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Washington Post: ‘Flushable’ personal wipes clogging sewer systems, utilities say

One of the issues that RCAP cares about is going mainstream! It's getting attention by the media and thus the general public. An article appeared on the front page of the Sunday Washington Post on Sept. 8.

The article begins:

"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.

PBS News Hour explores wastewater treatment

The Jan. 3 PBS News Hour featured science correspondent Miles O'Brien plunging into a muck of that which rhymes with "it" to investigate our ailing country's sewage system.

Here's a written account of his story of what happened underground.

The webpage included a couple of videos:

 

From Physorg.com: Efforts underway at Virginia Tech to address deterioration of nation's water pipes

Provided by Virginia Tech
May 26th, 2010

 

More than two million miles of the nation's infrastructure of water and wastewater pipes is nearing the end of its usefulness, but the mostly underground facilities often do not attract much attention because of this "invisibility," said Sunil Sinha, Virginia Tech associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE).