Perth households have been put on notice following the discovery of a mega “fatberg” at a wastewater treatment plant in the city’s south.
The 30-tonne rotten mass — a mix of paper towels, baby wipes, sanitary items, fats and grease — is the largest ever seen in WA.
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It took two days for an excavator to clear it from the Water Corporation’s Woodman Point Water Resource Recovery Facility in Munster.
It was then placed into skip bins and taken to landfill.
“When I saw it I said, ‘Oh my god, I can’t believe this’. This is the biggest I’ve seen and it is the largest we’ve seen in Western Australia,” Water Corporation’s Treatment and Resource Recovery Head Rino Trolio said.
It looked bad and smelled even worse.
“It’s been sitting for a while. It has a rotten egg smell, like hydrogen sulfide, so this is what our teams are dealing with,” Trolio said.
Non-flushable materials can block the sewer network and clog wastewater pumps, which can result in wastewater overflow.
In February a fatberg forced the cancellation of the Bryan Adams concert at RAC arena.
Patrons were told to avoid contact with “pooled water” in Wellington St, as it may be sewage.
The Water Corporation spent more than $1 million unclogging blockages from the sewer network last year.
It says the only thing that should go down the toilet are the three Ps — pee, poo and toilet paper.