurities and fat from the London water supply system, but such a huge solid piece met for the first time».

Scientists suggest that this is already nicknamed him "zhirberg" (by analogy with an iceberg), was formed a long time from the remnants of the fat in the food that people poured down the drain, and a huge amount of moisturizing wipes, that many are used to lower the toilet. < br />
"Zhirberg" was found in the tunnels under the Kingston (one of London area).

With the help of special equipment staff «Thames Water» revealed that due to fatty build-up sewers worked with the efficiency of only 5%. According Heylvuda if not timely cleaning, the contents of the sewage could literally score fountains around Kingston.

According to the «Thames Water», to restore normal functionality of sewer pipes under the Kingston area will take about six weeks. Now experts are developing measures to prevent similar incidents, and one of the measures intended to become instructing residents and entire industries to this kind of waste is no longer accumulated by residential areas.



via factroom.ru