'Only flush toilet paper': Hanford shows what wipes does to its pipes

HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The City of Hanford lone wants residents to flush toilet insubstantial - and not wipes, facial tissues, insubstantial towels oregon diapers.

On Monday, metropolis officials posted pictures with the caption "look astatine what wipes successful the pipes tin bash to the instrumentality astatine the city's wastewater attraction plant."

The metropolis says that the archetypal 2 photos amusement the superior signifier of the attraction and the past photograph is of the pump.

According to the city, the Wastewater Division says that flushing wipes damages the instrumentality progressive successful the wastewater conveyance and treatment.

The metropolis says the non-flushable items clog pumps, pipes, and filtering instrumentality - starring to higher costs and a shorter beingness for the equipment.

"Remember to lone flush toilet insubstantial down the toilet," metropolis unit wrote connected societal media.

According to the city, wipes, facial tissues, insubstantial towels, diapers, etc. spell successful the trash. The metropolis says adjacent if the merchandise says flushable, it does not mean it is.