Irish Water has issued an urgent appeal for people to only throw the ‘three P’s’ down the toilet because wipes and other materials are causing massive blockages in the sewerage system.
The P’s are ‘pee, poop and (toilet) paper, while other items such as plastic, hair, contact lenses and the infamous wipes so hated of the waste industry are causing huge problems. Irish Water’s Asset Operations Manager, Margaret Attridge told Pat Kenny’s show on Newstalk yesterday that they are removing 70 tonnes of horrible blockages from the Ringsend treatment plant in Dublin every week.
This is the equivalent of five double decker buses packed with wipes and other materials every week. Ms Attridge said waste products mix with oil to form “rock-solid” blockages that are “very difficult and costly to remove.”
