Hunter Water has launched a campaign to inform consumers wet wipes marketed as flushable are actually causing major problems for the sewerage system.
Advertisements will be placed on toilet doors in cafes, pubs and shopping centres around the Hunter to inform consumers flushable wet wipes actually cause sewer blockages..
Wet-wipes don't break down like toilet paper, instead they mix with fats and oils to create blockages which are time consuming, dirty and expensive to clean up, such as the enormous 1 tonne lump of wet wipes pulled from the sewer at Eleebana in February.
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| A Crane Removes A Massive Wet Wipe Blockage |
