A water line leak in Monticello was linked to half a pair of blue jeans that had been flushed down a toilet, according to the Advanced Monticellonan newspaper.
In a story dated March 24, the newspaper quoted Mayor Paige Chase reminding the Monticello City Council of an initiative that reminds residents not to disposes of oils, fats and grease down drains, and added that other things are being flushed and disposed of in the sewer system that also is causing problems for the city, including flushable wipes.
“When you flush those things, they will stop up, probably not your sewer line but they will stop up your neighbor’s sewer line and that neighbor down the stream from them and it causes a real problem,” the Mayor said. “We want everyone to know, please, even though those wipes say they are flushable, they are not flushable. They will not travel through the whole length of the sewer line and get where they are supposed to go without causing some problems.”
