On Sun, 2 May 2021 09:26:39 +0100
"Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" wrote:

Would it not be easier to find these items in smaller sewers before
they get to the really big ones, Certainly they would have a lot of
smaller call outs, but one supposes these should take very little
time to clear and not gum up the whole of a major sewer affecting
thousands of people. Wet wipes are apparently making things worse at
the moment. Maybe nappies and wet wipes which are bio degradable
might well help. Brian


Yes, as I understand it, wet-wipes are described as 'biodegradeable'
when they are not, at least within the time frame that matters. When we
lived in the US, in a rented property, there were historical tree root
problems, which meant that we saw the Roto-Rooter man about once per
year. He talked about one client who kept on getting blockages due to
Q-tips put down the loo, and every time he explained that this was not
where to put them, he just got a shrug of the shoulders in response. So
they had to keep paying for him to return.

--
Davey.