Since 2009, wastewater treatment officials across the country have seen a rising tide of sewer backups, pump break downs and overflows caused by sanitary wipes
Since 2009, wastewater treatment officials across the country have seen a rising tide of sewer backups, pump break downs and overflows caused by sanitary wipes that are marketed by companies as “flushable.” For example, Onondaga County, N.Y.’s, Department of Water Environment Protection responds to more than 4,000 trouble calls and service requests from homeowners and businesses having trouble with their sewers every year — noting that 1,500 calls a year are for piping systems clogged by so-called flushable wipes, reports Syracuse.com.
With the increased usage of these wipes added to the list of hygiene products that get flushed down the toilet, the plumbing industry needed to do something to avoid the constant clogging of plumbing systems as well as help city sewage treatment systems. With research and development, plumbing manufacturers came up with the grinder pump.