Anyone in the sewer industry knows that sewer systems are designed to handle three things: water, human waste, and toilet paper. When an overflow occurs, it’s usually because improper materials were put down the drain. These improper materials include fats, oils and grease; solids such as meat bones, fruit and vegetable rinds, potato peels and corn cobs; paper goods such as paper towels, newspapers, handy wipes, diapers, napkins, and tampons; and hair from shower drains and basins. All this “stuff” helps cause about 40,000 sewer overflows and thousands of combined sewer overflows each year, according to EPA estimates. The overflows
