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DelMarVaNow.com: Too many wipes in Ocean City pipes

Posted Thu, 2013/08/08 - 3:21pm by RCAP

Reporting on a popular beach town in Maryland, the delmarvanow.com website said on July 28:

"There’s one thoroughly modern convenience that’s causing headaches for the people who run Ocean City’s sewer system: the so-called flushable wipe.

"Like a grown-up version of soothing baby wipes, these toilet paper accoutrements are advertised as safe for toilets. But problems can mount when they get into the rest of the sewer system.

Great video demonstration: What not to flush

Posted Fri, 2013/02/22 - 10:38am by RCAP

"What comes out of you and toilet paper." These are the only things that should be flushed down the toilet. This informative and entertaining video shows in a great visual way what happens to some common bathroom throw-aways when they're flushed down the toilet - so-called "flushable" things like kitty litter or baby wipes. In a demonstration by a sewage pre-treatment technician, wastewater customers (all of us) can see what happens when dental floss, facial tissue, cotton swabs and feminine napkins are sent through the wastewater system.

Gates foundation launches effort to reinvent the toilet

Posted Wed, 2011/07/20 - 10:48am by RCAP

New strategy promotes adoption of safe, affordable sanitation in the developing world

KIGALI, Rwanda -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced July 19 the launch of a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world.