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Home My WebLink About05.a.2) (Handout) NACWA Winter Conference Presentation Slides on Flushable Wipesam Toilets Are Not Trash Cans! Working Cooperatively Towards Mutually Beneficial Solutions Melody LaBella NACWA Winter Conference February 4, 2014 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Focus of Panel Discussion l .sa. z) Aa4vaal)e 1 u Focus of Panel Discussion ir i� Fats, Oil & Grease (FOG) J 2/20/2014 Dallas Water Utilities FOG Abatement Program FOG Baby Wipes Fatberg a .� -X F'�: � ��r m ��r • 'fit..— y .c: U2:1i:56 U�U7.2U13 IG.18m 2/20/2014 3 i, EXPERIENCE THE LIFE CHANGING NEW WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. LIVE THE ONE TRUE CLEAN. ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTE. r� - - 1- ONE VWIPECFIA IFS YeF trY • Cauraroli t4e.tai:4ed wtpro wipe . • t} � ao 18u7hrpe3 made for men _ J 40 durable 5 -7' ;heem SbH Intl. FaOdtffil- /tbtg,'t - - -- i i ✓ Aushable 3 L-Wegradable w.,tose rayon J Soolb rg, calTwrg, and refreshing ✓ Gentle pepperm nt scent Wipes - -I 4 co I ' .r t2rriiih , t i TO 2/20/2014 4 2/20/2014 5 Flush Only Human Waste and Toilet Paper Wipes Clog Pipes ielsosable wives of all kinds are •Flushable" Wipes Should NOT be Flushed exploding in popularity — and �r wreaking havoc on sewn The'Ruslable label means they will go down _ systems! your toilet when Rushed. What you si:ould be ccm,orm rs use disposable concerned about is what can happen next. Disposable wipes do not disintegrate quickly /A1any wipes because they re convenient in water like toilet piper does. Consumer For cleaning and disinfecting. Even Repartse tested several brands cf wipes people who would not normally labeled •Ilushdble• and found that while tarlut embrace disposable products because paper disintegrated after about eight seconds. of concern for overburdened landfills are the wipes still hadn't broken dorm after 30 using wipes that are being marketed as minutes. 'Rushabkt.' Instead of tossing them in the cash: people Rush them down the toilet. These products stay largely intact as they believing theybe done the right thing, travel through sewer pipes and can easily get caught on roots or other debris, increasing the risk of clogs in your pipes and sewage overflows in your home or the street • r As the use of disposable wipes grows, we are Y. e i s being forced to commit significant resources t• to remove them from our sewer lines, pumps. .��( ? and treatment plant I.erti ues, and to repair or ! , S replace the equ pment they damage Disposable wipes arc an even greater threat to your home's sewer pipe, which is smaller and more easily clogged. In addition to potentially causing clogs and overflows, many of the cleaning and drsur!acbng wipes contain chemicals that are difficult for sewer treatment processes to remove, and they can thus pollute local waters. 4 firyou use disposaW . clenninyldisimlacting wipes, moist rowelettes, baby rnpas. tsomd hygiene wri0ev or simdur disposable or so called flu hobla' p— hects, phrase pct w ! am m the trash never it, your toilet. Flush only human waste and toilet paler. regardless of what a product label says. 2/20/2014 5 WIPES CLOG PIPES. Avoid a clog disaster, flush only human waste and toilet paper. ti 1 WIPES WIPES CLOG CLOG r PIPES. PIPES. t Avoid d CIOg disaster. Flush Avoid a clog disaster. ;�'� �r " . onlyhunian i Only flush toilet r a'�r waste and ; paper and toilet paper, you-know-what. WIPES CLOG Avoid a clog disaster, Only flush toilet paperif f- PIPES. and you - know -what. BAYW1SE.I�JRG WIPES Residents Businesses Contact Us • r • y 1 i Pushroly 1 ` ' Your Toilet Wipes Clog Pipes J Flush Only Human Waste and Toilet Paper Disposable wipes are growing in popularity - and vreafung havoc on sewer systems. many consumers use disposable wipes because ,hey re convenient for leaning and dslnfecting. Even people who would not normally embrace disposable products because of concern for overburdened landfills are using wipes that are bang ma-keted as 'nushable.- They don't toss them in the trash; they f ush them down the toilet, believing they've done the right thing "Fhxshabie" Wipes Should NOT be Flushed The "flushable' label simpiv means they will go down your toilet when flushed what you should be concerned about is what can happen next. Unlike toilet paper, disposable wipes (even those labeled "flushable') do not quickly disintegrate in water Consumer Reports tested several brands of wipes labeled "flushable" and found that while toilet paper disintegrated after about eight seconds, the wipes soli hadn t broken sown after 30 rnlnutes. These products stay largely ntact as t, ,y travel through sewer plpes and can easily get Caught on roots or other debris, m— asing the risk of clogs and sewage overflows. 2/20/2014 LJ 2/20/2014 Wha t can i do? Unfortunately, it's not a game. Clogged pipes can cause sewage overflows & costly damage to your property. BUTYOU CAN HELP PREVENTTHEM. 'Association of the ' Nonwoven Fabrics Industry Advancing Non wovens Worldwide Pharmaceuticals 2002 USGS Stream Survey ■ Tested 139 streams across 30 states ■ 80% had measurable concentrations of prescription and non-prescription drugs, steroids and reproductive hormones. .. .... ..... . 2/20/2014 March 2008 E AP: Drugs found in drinking water .-16U 31d No I Com,nents 147 1 Rocommeiuf 76 E•mn] I t By Jeff Donn, Martha Mendoza and Justin Pritchard, Associated Press A vast array of pharmaceuticals — Includ -ng antibiotics, anti- convuisents. mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found In the drinking water supp :es of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press nvestigation shows. 2/20/2014 How Do Drugs Get Into Our Drinking Water Supplies ? ?? How Do Drugs Get into Our Drinking Water? 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(raptaaal mw ywa(r by Hasa f niai:k ynkdwccwaurvq unl�d •krRa fc R.NK.4[uaJ. fsJ JJaaI Environmental Perspective • Drugs are designed to impact biological systems in small doses. • Drugs are not designed with the environment in mind, so they are not fully metabolized by the body. • As a result of human pass- through and direct sewering, pharmaceutical concentrations are ending up in the wastewater stream. • We can't yank existing drugs off shelves and insist that the manufacturers go back and redesign them. 2/20/2014 11 Environmental Perspective • We need to do what we can now to reduce the amount of pharmaceuticals entering the wastewater stream before we get to a problem. • Precautionary approach • Unwanted and expired medications are the proverbial "low hanging fruit." National Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Plan C - lL Monitoring '°' Enforcement Proper Medication Disposal �1 Education Office Of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) 2/20/2014 12 Is Trash the Answer? Methane Anal cover Gas cont Groundwater) I monitoring monitoring y i uner (synthetic or natural) Leachate p 4- collection system Where does leachate go? GotDrugs?. -, 40k . Most abused prescription drugs come OA from family and friends. You could be a �•� drug dealer and not even know it. r , Uri s4e I t Visit www.dea.gov or call 800 -882 -9539 for more information. 2/20/2014 13