{"id":2534,"date":"2023-01-21T19:50:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T00:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/?p=2534"},"modified":"2023-01-21T19:50:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T00:50:35","slug":"plumbing-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/uncategorized\/plumbing-dos-and-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Plumbing Dos and Don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While working on a follow-up flier to management&#8217;s email last month about not putting &#8220;flushable&#8221; wipes down the toilet, I did a web search today for &#8220;what to flush and what not to flush.&#8221;  <strong><em>Every single site agrees that nothing except for toilet paper and human waste should ever go down the toilet.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since links are a clumsy nuisance on fliers, I figured I&#8217;d offer a list here of particularly informative sites on the subject. If anyone is doubting the seriousness of the issue, try reading some of these articles. Or try imagining it being <em>your<\/em> home that everyone&#8217;s sewage is backing up into!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For interesting info about fatbergs and about how meaningless the term \u201cflushable\u201d is: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenamerica.org\/blog\/are-flushable-wipes-really-flushable\" target=\"_blank\">Green America\u00a0 <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For a comprehensive list of what not to flush, and a brief, informative video tour inside the Portland, Oregon sewer system: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portland.gov\/bes\/safe-flush\" target=\"_blank\">Portland&#8217;s city website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For detailed explanations of <em>why<\/em> certain items should not be flushed and how they <em>should<\/em> be disposed of: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhg.com\/home-improvement\/plumbing\/items-not-to-flush-down-the-toilet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Better Homes &amp; Gardens<\/a>  and\/or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wastewaterts.com\/our-blog\/2020\/5\/7\/16-things-you-should-never-flush-down-the-toilet\" target=\"_blank\">Wastewater Transport Services<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wastewater Transport Services also offers a<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wastewaterts.com\/our-blog\/2020\/5\/7\/10-things-you-should-never-put-down-the-drain\" target=\"_blank\"> list of things not to put down the kitchen drain,<\/a> regardless of whether or not you have a garbage disposal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While working on a follow-up flier to management&#8217;s email last month about not putting &#8220;flushable&#8221; wipes down the toilet, I did a web search today for &#8220;what to flush and what not to flush.&#8221; Every single site agrees that nothing except for toilet paper and human waste should ever go down the toilet. Since links &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/uncategorized\/plumbing-dos-and-donts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Plumbing Dos and Don&#8217;ts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2542,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions\/2542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canalplaceone.com\/bulletinboard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}