Are Flushable Wipes Safe for Sewers and Drains?
Posted on December 15, 2013
With modern bathroom products such as wipes, baby wipes and cleaning pads, now readily available, they are proving to be popular household items as not only do they give you a higher cleaning experience, they also promise a quick and easy “flushable” disposal when you’re finished. And with most consumers… Read more »
Sensors in Sewers Sniff Out Drugs and Bombs
Posted on November 25, 2013
Sometimes we’re so involved in what’s going on around us that we never stop to think what could be going on beneath us… Well, €4.5 million European Union funded research programme, Emphasis has revealed to us just exactly what is going on beneath the ground we walk on. What’s Emphasis… Read more »
From False Teeth to Frogs and Footballs – The Strangest Things Found in Sewers
Posted on November 12, 2013
We can all get hit with a strike of bad luck every now and again. Things can accidentally fall into the toilet and get flushed away never to be seen again, like jewellery (and sometime wedding rings, whoops!). Then there are those items that shouldn’t be flushed down the toilet… Read more »
Upcycling CDs for Wastewater Treatment
Posted on October 24, 2013
A recent breakthrough in the latest, innovative wastewater treatment comes from Din Ping Tsai, a Physicist at the National Taiwan University and quite surprisingly, the main component for this discovery are your old, unused and unwanted CD’s! That’s right, this new inventive wastewater cleansing treatment is economically friendly as it… Read more »
Falling Autumn Leaves Lead to Blocked Drains and Gutters
Posted on October 4, 2013
As the autumn leaves begin to fall, they may start off looking pretty and picturesque as you walk through the park hearing the satisfying crunch beneath your winter boots. But the reality for those home owners can be much less appealing, when the wind and rain begins and you’re left… Read more »