Next time you go to toss that “flushable” wipe in the toilet, you might want to consider a request from your sewer utility: Don’t. Sewer agencies in the Washington area and across the ...

Utility officials say that one of the manufacturers’ key tests for wipes marketed as “flushable” does not mimic real-life sewer systems. The “slosh box” test requires that at least one ...

But the small flushable wipes are causing headaches, wastewater officials say, because they are clogging sewer systems in metro Detroit and across the country. The phenomenon, which local ...

KATC’s Penelope Lopez recently visited the small Vermilion Parish town, where local officials are dealing with a growing (and ...

SAGINAW, MI — Saginaw-based Duperon Corp. says it has a solution to sanitary sewer pumps clogged by “flushable” wipes and has tested the new system with success in the city of Saginaw.

The problem worsened during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when toilet paper shortages led more people to turn to ...

Flushable wipes don't break down easily enough in water, despite what manufacturers claim. This buildup causes accumulation of the wipes, and clumps of wipes can easily clogs pipes and sewer systems.

The study concluded that most biodegradable flushable wipes do not really degrade. “They may be biodegradable at some given time in a compost pile, but in the time they’re in the sewer ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - An everyday item in homes; flushable wipes can create more problems than the commodity they serve. At home, you flush them and might think they’ve disappeared ...

Utility officials say that one of the manufacturers’ key tests for wipes marketed as “flushable” does not mimic real-life sewer systems. The “slosh box” test requires that at least one ...