Workers in Metro Vancouver have chiselled away about 50 tonnes of so-called 'fatbergs' that have clogged the sewer system and prompted a reminder to residents not to dump grease down the drain.
Workers in Metro Vancouver have chiselled away about 50 tonnes of so-called"fatbergs" that have clogged the sewer system and prompted a reminder to residents not to dump grease down the drain.
Zheng says workers at the Lulu Island wastewater treatment plant in Richmond have been running into the giant mounds of fat since the summer, gradually extracting more than 50 tonnes in total, and costing about $1 million so far. Zheng says Richmond has been one of the hot spots for fat deposits because of the city's flat terrain, giving grease more time to settle and harden inside the pipes.
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