This one is in Whitehall. [Insert joke about Westminster stinking here.]
Another huge collection of congealed fat and litter, known as a “fatberg”, has been found under Whitehall in central London.
Thames Water recently took ITV on a visit to see the sewer on the junction of Whitehall Palace and Whitehall Court.
Thames Water
As well as wet wipes, which don’t break down in sewers, nail varnish pots, condoms, and sanitary products were all found blocking the pipe.
Thames Water said Regent Street pipes feed into the Whitehall trunk sewer, which is around two metres high and one metre wide, carrying fat from restaurants and fast food outlets.
Thames Water
The water company says it now spends £1 million a month clearing fatbergs and blockages in the capital.
Thames Water
We find objects down the sewers every day that should not be there. Planks of wood, plastic bottles, and the bane of our lives – wet wipes.
They may say flushable on the packet but they don't break down inside the sewer. They cling to cooled cooking fat and form fatbergs, which block pipes and flood our customers with sewage.
Sewer flooding is a horrific experience, so please remember next time you go to throw cooking oil down the drain or wet wipes down the loo -bin it, don't block it.
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