Southern Water is hoping its Lego creation could be on shelves at toy shops soon.
The water company needs to reach 10,000 votes for its project, ‘Sewer Heroes – Fighting the Fatberg’.
The creation, depicting a business’s sewer fatberg, was first uploaded to the Lego ideas online portal in June 2023 by the company’s Network Protection and Enforcement Team – and has since received more than 8,000 votes.
If it can reach its 10,000 target, it will be reviewed by Lego’s master builders and potentially become a commercial set.
Stephen Williams, Network Protection Enforcement Manager at Southern Water, said: “As a lover of Lego myself, I saw a similar Lego model online and approached the designer and went from there.
“The model, if it goes live, will be a fantastic education tool for use in schools to help children understand the importance of disposing of fat, oil, grease and other unflushable items, in the right way; and for demonstrable use at meetings, conferences, and outreach workshops.”
Southern Water employs a dedicated Network Protection team to stop fat, oils and greases (FOG)getting into the sewer network.
The Network Protection team is formed of five former police officers, and they investigate pipe blockages, sometimes using cameras. The team have helped reduce the number of blockages by finding repeat offenders.
Vote at: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/e6d994cf-76c9-4275-86c0-19cbcb90db73
