Years ago, fats, oils and grease blockages in sanitary sewers in the city of London, Ontario, posed a fairly significant problem. But those issues...
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News Briefs: All Four Pumps at Boca Raton Facility Clog With Wipes
Entry 337964Officials at the Palm Beach County (Florida) Water Utilities Department reported in a Facebook post that for the first time, all...
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News Briefs: Houston Residents Turn Away City Sewer Workers Due to COVID-19 Fears
Entry 338055Residents in Houston, Texas’ Eastwood neighborhood recently chained their fences and are refusing to allow city employees to access their properties...
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Fictional Homemaker Shares Message About Proper Sewer System Care
Patty Potty is on a mission to save sewer systems from flushable wipes and other things people flush that don’t belong there.Her...
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How a Michigan Fatberg Was Turned Into an Educational Opportunity
Massive sewer accumulations of fats, oils and grease are on the rise. The system impact of FOG is greatly exacerbated by a...
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New Study Confirms 'Flushable' Wipes Don't Disperse in Sewer Systems
Thinking twice about what consumers flush away may help them save money, and the environment. Ryerson University recently released a new report...
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News Briefs: Jersey's Lead Problem Could Cost Billions to Fix
Entry 339367One problem that could end up costing $2 to $3 billion is New Jersey’s lead contamination issue. More than 1.4 million...
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News Briefs: Century-Old Main Breaks in Portland, Floods Neighborhood
Entry 339402A century-old 30-inch cast iron water transmission main recently burst in Portland, Oregon, leaving some streets in the northeast part of...
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News Briefs: New Mexico Man Steals Utility Truck and Crashes It
Entry 339527A man from Albuquerque, New Mexico, faces 15 charges including reckless driving and criminal damage to property for stealing a Bernalillo...
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News Briefs: Worker Dies After Being Struck by Excavator in Trench
Entry 339563A construction worker at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant in Baltimore, Maryland, died after being hit by an excavator, according...
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Diving Into a Viral Campaign Against Flushing Wipes
A series of strikingly illustrative photographs from the removal of a massive pump blockage recently brought a spike of public attention to...











