The City of Thunder Bay is asking you to stop from flushing certain items down the toilet, including flushable wipes. The pre-moistened toilettes are being used by people in the bathroom, and ending up in the sewer system, causing problems.
City spokesperson Michelle Warywoda says the popular bathroom product has caused problems in some individual homeowner’s sewer connections that lead to the City’s sanitary sewer.
She adds that they’ve had residents call for help because they’re experiencing a sewage back up and it’s been found that flushable wipes have been the cause of the blockage or contributing to poor drainage of their sewer connection.
Warywoda adds you should be using toilet paper instead.