Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
WLSSD What Not To Flush Flyer
DO NOT Flush These Items Down the Toilet:
- Disinfecting, Baby, or Flushable Wipes
- Paper Towels
- Facial Tissue/Napkins
- Cloth/Towels
- Feminine Care Products
- Medicine
Not only do clogs affect our pipes, but they can affect yours, potentially causing a basement backup and an expensive phone call to your plumber. If wipes get stuck in your home lateral pipe, a clog could cost you thousands to fix. A lateral is a pipe that transports water used inside your home out to your village's sanitary sewer system in the street.
What Can I Pour Down My Drain?
Dispose of all fats, oils, and grease in the garbage. This includes butter, cooking oils, fry oil, oils, dairy, and grease left from cooking meats and/or anything else that gels or solidifies at room temperature. While these will go down the drain or toilet when warm or with soap, but as they cool or mix with water they solidify in your pipes creating a clog that is very messy and difficult to remove.
Never pour or flush hard chemicals, paint, oil, pesticides, cement, plaster, medications, or more than the recommended amount of drain cleaner down your drains.
Inflow and Infiltration
