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What’s up with wipes? An update on flushability standards

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By Robert Haller, Barry Orr, Miguel Agawin
| Environmental Science & Engineering Verified
By Robert Haller and Barry Orr Municipal wastewater utilities have always dealt with grease and feminine hygiene products, and tried their best to educate customers to only flush the 3Ps – pee, poop and paper (toilet paper). We would get the odd clog, but we were doing “fairly” well, until the introduction of wipes. Read the full article in ES&E Magazine’s August 2022 issue: Subscribe to our Newsletter! The latest environmental engineering news direct to your inbox. You can unsubscribe at any time.
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Wastewater Professionals Release Specification for Flushability

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By Robert Haller, Barry Orr
| Water Canada Verified
It’s not flushablejust because the salesman says so! This has been our debate with the powerful wipes manufacturing industry for well over a decade now. Currently, anyone can call anything ‘flushable.’ There are no rules. There has been no legal definition of the term.
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Regulations and testing are needed to fight 'flushable' wipes

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By Barry Orr, Fatih Karadagli, Peter Davey Verified
| Environmental Science & Engineering Verified
A wastewater pump clogged with flushable wipes. By Barry Orr and Fatih Karadagli Wastewater operators in Canada believe new flushability specifications will help reduce the cost and inconvenience to customers from blocked sewer pipes and the impacts to the environment from the flushing of inappropriate products down the toilet. Currently we should only be flushing the 3Ps (Pee, Poo and Toilet Paper) down our toilets.
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