While wipes, paper towels, and other products may be labeled flushable, they may also clog your pipes, sewer mains, and absolutely do clog the pumps in the sanitary sewer lift stations and the screens at the sewage treatment plant.
Besides creating the potential for expensive sewage backups into homes, it also causes critical maintenance issues that unnecessarily expose Public Works employees and homeowners to raw sewage – which can harbor a variety of diseases, including Covid-19.
Our Public Works Sewer division staff had to recently put on full protective gear and pull pumps from the lift stations to clean out wipes that clogged the pumps.
Please remember that just because a product is labeled "flushable", doesn’t mean you should. Only toilet paper and human waste should be flushed. Help protect yourself and your neighbors from sewage backups, and help protect our crews and homeowners from unnecessary exposure to sewage.
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