British Utility Finishes Clearing 130-Ton FOG Blockage

It took nine weeks, but earlier this month Thames Water in London announced that it had finally rid the city’s sewer system of the massive FOG blockage that made headlines back in September. “Our work is finished, and the beast finally defeated after a mammoth effort from the team,” Alex Saunders, Thames Water waste network manager, said in a press release. “It was some of the most gut-wrenching work many would have seen on national television, and one of the reasons why the man-made Whitechapel fatberg captured the world’s imagination.” The fatberg was one of the largest ever discovered, clocking in at 130