Products labeled as flushable will continue to be a concern among municipalities and treatment facilities dealing with overflows, damaged equipment and increased maintenance costs. Thiensville, Wis., is one community dealing with more and more wipe products in its system.
“Increasingly, probably over the last four or five years, we’ve been getting more and more wipe-type products, both ones that are advertised as flushable and ones that are advertised as disposable, but not particularly flushable,” says Andy LaFond, Thiensville director of public works.
With a population of 3,200, Thiensville owns and operates 18 miles of 8- to 15-inch-diameter sewers. It is one of
