The city of Cordova recently paid more than $50,000 to replace the municipal Eyak Lift Station pump, after un-flushable wipes clogged it and pushed it past the point of repair.
“Flushable just means it goes down the toilet, it does not mean that it works well in the sewer lines,” City Manager Samantha Greenwood said during the April 1 City Council meeting. “It’s important … It will continue to cost us into the future.”
Greenwood said the city is beginning an informational campaign to make people aware that even wipes marketed as “flushable” don’t actually break down in the pipes. In the end, she said, the cost of repairing the sewer pipes falls on individual utility ratepayers.
City staff will now be administering informational door hangers on residents’ homes to get their message across: Do not flush wipes.
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