WRc research on success of DERAGGER could prove critical as BBC Breakfast news and Radio 4 (Costing the Earth) highlight impact of wet wipes on sewage network.
The BBC reported that of the ‘flushable’ wipes tested in the UK to-date, not one has passed the industry tests. Here at Clearwater, we support the “3 P’s” approach, however this has been going on for years, and no matter how much is done to educate the public some people are always going to flush things they shouldn’t down the toilet – non-flushable wipes, sanitary products or other items. In fact, another research study recently announced says 39% of women admit flushing things they shouldn’t!
Luckily our DERAGGER doesn’t discriminate, and it is proven to keep pumps running clean. It’s therefore the low cost way to prevent pump blockages which cause back-ups and spills, which in turn cause such distress to customers and environmental damage. And it’s proven to reduce energy consumption and extend asset life as well!
Find out more from this WRc Study into the DERAGGER: https://clearwatercontrols.co.uk/wrcreport/
See the BBC News article at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46188354
Watch the full Radio 4 programme at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00013qz
Radio 4’s Costing the Earth programme included the below quote:
Andrew Drinkwater, WRc: “The big problem really is that the majority of sewage flooding…is caused because the sewer or pumping station has got blocked because somebody has put something down that is inappropriate…a baby wipe or a wet wipe.
Furthermore, the majority of occasions when a watercourse get polluted with sewage because a sewer has overflowed or a pumping station has got stopped working, again is because somebody has flushed something down the toilet…which has blocked the sewer or caused the pump to jam.”