Flushables News

1. Chairwoman McClain's WIPPES Act Passes Through The U.S. House 6/23/2025

   Today, Chairwoman Lisa McClain’s (R-Mich.) Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives.

2. NACWA Commends Passage Of WIPPES Act 6/12/2024

   The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, the result of a decade of advocacy by NACWA, the California Association of Sanitation Agencies, water sector partners, and manufacturers to improve labeling.

3. Three States Introduce Wipes Bills 3/1/2023

   Massachusetts, Colorado, and Hawaii are the latest states looking to address the problem of flushed wipes through legislation.

4. Wet Wipe Label Confusion Causing Gruesome Sewer Blockages 6/16/2022

   Yorkshire Water has once again called for mandatory ‘do not flush’ labelling on wet wipes after research found current labelling is leaving consumers confused over how to correctly dispose of them.

5. Tackling Wastewater Challenges System-Wide 6/15/2022

   Sulzer and Nordic Water: delivering technologies to solve wastewater problems, not just shift them

6. Monster Makes Quick Work Of Debris 12/2/2021

   Municipal utility company Servicebetrieb ASK, of Kamp-Lintfort in Nordrhein-Westfalen, was experiencing frequent blockages and outages in one of its sewage pumping systems.

7. Xylem Rental Solutions Expands Portfolio To Include First And Only Temporary Mixing Product For Wastewater Treatment 11/12/2021

   Xylem Rental Solutions, a Xylem brand, continues to strengthen its broad temporary equipment portfolio by adding the industry-leading Flygt 4220 compact adaptive mixer solution. The adaptive mixer rental package is the first and only mixing product available for rent to help avoid unplanned downtime and enable continuous operation of critical plant processes despite maintenance requirements of permanently installed mixing equipment. Xylem is also the only manufacturer that also installs, commissions and services all rental equipment.

8. Saginaw-Based Duperon Corporation Wins An MFG Excellence Award 11/12/2021

   Saginaw’s own Duperon Corporation received statewide recognition on Thursday, Nov. 4 as a recipient of the MFG Innovation Excellence award as part of the 2021 MFG Excellence Awards, hosted by the Michigan Manufacturers Association (MMA). The awards are held annually to celebrate the exceptional contributions that Michigan manufacturers make to their workforce, their communities, the economy and the industry. 

9. Grinding Out Success 10/20/2021

   Reliability is a key characteristic in the wastewater industry where pumps are required to work round-the-clock, especially in pumping stations that transfer wastewater from residential and industrial areas to the treatment plant.

10. Non-Flushable Wipes Fall Under Increased Mislabeling Scrutiny 6/23/2021

    Despite the fact that they are often mislabeled as “flushable,” disposable wipes that are used in households and then flushed into wastewater systems are a surprisingly large headache for buried infrastructure and the professionals who maintain it.