Wet wipes are handy
supplies that you can use to clean yourself in any situation. Lately, many have
been enticed to use a special kind of wet wipes: the so-called “flushable” wipes,
which their manufacturers say can be flushed down the drain after use. Are
“flushable” wet wipes really as their name claims them to be? If you ask local Edmonton plumbers, they wouldn’t
agree.
The administrators of a waste
treatment plant in the Durham region pointed out that “flushable” wipes not
only wreak havoc in residential plumbing, but to their industrial equipment as
well—forcing them to do extensive repair or even replacement which can easily
cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Companies may pitch their
products as “flushable,” but apparently it is meant literally. It means that
the wipe won’t probably clog a home’s pipes, but it doesn’t mean it will
completely break down. A product test pitted flushable wipes against a sheet of
toilet paper, and had interesting results. It was revealed that the toilet
paper took only eight seconds to completely dissolve in moving water; while the
wipes stayed intact even after 30 minutes.
Bottom line is, “flushable”
wipes do plumbing systems no favours at all. They’re even potent enough at
wrecking industrial-grade waste treatment equipment, which means terrible
concerns for home plumbing. If you’ve been disposing of these flushable wipes
for quite some time now, call on expert plumbers to deal with it.
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