A 40-ton fatberg clogging a London sewer has been cleared, and officials are hoping to avoid seeing another monstrous mass like it in the future.

British engineers have finally cleared a massive 40-ton block of waste known as a “fatberg” from a South London sewer after spending three weeks chiseling down the clog, officials said.

The new super sewer system is just a couple of bolts away from being ready to carry millions of tonnes of Londoners’ waste. Thankfully, the London sewers and whatever is inside them are usually ...

A 15-ton massive blob of food fat and baby wipes, dubbed Britain's largest-ever "fatberg," has been removed from a London sewer, local water authorities said Tuesday.

London's Sewers are a triumph of Victorian engineering. Until the new sewer system was built, raw sewerage went directly into the Thames which was also used for drinking water. As a result cholera ...

The door of the steel box lift clanks shut and a crane slowly lowers construction workers building London's "super sewer" 40 metres (130 feet) to the ...

The main part of London's incredible Super Sewer is a 15-mile-long tunnel that's about 24 feet wide. Its job? Carry water, rubbish, and poo.

London's new "super sewer" - or the Thames Tideway Tunnel, as it is officially known - will begin testing in the summer, the company behind it has said. The tunnel is nearly 16 miles (26km) long ...

The Thames Tideway Tunnel super sewer in London is about to launch after ten year construction to stop waste in River Thames.

BBC News Online takes a trip down the sewers to find out what lies beneath London.

For infrastructure geeks, London’s brand-spanking-new ‘super sewer’ has been the gift that keeps on giving. Not only is the 25km, £4.5 billion Thames Tideway tunnel (as it’s official ...