News Briefs: ​Philly Mayor Addresses Public Amidst Plague of Wipes in Sewers

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney recently led off a briefing on the city’s COVID-19 response with a warning that the city sewer system is experiencing clogs from face masks, gloves and wipes residents have been irresponsibly flushing.“Please do not flush any of these items down the toilet,” he said in the briefing.Many other public works employees and city officials throughout the nation have issued similar statements to residents, as wipes and masks continue to plague sewers everywhere.“When everyone rushed out to get toilet paper and there was none . . . people were using whatever they could,” says Pamela Mooring, spokeswoman