14/01/2021
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Suddenly, finding a hair in your food doesn't seem so bad. 😲
This GIANT hairball was pulled out of a Perth wastewater pump station recently. Shockingly, it's just one of the many giant ‘pipe monsters’ found blocking our drains. 🤢
With a cleanup cost of $3.3 million, the Water Corporation says wastewater drain blockages spiked during COVID-19 lockdown.
"Things like wet wipes, nappies, sanitary products, toys, money, even a bedsheet, people's mobile phones, sometimes the odd engagement ring — you know, all those things shouldn't be going down the toilet," the Water Corporation's Clare Lugar said.
The grubby matter — mixed with oils, grease and fats that wash down the sink — result in fatty lumps of hard and pungent crud which blocks pipes and triggers sewerage spills.
PERTH’S WORST OFFENDERS (Rags/wet wipes)
1️⃣ Fremantle
2️⃣ Nedlands
3️⃣ Cottesloe
4️⃣ Armadale
5️⃣ South Perth
PERTH’S WORST OFFENDERS (fats/oils/grease)
1️⃣ Victoria Park
2️⃣ Mosman Park
3️⃣ Armadale
4️⃣ Mount Lawley
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