Resembling creatures in Stranger Things, a half-tonne tree root mass was recently removed from the sewers in Adelaide, Australia, preventing potential community interruption and sewage overflows.
The 5-kilometer-long, 675-millimeter-diameter pipe travels beneath suburban streets and reserves between Bridge Road in Walkley Heights and Kelly Road in Para Vista in Adelaide, with a large number of trees in the area.During a 30-minute period, crews from SA Water carefully attached several lifting slings to the cluster’s main roots, before fixing them to an excavator’s arm, which expertly guided the mass out of the concrete sewer chamber.SA Water’s Senior Manager of Field Operations Colin
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