the hypodermic needles amongst the shit are the most scary thing in there I think

All the protective gear on but nothing covering their face

She was so casual during the entire interview, what a great presenter

Only a true Brit could describe sewage as "a bit earthy, with undertones of poo".

I sure hope these guys get paid alot

She must have pissed off her boss

5:30 she wipes her face with the glove!! ewwww noooooooooo

Knowing my luck I'd slip over and fall face first in that stuff......

PLEASE DON'T PUT OIL OR GREASE DOWN YOUR DRAIN!!! Signed, A sewer system worker.

Shocked at the size of the fat ball. Many people don't know that fat poured down drains colugates when cold. I'm always impressed by what "green" people go through/sacrifice to make lives better for everyone. Thank u.

Shouldnt they wear full suits with masks so they don't get typhoid or something?

I'm about to have a seizure from how much the video blinks

why wouldn't you wear a mask? especially if your splashing in around with a shovel. It must get in their mouth all the time.

Imagine the pokemons there

Why would they not be wearing masks over their mouths?????

omg needles!

Why aren´t they using respirators or gas masks?

You don't want to trip and fall walking in that shit!

hmmm, i was an arrogant plumber and now i see you in pipe helping it after peoples mis use.... man huge salute to you!!!! HERO

She prob took a 3 hour shower after this. lmao

Sir Joseph William Bazalgette will never know how many lives he has saved with this amazing invention. It's such a shame people can't respect our sewer systems and the people who maintain them. Just the simple act of throwing your baby wipe out with the nappy and putting your cooking fats in the bin could save thousands of pounds a year. Simple actions that take all but a few seconds to complete!

5:29 she just wiped her face

I've never thought about this but now I am glad I know of this. I will definitely work on how I dispose certain products to help avoid the growth of these.

I really appreciate the kind of people that do this. I couldn't.

Anyone else left with the feeling that you need to taking a shower after watching this?

A380 is a super jumbo but love how at 1:51 the sticker says 'do not use'

Respect to the workers who work in such conditions whilst we sit in our offices

There's a waste water treatment facility here in New Jersey that accepts waste grease and fats from the food industry and uses it as fuel to power its turbines to generate electricity.

simple you have a packet that says wipes are flushable when they aren't? fine them a couple million. see a restaurant pouring oil down the drain? fine them a million. see someone flushing nappies or plastic? fine them or take them to court and you'll see the rate of blockages stop

dear lord. how much do these guys get paid?

that "Marvelous System" works so well, it constantly clogs😂

I am 95% drunk . This makes me feel so sick 😂 wait how did I even find this ?!

Am I the only one that was singing Aa-hooo! Fatburgs of London!

Her waders are only leg length while his go up to his chest. I feel sorry for her having to be so careful not to get a leg full of that stuff.

Both these guys do jobs where you can see immediate benefits and you feel you're contributing to the general good. That must be satisfying. I put spreadsheets together...

I worked at mcdonalds many years ago and my manager once had a grease spill that was really bad. An entire 100 gallons of grease fell from the broken bottom of a master fryvat, and what did she do? Washed every ounce of it down the mop sink, ALL 100+ gallons, it took 4 hours to do. Now I know the consequences of such things..

She’s one of the few ladies who dont go “ Ewwwwww , grosss . Aghhh “ and bithchin about the mess . Respect 😎

1:17 "Jumbo Jet" Jumbo Jet is a nickname for Boing 747, but instead, you're showing a picture of an Airbus A380.

I read in the paper this week, that they found this insane fatberg. 250 meters long and weighed around 130 tons. Some kind of record apparently.

Haha Flushed Away! 🐌 (If you listen closely, you can hear the slugs saying; "Beware, BEWARE!" 🤣)

I like the way she says fatberg.

No Masks WTF England?

Here in the United States any restaurant or business that cooks and prepares food is required to have something called a grease trap and it’s basically a box in the ground that collects the grease the fats in the food before it goes into the drain and they have people like me come every few months and pump the grease out and dispose of it properly where it’s turned in the diesel gasoline so I’m not sure overseas if you guys use grease traps as well but I would assume so. I’ve seen them as small as 20 gallons in as big as 10,000 gallons for example for a hospital they would have a 10,000 gallon grease trap.

The amount of cameos from Londoners in that water is uncountable

Why doesn't the City of London impose a fine on the restaurants? They know it's a problem and that they're contributing to it. Make it illegal to dump fat and used oil. It's illegal in my city.

Can't they develop some kind of solvent that dissolves fat and grease, and dump that in quantity into the sewers?

what’s amazing is that at 3:10 if you listen really closely you can actually hear the sewer flowing deeper in.

Respect to the reporter lady.. tough as nails and not afraid to go where the issue is..

Current mood: Florence and the Machine music being played over footage of a clogged sewer

Lol have a taste test

Such a cool job

Funny how "Dog Days Are Over" starts playing @ 1:23 when she goes into the sewer

eets nawt faht love . its fooking sheet !

I was dipping my biscuit when she stepped into the shit and let the biscuit gall into my tea.

The "Biodegradable" description on packaging should be taken with a pinch of salt, in ideal conditions sure, they'll break down, but when they clump together with other wipes and get encrusted with fat they don't degrade like they should.

I would honestly enjoy doing this kind of a job.

This looks like what my ex smells like.

Thiccberg

5:29 I practically screamed... DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE!!!

Those workers are true heroes...

oh look, that was my poop

that's a bunch of shit

Got an easy fix, put a grate on homes and businesses drain to the main sewer. Once it blocks up, you know who's causing the problem and can charge them for damages

This girl will do anything for her job,

THEY NEED FREAKING MASKS I DON’T CARE IF ITS SAFE TO BREATHE!!!!🤢🤮😷

Why no masks?! I mean, cool that the air is breathable, but water splashing against ma face while i am working?

"About the size of a Jumbo Jet" and there is an Airbus A380😂😂

Probably the safest part of london down there.

Thought this would be about Boris Johnson.

Not a job for the faint hearted!

There's flickering and the audio is out of sync

These workers better be well payed. I cant imagine going down there without a gas mask.

Send a feminist down there

1:21 that ain't a jumbo jet sweety, its an Airbus A380, I think the boys at Boeing would be quite upset at you calling that awful European machine a 'Jumbo Jet'. sort it out

if that same area is constantly clogging up with fat bergs why dont they put a series of agitator screws that stir it up to prevent it from building up when they arent looking?

1:18 That image shows an Airbus A380 but I believe that the term ‘Jumbo Jet’ only refers to the Boeing 747

Mind they think a lot of her, giving the lass a gas detector with a failed do not use sticker on it 🤔😂😂

YOU GOT ME FUCKED UPPPPP, they could kiss my ass if they thought I would be walking through peoples shit without a full on astronaut suit on 😂

And if you live somewhere like in the countryside where you aren't hooked up to the sewer system, you have to remove all that fat and wet wipes yourself even if it doesn't clog the pipes because it has no where to go once its in the tank unlike in the city where it goes to a treatment plant

Love the Florence and the machines song in the background

could they install macerators?

Thank you! Lesson learned. Don't flush wet wipes ever,lol (not to mention any oils too, of course).

OY M8 YOU GOTTA LICENSE FOR THAT GREASE??

LOL! when the term, "ok, I gotta look into this sh_t", truely applies!

Since eating establishments are required to recycle their oil / grease and have grease traps on the kitchen sinks, I would bet 90% of that fat comes from improper household disposal. In my neck of the woods we do not have public sewers but private septic systems, so grease issues come out of our pockets if we do stupid stuff. That's why we (at least me) always drain grease / oils into a container for proper disposal. It's not all that hard to pour bacon grease into a can or jar, or to wipe out that frying pan with a paper towel (after cooking a burger) before washing the cooking utensils. As for water bottles and such in the sewers, my best guess is they still have some storm drains connected to the sanitary sewers, which should be sorted out.

Why is the screen are flickering

4:56 I thought he was pouring it all down the drain 😂

The message is don't eat french fries...lol

I couldn't do this especially in a sewer what if you get STUCK in that stuff

Very informative video thank you

how much there get for the job ?

How do it get so dry?

how are they able to breathe? i assumed sewage systems are flooded with methane

Drinking game: take a shot everytime the black screen appears

How is she so calm?! How?!?!

Where does all the waste end up that are in the tunnels?

Not the envy of the whole world. The Paris set up is pretty good.

I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen, doin' the Fatbergs of London. Ahh oooooh...

What the system needs is a auger to break up the bedris every so often to help keep the solids mass broken up.

“Shepard’s bush” 😂😂