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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

STORY | https://ab.co/39y5Hij

World Toilet Day celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by. 💧💧

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