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Sewage Breakdown....FWIW
Jan 11, 2021, 2:12 PM
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Study from the Bronx....1.2% of clogs are flushable wipes...Baby wipes and paper towels make up nearly 48% of sewer clogs.
Materials Recovered Count %
Trash 100 30.0%
Baby Wipes 97 29.1%
Paper Towels 62 18.6%
Nonflushable Wipe 17 5.1%
Feminine Hygiene Products 14 4.2%
Feminine Wipes 11 3.3%
Surface Cleaning Wipes 10 3.0%
Facial Wipes 7 2.1%
Bath Wipes 5 1.5%
Flushable Wipes 4 1.2%
Hand Wipes 2 0.6%
Medical 2 0.6%
Mechanic/Shop Wipes 1 0.3%
Other Wipe- Pacifier 1 0.3%
Totals 333 100.0%
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Oculus Spirit [97651]
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Me after Taco Bell equals 1%, at least***
Jan 11, 2021, 2:14 PM
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Oculus Spirit [81607]
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Haha, love it!***
Jan 11, 2021, 2:21 PM
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Whose job is it to separate clogs into their component types
Jan 11, 2021, 2:25 PM
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and then count everything?
Like hey Jimmy write this down: this clog was 14 asswipes and 8 baby wipes wrapped around a doritos bag and a hypodermic needle.
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Oculus Spirit [80955]
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condoms not even listed
Jan 11, 2021, 2:33 PM
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I think I get why the world has problems.
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Heisman Winner [105418]
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I call BS on this.
Jan 11, 2021, 2:37 PM
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There are no grocery carts which is what they told us was the strangest thing they found in the bar screens when I toured one WWTP in Grad School.
Condoms were all over the first set of screens though. Who flushes condoms? Rinse those things out and reuse them.
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Oculus Spirit [80955]
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And now we know why Greenr has 8 kids***
Jan 11, 2021, 2:37 PM
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Heisman Winner [105418]
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I hit "Post Message" assuming that would be the first
Jan 11, 2021, 2:38 PM
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reply.
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CU Medallion [64837]
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"Mine never get flushed because usually they are jammed
Jan 11, 2021, 2:56 PM
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so far up my butt, I can't find them." - stubborn_tiger®
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"we dry them out and use them
Jan 11, 2021, 2:58 PM
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for quilts that grandma sews so the kids can stay warm in the winter." - FBCoach
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CU Medallion [64837]
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I think he blows them up and fills them with candy to make
Jan 11, 2021, 2:59 PM
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pin-yachtas
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Oculus Spirit [80955]
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The first time I went to pick up samples
Jan 11, 2021, 2:42 PM
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of post treatment water to send for DHEC compliance testing they told me to come back the next day because they had a dead baby on the screen.
https://youtu.be/lPiSGzL3uN4
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Treat them like twinkies and suck the cream out the middle***
Jan 11, 2021, 3:40 PM
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Greer CPW said amount of “flushable” wipes increased
Jan 11, 2021, 2:39 PM
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20 fold during the great toilet paper famine.
How do you tell the different types of wipes apart once they go down the drain?
I can’t tell a baby wipe from a non flushable from a flushable without looking at the label.
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Oculus Spirit [80955]
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The flushable ones don't have pretty designs on them***
Jan 11, 2021, 2:58 PM
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Seems to be a highly geographic thing. No telling what they
Jan 11, 2021, 2:49 PM
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would find down here.
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baby wipe = flushable wipe
Jan 11, 2021, 2:52 PM
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HTH.
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Oculus Spirit [80955]
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not necessarily***
Jan 11, 2021, 3:00 PM
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I wonder how they were able to distinguish between
Jan 11, 2021, 3:11 PM
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baby wipes, nonflushable wipes, feminine wipes, surface cleaning wipes, facial wipes, bath wipes, and flushable wipes.
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From my experience, I have found:
Jan 11, 2021, 2:58 PM
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surface cleaning wipes from the Hatian cleaning lady (95%)
Legos/toys (a few)
hair matts (4%)
Cigarette Butts from my grandaddy (a few)
Grandmama's curlers (4)
1 small lightbulb
1 large fresh turd from my son (1, but it was a biggun, and it about landed on me while in the pit).
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