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Don’t Flush Trouble! Use the Trash Not the Toilet

Pump Station CleaningThe label might say “flushable,” but disposable wipes and other products are clogging our sewer lines and damaging pumps and other equipment. Not only are these problems expensive to fix, they can also cause raw sewage overflows into homes, businesses and local waterways. So, think trash, not toilets!

Watch a Seattle Public Utilities crew clear Pump Station 35 at University Village of all the debris that should go in the trash.