Cities generally are vile and disgusting. Balls of fat and shit washing up on otherwise beloved beaches is taking it to a new level of horror. I just watched the 7.30 story on this subject and it's pretty outrageous.

Fatberg responsible for foul-smelling debris balls is 'inaccessible' for Sydney Water

The debris balls that have washed up on NSW beaches in recent years are likely to continue as Sydney Water admits a massive fatberg it cannot reach is clogging sewers.

(www.abc.net.au)

@AvonVilla

Sydney is one few major cities that just jettisons it’s basically untreated sewerage out to sea. Building proper treatment plants in sea/harbourside locations, mostly expensive suburbs, is a huge NIMBY issue.

Melbourne puts its waste through a much more thorough treatment process. Doesn’t mean we couldn’t improve, but…

@AvonVilla

Sydney is one few major cities that just jettisons it’s basically untreated sewerage out to sea. Building proper treatment plants in sea/harbourside locations, mostly expensive suburbs, is a huge NIMBY issue.

Melbourne puts its waste through a much more thorough treatment process. Doesn’t mean we couldn’t improve, but…

@Susan60 @AvonVilla I remember when Sydney built the “deep oceans outfalls” in the 90s, and I presumed we were upgrading treatment at the time, but no, we still send primary-treated sewage out to sea, in 2026. It’s extraordinary.

@corduroy @AvonVilla

Yeah, just spent money sending it further out, & still it washes up on Bondi beach.

@Susan60 @AvonVilla it’s extraordinary that this is (a) how it works and (b) not high on the priority list to fix, is wild.

@Susan60 @AvonVilla Canberra treats it then pumps it into the Murrumbidgee, just before it crosses the border back into NSW

@luciedigitalni @Susan60 I've walked past the treatment plant many times on the Shepherd's Loop/Uruiarra track. Some great walks around there, absolutely beautiful country. One hopes the treatment is much better than what happens in Sydney!

@AvonVilla @luciedigitalni

It will be. Sydney’s is basically just piped out to sea.

@Susan60 @AvonVilla @luciedigitalni when we lived in Blair St (North Bondi) there were flower beds in the middle of the road to facilitate workers getting to the sewerage pipes. When the wind was in the wrong direction you would often get a whiff...
#Sydney #Sewerage