What is a "Fatberg"?
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Huge Blobs of Fat and Trash Are Filling the World’s Sewers
Mountains of grease and debris known as fatbergs are blocking toilets, breaking pipes, and even being illicitly converted into cooking oil.
'Fatberg' of congealed fat, wet wipes and waste discovered under Baltimore's streets, causing sewer overflows
So far the fatberg has been responsible for a dry weather sewer overflow on Sept. 21 that discharged around 1.2 million gallons of sewage into the Jones Falls.