Flushables Resources

1. WWEMA Window: Designing Wastewater Treatment Equipment For Resiliency 9/24/2023

   It is a known issue that wastewater infrastructure is aging and is in need of significant investment to upgrade or replace systems to operate safely. Age is not the only factor driving system replacements. Wastewater itself has changed, which means what flows through collection systems and into treatment plants is different than what it was 50 years ago. At home, lower-flow toilets translate to less water to move flushed solids.

2. Kearney, MO, Wipes Up Treatment Trouble With Brushless Screening 4/10/2023

   When the Kearney, MO wastewater treatment plant began plans to upgrade its headworks they choose JWC Environmental’s Brushless Finescreen Monster to replace its old coarse screen.

3. Rice University Fights Clogs And Saves $20K Every Six Months 2/27/2023

   With Xylem's Flygt Concertor solution, Rice University now avoids clogs and callouts caused by grease and debris, as well as costly recurring equipment replacement. 

4. Oregon Resort Community Resolves Ongoing Pump Clogging With Flygt Concertor Pumps 2/24/2023

   Learn about the innovative pumping technology that eliminates clogging, saving time and money for an Oregon utility. 

5. Maximizing Solids-Handling Performance Of Municipal, Commercial, And Industrial Pumps 12/19/2022

   The rise in the use of disposable wipes and other non-dispersible debris is driving the need for more efficient handling of solids in pumps at municipal lift stations and wastewater treatment plant headworks.

6. Duperon Dual Auger System Replaces Grinder And Drastically Cuts Associated Plant Maintenance 8/11/2022

   Explore how a wastewater treatment plant in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, addressed clogging and maintenance issues with the Duperon Dual Auger System. 

7. Dual Auger System Eliminates Clogged Pumps Caused By Flushable Wipes 7/6/2021

   The Drake Pump Station, located in Saginaw, Michigan experienced chronic pump maintenance due to flushable wipes. Although the dry pit pump station represented only 0.1 million gallons per day (mgd) of flow in the city’s collection network, it required a substantial amount of servicing – up to three times a week. This consisted of two operators spending four hours manually removing rags in a confined space entry to clean out the clogged pump. It was a dirty, unplanned, and time-consuming task.

8. Reducing Emergency Sewer Repairs 5/6/2021

   Wastewater treatment plant operators have dealt with clogging problems at their plants and pump stations for decades, but the meteoric rise in the use of disposable wipes and other non-dispersible products has accelerated the problem to epidemic proportions.

9. Revolutionizing Pumping Station Control 1/19/2021

   Read about an award-winning project that was able to effectively improve performance and control of sewage pumping stations.

10. How One Company Created An Easy, Affordable Way To Stop Damage From Wipes 12/22/2020

    Toilet paper. The most essential product necessary to life besides food and water. Also cited as the first item to run out at supermarkets during an emergency. For those who live in disaster-prone areas, keeping a stockpile is normal. But for everyone else, a few extra rolls of toilet paper is just a routine part of a grocery trip. So what happened when families everywhere panic bought toilet paper to get through an extended lockdown?