MetaFilter posts tagged with sewer

Sewer Creatures

MetaMonkey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:41:59 -0800

Im in ur sewer killing your d00dz

dersins — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:32:03 -0800

Some amazing photos of the storm sewer system in Tokyo. (Further reading)

Hair and fat and everything nice.

OmieWise — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:01:25 -0800

London's 'flushers': "If you really thought about where you were going and what you were doing you'd either be shit scared or you wouldn't go there. We're shit shovellers. Some of the jobs I do a high percentage of the country would turn around and say: 'Poke that up yer arse mate as far as you can put it.'" The history of London's sewers. The craptacular sewerhistory.org. More entries in the Night Haunts series.

sewers are not funny

thirteenkiller — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 16:41:16 -0800

SewerHistory dot org has lots of information about sewers. It's really interesting.

Manhole Sewer Art

greasy_skillet — Sat, 14 May 2005 19:12:54 -0800

Manhole Cover Photography. Photos of manhole covers from around the world.

The G-Cans Project

joelf — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 00:48:53 -0800

The G-Cans Project is a massive project, begun 12 years ago, to build infrastructure for preventing overflow of the major rivers and waterways spidering the city (A serious problem for Tokyo during rainy-season and typhoon season). The underground waterway is the largest in the world and sports five 32m diameter, 65m deep concrete containment silos which are connected by 64 kilometers of tunnel sitting 50 meters beneath the surface. The whole system is powered by 14000 horsepower turbines which can pump 200 tons of water a second into the large outlying edogawa river.

keithl — Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:39:31 -0800

Good news on the pollution front. Town in Northern California finds a way to turn its sewage into non-polluting water and make a wildlife refuge. If you live in Arcata, you can flush your toilet with pride! Quick overview here or the full flush.