‘Fatbergs’ are clogging up cities’ pipes. Here’s what one Florida town is doing about it

With people flushing personal hygiene items down the toilet doing damage to sewer lines — most recently in Bradenton — the city of Jacksonville has come up with a creative way to warn residents about the danger they are causing.

The globs clogging and breaking sewer lines are nicknamed “fatbergs” a large accumulation of baby wipes and other personal hygiene items ,mixed with greases and cooking fats. The city of Jacksonville spends up to $800,000 annually to address the globs of mess.

In an effort to inform the public in Jacksonville and elsewhere, JEA Utilities, the largest community-owned electric and utility company in the United States, released a horror movie trailer spoof titled, “What goes down, might just come back up.”