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Wet wipes in the environment. Picture: Sydney Water
To flush, or not to flush
WET wipes are the bane of water authorities around the world. These gross pictures show why.
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Caswell Street sewage pump station. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Removing wipes from Sydney’s Rouse Hill treatment plant. Picture: Sydney Water
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Eagle Farm pump station. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Queensland removes 20 million wet wipes from its plants every year. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Michelle Cull and Colin Hester at Riverview sewage pump station. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Removing wipes from a pumping station. Picture: Sydney Water
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Eagle Farm sewage pump station. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Sandgate sewage treatment plant. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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More wet wipes being removed. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Queensland removes 160 tonnes of wipes every year. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Melissa McGovern. Picture: QLD Urban Utilities
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Flushed wet wipes being removed at Eagle Farm pump station.
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Wet wipe fatbergs. Picture: Yarra Valley Water
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More fatbergs. Picture: Yarra Valley Water