into one of these....
What could go wrong, right??
Posted on 09/23/2013 12:11:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies, which represents 300 wastewater agencies, says it has been hearing complaints about wipes from sewer systems big and small for about the past four years.
That roughly coincides with the ramped-up marketing of the “flushable cleansing cloths” as a cleaner, fresher option than dry toilet paper alone. A trade group says wipes are a $6 billion-a-year industry, with sales of consumer wipes increasing nearly 5 percent a year since 2007 and expected to grow at a rate of 6 percent annually for the next five years.
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Manufacturers insist wipes labeled flushable aren’t the problem, pointing instead to baby and other cleaning wipes marked as nonflushable that are often being used by adults.
“My team regularly goes sewer diving” to analyze what’s causing problems, said Trina McCormick, a senior manager at Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Cottonelle. “We’ve seen the majority, 90 percent in fact, are items that are not supposed to be flushed, like paper towels, feminine products or baby wipes.”
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into one of these....
What could go wrong, right??
See post 15 if you own your sewer line.
I was in tears!
Charmin is just as bad.
Its not as nasty, gross, or smelly as you might thing.
I have an “old fashion” commode in my basement. It is in perfect condition and awaiting some future renovation. It is now worth at least 4x what it was originally purchased for. There must be a black market for these things.
I also have about 50 100watt incandescent light bulbs. I am working on the import of some old fashion dishwasher soap and laundry detergent.
Anyone need some asbestos roof shingles? LOL
Sewer clogs? Hope and change at work.
If you lack an imagination, I’m not going to try to help.
Those are definately NOT flushable!!!
So is that how you “bleach the button”....?
Many a plumber has put their kiddies through college fixing the work of dumbbells who flush baby wipes down the loo.
One can improve the new commodes quite a bit. Go to the big box, and get a flaaper assemble with a taller fill tube. “French Country” toilets have a tall, narrow “stylish” tank. Install the taller vale into your potty, and adjust the water level up. I got another 4” of water into my tank. Works very well.
Not to get too graphic, but I have a digestive system problem (my digestive system is more like a cat than a human) that occasionally leads to the release of very large dry “leavings” in the toilet, I have actually clogged up a toilet WITH nothing but ONE leaving.... No paper at all....
In my household we have the policy of keeping a 5 gallon bucket near the toilet. I have had to fill the 5 gallon bucket with very warm water and dumping it in the toilet until the blow is about to overflow and then let it set to break it down then all of a sudden it will clear with a KAWHOOSH....
It never hurts to dump a good soild 5 gallons of water into the bowl every now and then especially if you have a dumb low flow toilet installed.
I think you would have to be crazy to attempt use these in a septic tank system
Unless you're in a big hurry, always flush TWICE if you wanna minimize system problems !
'low flush' = we're from the goobermint and we're here to FUBAR
I had to have my main line rodded out last month. Funny, I have a PVC mainline, and it NEVER clogs. About two months ago, my wife started buying those flushable wipes. Sure as can be, as soon as my buddy came, we started fishing the line down and he asked “hey btw, are you guys using flushable wipes?” Yup, we sure were. Pulled out the claw about 40’ into the line, and pulled out a mess of white wipes.
He said they are booming because of these wipes. We threw them away.
An engineer who called Mark Steyn on today’s Rush Limbaugh Show nailed it.
Our sewer pipes are designed with 1/8” drop per mile, intended to be kept moving by FULL 3.5 gallon toilet flushes and FULL FLOW showerheads. Cut the water flow and it all backs up.
Government egged on by enviro-do-gooders has created this problem.
I think faster than I type.
You are correct.
That sign is funny as hell.
I am a prepper and needed to store of some kind of toilet paper - I didn't have enough room for regular toilet paper, so I studied “wipes”, which is now I became a professional about knowing about these wipes.
I have wipes there are absolutely flushable and it says on each package in big letter: “FLUSHABLE WIPES”. One can store a lot of these in a small space, like one not huge box - enough for four people for close to a year.
I also have a box of Baby Wipes which is a whole new ballgame. These ARE NOT FLUSHABLE. On the back it says, “DO NOT FLUSH”. They are also larger than the flushable ones. They are great for cleaning anything but cannot be flushed in the toilet.
The flushable ones are 7.25 inches x 5.25 inches.
The non-flushable ones are 7.4 inches x 6.9 inches.
The clogged pipes are due to people not reading. They are tossing non-flushable baby wipes into the toilet. They won't come apart so they are clogging up sewer pipes in the cities.
You have now completed the course in Flushable, Non-flushable Wipes 101.
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