Every single wastewater treatment authority EVERYWHERE will tell you that although a "baby wipe" might advertise that it's flushable, NEVER flush them down a toilet. While it's possible that it makes it out of your home's sewer line to the main sewer line, it will always cause problems in the main sewer lines. Throw it in the trashcan!
If your home has a septic tank, it's particularly important that you never flush a baby wipe down the toilet unless you like paying for septic repair bills!
No good for private septic systems. "Flushable" usually excludes septic systems. And also, in case you have a septic system and dont already know.... don't ever put food, especially grease and oil, down the drain, even if ground up via garbage disposal. Always strain the water before it goes down to the septic tank. Never use downy fabric softener (or similar products), minimize bleach use, never dispose of antibiotics into a septic system. RidX and other septic system treatments are unnecessary and basically useless and a waste of money. Anyone who tells you that septic systems need "bacterial recharges" from time to time must not be familiar with the composition of human pøô. You'll thank me for this advice later.
You are correct, barryk. As I live in a rural area, I have a septic tank/system here and, at the instruction of my septic tank installer, I don't even flush toilet paper down the toilets, much less baby wipes - they go into a trash can (with a trash can liner, of course). I've never wasted my money on that nonsense septic tank treatment BS. I dump grease & oil in the yard, but don't worry about a piece of food going down the drain here & there...the organisms in the septic tank will digest that, too. I don't remember the last time I used my kitchen sink's garbage disposal...the large food scraps go in the trash can or out in the yard.
I basically follow the instructions of my septic installer (who's had septic tanks all of his life). He recently opened the inspection port in his 30-year-old septic tank and it looks and performs just fine...and he's NEVER had his tank pumped because it's never needed it. Boom.
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If your home has a septic tank, it's particularly important that you never flush a baby wipe down the toilet unless you like paying for septic repair bills!
I basically follow the instructions of my septic installer (who's had septic tanks all of his life). He recently opened the inspection port in his 30-year-old septic tank and it looks and performs just fine...and he's NEVER had his tank pumped because it's never needed it. Boom.
Thank you!