Fatberg Ahead!
If you have never heard of a fatberg before it is the accumulation of grease and any foreign objects beside just sewage that collects inside a city main line…And Macomb…
OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY – AUGUST 15: An employee stands in front of a tunnel at the construction site of a new underground pumping station for wastewater on August 15, 2016 in Oberhausen, Germany. The pumping station, located 40 meters underground, is part of an ambitious project of the Emschergenossenschaft that includes 51 kilometers of underground canals in the heavily-urbanized and industrial Ruhrgebiet region. Gabriel is visiting a variety of companies, projects and meeting with citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia as part of his annual summer tour. Germany faces federal elections in 2017. (Photo by Sascha Schuermann/Getty Images)
Sascha Schuermann/Getty ImagesIf you have never heard of a fatberg before it is the accumulation of grease and any foreign objects beside just sewage that collects inside a city main line...And Macomb County has one!
A massive 100-foot-long fatberg is clogging up the Macomb County sewer system. The ball of substances is nearly 6 feet tall, according to officials.
Officials said the fatberg is about 100 feet long, 11 feet wide and 6 feet tall. The grease, fats and oils combine with objects such as baby wipes to create a nasty clog.
A person at Roto-Rooter said: "They have to do excavations and what we call hydrojetting just to resolve an issue like this. It's an army of people that's on a project like this."
The cost is into the millions for a repair of this size. Macomb County officials hope exposing the fatberg will make residents more conscious about what does down their drains.
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