cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/australia/p/593822/fatberg-the-size-of-four-buses-likely-birthed-poo-balls-that-closed-sydney-beaches-and-it-ca
Secret report suggests fats, oils and grease accumulate in ‘inaccessible dead zone’ at Malabar plant, then dislodge when pumping pressure ‘rapidly increases’
Unlike most cities, Sydney only does primary treatment of its sewage – straining out the solids. Elsewhere, secondary treatment uses settlement tanks and disinfection techniques before releasing the wastewater or recycling it.
Stay classy!
The grand poo ball
Yeah, fat isn’t supposed to go through plumbing, it’s why you aren’t supposed to dump grease down sinks or put fatty tissue through a garburator. It’s why commercial kitchens have a grease trap that needs cleaning.
To be fair that fatberg is massive.
It’s also not just fat! If you flush “flushable” wipes, don’t! They don’t disintegrate like toilet paper does, and just clump together with everything else
Every so often there’s a post on Lemmy about how you should stick it to your landlord and put grease down the drain.
This is why that’s a bad idea, and it sucks for everyone, not just your landlord.
God damn is that a headline.
They could try this method - Whale Removal
Sydney Water’s deepwater ocean outfalls (DOOF) assessment report, dated 30 August 2025, was produced for the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority, which has been investigating the “debris balls” that closed numerous beaches in late 2024 and early 2025.
They did not use a single real unit in the whole article.
Edit: I was wrong. There were two
Still a good read, though.
How many giraffes long was the article?
Twelve golf ball swings
