Clean Water Current
What happens when you flush wet wipes? This SC city had to send divers into the sewer
Oct 18, 2018
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article220093010.html
Please do not flush baby wipes and those so-called “flushable wipes” down the toilet. Case in point: The Charleston, South Carolina water system had to send scuba divers down about 90 feet into raw sewage recently to pull out mounds of wipes that had clogged the system. The Charleston Water System shared a series of graphic tweets Monday from its recent project to clear the baby wipes from its sewer system.
Please do not flush baby wipes and those so-called “flushable wipes” down the toilet. Case in point: The Charleston, South Carolina water system had to send scuba divers down about 90 feet into raw sewage recently to pull out mounds of wipes that had clogged the system. The Charleston Water System shared a series of graphic tweets Monday from its recent project to clear the baby wipes from its sewer system.