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Workers Clear 1,000 Tons of Fat From London Sewer

By Hugh CollinsJul 14th 2010 – 3:11PM
Stewart Turkington, AFP / Getty Images

Stewart Turkington, AFP / Getty Images

(July 14) -- Sewer workers have cleared out 1,000 tons of compressed fat and trash from beneath London's Leicester Square, a tourist hot spot and venue for glitzy movie premieres. Workers clad in overalls with masks and gloves shoveled out enough gunk to fill nine of London's iconic double-decker buses, utility Thames...

Background on Thames Water

Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is the private utility company responsible for the public water supply and waste water treatment in large parts of Greater London, the Thames Valley, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Kent, and some other areas of in the United Kingdom.

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