Sewage workers blamed it on products being flushed down toilets.Sewage workers from Urban Utilities’ Bundamba Sewage Treatment Plant, just outside of Brisbane, had never seen anything like it, and they blame it on the coronavirus pandemic.
“The 1-tonne rag ball was the biggest one we’ve ever had at the plant but it’s just the tip of the fatberg. “With so many people working from home we’ve seen a significant increase in flows coming into our smaller plants like Bundamba and with those flows has come more wet wipes,” she said.
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