#fatbergs — Public Fediverse posts

🧼🧪 Researchers found that #fatbergs form when calcium in sewer #water reacts with fatty acids to create a process called saponification.

The chemical reaction turns soft oils into hard solids that trap other debris and require specialized #engineering tools to remove.

👉 https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260511-fatbergs-are-taking-over-city-sewers-can-we-stop-them

#chemistry #infrastructure #science #environment #urbanplanning #biology #physics #technology #tech #research #sustainability

‘Fatbergs’ are taking over city sewers - scientists are fighting back.

Reeking coagulations of grease and debris are clotting sewers around the world on a colossal scale.

Cities are deploying new technologies to control this modern menace.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260512-fatbergs-are-taking-over-city-sewers-scientists-are-fighting-back?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fatbergs #Sewage #Cities #Tech #Water #Environment #Science

‘Fatbergs’ are taking over city sewers - scientists are fighting back.

Reeking coagulations of grease and debris are clotting sewers around the world on a colossal scale.

Cities are deploying new technologies to control this modern menace.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260512-fatbergs-are-taking-over-city-sewers-scientists-are-fighting-back?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fatbergs #Sewage #Cities #Tech #Water #Environment #Science

‘Fatbergs’ are taking over city sewers - scientists are fighting back.

Reeking coagulations of grease and debris are clotting sewers around the world on a colossal scale.

Cities are deploying new technologies to control this modern menace.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260512-fatbergs-are-taking-over-city-sewers-scientists-are-fighting-back?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fatbergs #Sewage #Cities #Tech #Water #Environment #Science

‘Fatbergs’ are taking over city sewers - scientists are fighting back.

Reeking coagulations of grease and debris are clotting sewers around the world on a colossal scale.

Cities are deploying new technologies to control this modern menace.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260512-fatbergs-are-taking-over-city-sewers-scientists-are-fighting-back?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fatbergs #Sewage #Cities #Tech #Water #Environment #Science

‘Fatbergs’ are taking over city sewers - scientists are fighting back.

Reeking coagulations of grease and debris are clotting sewers around the world on a colossal scale.

Cities are deploying new technologies to control this modern menace.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260512-fatbergs-are-taking-over-city-sewers-scientists-are-fighting-back?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Fatbergs #Sewage #Cities #Tech #Water #Environment #Science

“Bondi Cigars” #Fatbergs” & “Poo Balls”
Sydney’s sewage is is flushed out to sea through “deepwater outfall” pipes that reach between 2km and 4km off the coast. Primary treatment involves pumping sewage through a screen to remove solid waste. Secondary treatment – not used at the #Bondi #Malabar and #NorthHead plants – involves finer filtration and biological processing to break down the sewage.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/16/sydney-sewerage-system-a-significant-source-of-microplastic-pollution-csiro-finds

#CSIRO #fossilfuels #microplastics #nanoplastics #Sewerage #Sydney