Help Us Protect Our Towns Sewer System

We have experienced sewage blocks from grease and fat being put down sinks and toilets by local residents. When you flush or wash oil from your deep fryers or fat from cooking food like bacon, it forms a plaque on the inside of sewer pipes. No matter how much hot water you try to flush after the fat, eventually it cools and forms a coating in the sewer pipes which collects other debris and will eventually cause a block in sewer pipes. This will result in the towns sewer lines backing up into your house and your neighbours’ houses.

We recommend you wait for the grease or fat to cool and put it in your garbage. Another option is to pour it into an old can or glass jar when it is hot and let it cool and then place the container in the garbage. Taking the extra care will save a lot of cost and frustration down the road.

Did you know it is also harmful to flush the following items down the toilet:

• Personal care wipes/baby wipes
• Diapers
• Cotton swabs
• Hair
• Dental floss
• Tampons
• Sanitary products
• Condoms
• Old medicines

While products may be advertised as "flushable," in reality, items such as baby wipes, makeup remover cloths, tampons and disinfectant wipes do not decompose in the sanitary sewer system. Flushing this material causes damage to the sewer system and may cause sewer backups in your home. Flushables should be disposed of in the garbage.

Old medication can be taken to both Pharmasave and Rexall pharmacies in the Town of Moosomin. Keeping medication out of the lagoon means that it will not be released back into the environment during spring and fall release.