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‘Do Not Flush’: Colorado lawmakers target wipe labels
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - A bill looking to require manufacturers to label non-disolvable wipes with the phrase “Do Not Flush” passed a second reading in Colorado Senate Thursday morning. While that legislation is still under consideration, local wastewater workers continue to deal with the problems that arise due to the flushing of those wipes.
11 News Reporter Lauren Watson got a chance to tour the Colorado Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility on Thursday, and there, representatives for Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) said that wipes can cause issues from your home all the way to their facility.
At home, these wipes, alongside other non-flushable things like grease, can cause stoppages in your home service lines, which can lead to larger problems.
“That’ll lead up to even feet of water, wastewater in a basement at a time,” Nick Housel, Wastewater Collections Operations Supervisor at Colorado Springs Utilities, said, “and that can cost anywhere from thousands to even hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, just depending on how bad and severe of a back up it is.”