Fatbergs have become a costly issue for water service providers all over the world. Think at the sink to stop fats, oils and grease clogging up our systems.
The issue
Hot oil may sizzle and slide nicely down the kitchen sink but it wreaks havoc as it cools down and starts sticking to the sides of pipes. This requires a lot of water - as well as electricity, time and money - to fix, so it's best to avoid the problem at the source.
What can you do?
Keep a container under the sink where you can pour fats, oils and grease, and dispose of it in the rubbish rather than pouring it down the sink.
Did you know?
Fatbergs have become a costly and unpleasant issue to deal with for Councils all across the world.
A popular swimming hole on the Sunshine Coast was closed off after a lump of fat in the sewer main caused a blockage, backing sewage up through an overflow relief gully (ORG) on a private property. The overflow from the ORG then flowed into the private property's stormwater drain and as a result into a local council stormwater drain that has a discharge point into Currumindi Lake.
The name fatberg was coined in London where a fatberg of oil combined with wet wipes and other nasties grew to the size of a bus before it broke an underground sewer.