{"id":3044,"date":"2025-12-23T15:58:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2025-12-23T15:58:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:58:26","slug":"massive-snake-of-sludge-weighing-100-tonnes-spotted-making-its-way-through-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badvibes.live\/?p=3044","title":{"rendered":"Massive snake of sludge weighing 100 tonnes spotted making its way through London"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Christmas is coming and the fatberg is getting\u2026 well fatter.<\/p>\n

Thames Water is warning Londoners to avoid putting their unclaimed Christmas gravy down the sink this year, as it could make a 100-tonne fatberg found in east\u00a0London<\/a>\u2019s sewers stronger than ever.<\/p>\n

The giant fatberg was discovered in Whitechapel as Thames Water warns people to avoid blocking the drains this Christmas.<\/p>\n

It weighed in at about 100 tonnes and stretched to around 100 metres.<\/p>\n

This follows the water company clearing another 100-tonne mass just two months ago in Feltham, west London.<\/p>\n

Thames Water has urged people to think carefully about what they pour down sinks and flush over the festive period to avoid fats, oils and greases congealing in the sewer system.<\/p>\n

This recent discovery has been dubbed the \u2018grandchild\u2019 of the fatberg also\u00a0found in\u00a0Whitechapel\u00a0back in 2017<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a gargantuan 130-tonne mass stretching over 250 metres.<\/p>\n

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Its so-called \u2018grandfather\u2019 was one of the biggest fatbergs workers had ever seen, and part of it was even put on display in the Museum of London.<\/p>\n

But this new blockage is still a gigantic issue for Thames Water, and at 100 tonnes it weighs around the equivalent of eight double-decker buses.<\/p>\n

Tim Davies, head of waste operations at Thames Water, said the\u00a0extraction<\/a>\u00a0could take \u2018weeks to complete\u2019.<\/p>\n

He added: \u2018This latest fatberg shows exactly what happens when fats, oils and wipes go down our drains \u2013 they don\u2019t disappear, they build up and cause serious damage.<\/p>\n

\u2018The cost of clearing blockages and repairing sewers runs into tens of millions of pounds every year, and that money ultimately comes from our customers.\u2019<\/p>\n

The water firm has seen a rise in blockages during December and January during the festive season, with clearance costs reaching \u00a32.1million over the two months.<\/p>\n

Thames Water spends \u00a318million per year on clearing and removes 3.8billion wet wipes, according to\u00a0Water Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fatbergs<\/a>\u00a0are created by a build-up of fat and grease, often alongside sanitary products. Their main cause is people pouring cooking oil down the sink and flushing nappies, sanitary towels and wipes down the toilet.<\/p>\n

Ahead of\u00a0Christmas<\/a>\u00a02025, the company has urged people to scrape food from any dishes before washing them up, ensure plugholes are fitted with a strainer and avoid pouring liquid foods \u2013 such as gravy \u2013 down the sink.<\/p>\n

A recent survey found more than 40% of people had poured meat juices down the sink, 39% gravy, 18% animal fats, 28% cream, 21% custard and 10.5% hummus.<\/p>\n

These fatty substances contribute to blockages that risk internal flooding in homes, sewer pollution, environmental harm and avoidable expense.<\/p>\n

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Christmas is coming and the fatberg is getting\u2026 well fatter. Thames Water is warning Londoners to avoid putting their unclaimed Christmas gravy down the sink this year, as it could make a 100-tonne fatberg found in east\u00a0London\u2019s sewers stronger than ever. The giant fatberg was discovered in Whitechapel as Thames Water warns people to avoid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t