Flushed wipes cause Charleston Water System backup

News 2 (Charleston SC) ^ | 10/17/2018 | Natalie Price

[RightGeek]

Sigh - people don't really understand, but they want to get rid of their wipes! They don't understand much of anything else either except what they want.

[delapaz]

now that’s a dirty job. Hope someone got overtime for that.

[OddLane]

Life imitates a Mike Judge film.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Sounds like there’s a “dirty job” story here that might interest Mike Rowe.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Holy Sh!t! Talk about a job you couldn’t pay me enough to do. I wouldn’t do that for all of Trump’s net worth.

Diving down 80 feet in raw sewage, pitch black, stinkier than, well, you know. Feeling your way by your hands to dislodge used wipes. My God, could there possibly be a worse occupation?

[Migraine]

80 feet down? When they go low, I go high.

[al baby]

My God, could there possibly be a worse occupation?

Huma Abeden’s Job ?

[Moonman62]

From what I understand, hand wipes contain plastic and don’t degrade. The ones that are designed to flushed can be flushed and they’ll degrade.

[Moonman62]

Plumbers have a saying.

Don’t chew your fingernails.

[roadcat]

Sounds like there’s a “dirty job” story here that might interest Mike Rowe.

I think its already been done. I may be wrong, but I remember a show like that, unless it was produced by someone else. Divers having to dive blind into sewage and unclog the works. Pays very well, I imagine. I would have nightmares about doing that job.

[upchuck]

I thought about leaving a snarky comment.

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[arrogantsob]

You aren’t counting on someone reading, are you?

[Lazamataz]

Diving down 80 feet in raw sewage, pitch black, stinkier than, well, you know. Feeling your way by your hands to dislodge used wipes. My God, could there possibly be a worse occupation?

Yes.

Being a Democrat in any capacity.

[waterhill]

The flushable types are not so flushable

[Yaelle]

Those packages say “flushable” but they are NOT.

[mass55th]

London sewers fatbergs consist of wet wipes, and other waste materials.

The findings from London fatberg’s ‘autopsy’ are horrifying

I downloaded, and watched this program after it aired...it was disgusting.

[Deaf Smith]

Was there some event in the area that caused significant increase in use of butt wipes that normal TP could not handle?

[Yardstick]

Only one job rated lower than sewer diver.

Assistant sewer diver.

(Hat tip Norm McDonald on SNL probably 20 years ago, only the occupation was crack whore...)

[Salvey]

A friend who works for the local sewage authority tells me that “flushable” wipes are a constant source of clogged pipes in their system and constitute the biggest operational problem they face today.

[left that other site]

“Flushable” wipes are not “Flushable” unless they specifically state on the package that they are “Flushable”. “Flushable” wipes are supposed to dissolve but “Non-Flushable” wipes do NOT.

People who Flush non-flushable wipes should be sentenced to perforn this disgusting task!