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Galway Bay fm newsroom - A large ‘fatberg’ discovered in the city’s sewer network is being blamed for major odour and overflow issues across the city.
A ‘fatberg’ is a congealed lump of fat, often containing wet wipes or other sanitary items, which doesn’t break down in the system.
A new project initiated by Irish Water has discovered the blockages, which could cost hundreds of thousands of euro to fix.
The pilot project initiated by Irish Water has found that fats, oils and greases are causing significant damage to Galway city’s sewer system – with some areas of the network almost 40% blocked.
The project, conducted between Eyre Square and Sea Road, was commissioned after the City Council identified blockages as contributing significantly to flooding on several city streets.
It’s now discovered a ‘boulder-sized’ fatberg – a solidified block of fat, grease, oil and sanitary products – in a sewer along Shop street.
It also found that 90% of city businesses, including restaurants, launderettes and hairdressers, have failed to introduce controls to reduce the rate of fat, oil and grease discharged into sewers.
As a result, the city’s sewer network is experiencing serious odour and overflow issues across the board – a situation that will cost hundreds of thousands of euro to fix.
According to the Irish Independent, Irish Water is now rolling out an education programme, and is set to implement a national licensing regime to put an end to unregulated discharging into the city’s sewer network.
http://galwaybayfm.ie/large-blockage-fat-discovered-city-sewer-network/
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