My word of the week is fatberg. This is not a word I can imagine using every day but it has a certain ring to it. Fatbergs are clumps of non-flushable items that coalesce with fat and oils to form sewer-blocking clogs.
Water authorities blame so-called 'flushable' wipes for causing fatbergs and they're becoming a problem. In February a one-tonne fatberg took out the pumping station near Lake Macquarie and had to be partially removed by hand, bucket by bucket.
I don't think I'm paranoid but the thought of some huge gelatinous mass lurking underneath my toilet bowl has the potential to keep me awake at night.
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