Secrets of Australia’s sewers: The BIZARRE items Sydney residents are flushing down the toilet – amid warnings about huge ‘fatbergs’
- Sydney bathroom users regularly put false teeth, golf balls, underwear down loo
- TikTok video reveals clumps of wet wipes that Sydney Water workers deal with
- Only put 3 Ps down the loo – poo, pee and paper – it’s best to bin the rest
A water agency has revealed the unusual items plumbers are regularly finding in the sewers of Australia’s most populated city.
Sydney Water this week shared a TikTok video showing how false teeth, glasses, golf balls and even underwear regularly pop up in the bowels of the city.
The government body also warned locals about the problems caused by wet wipes being flushed down the toilet, by causing ‘fatbergs’.
The term is often used to describe large clumps of wipes, grease and other waste blocking pipes.
Another Sydney Water video posted showed a worker trawling through mounds of wet wipes.
Contrary to popular belief, Sydney Water said: ‘While some brands of wet wipes might say that they’re flushable, they’re actually not.’
Wet wipes can cause up to 75% of all blockages.
‘When household waste gets flushed down the toilet, it creates a clump that eventually blocks drains and clogs wastewater pipes.’
A worker sorts through piles upon piles of dirty used wet wipes direct from the city’s bogs
The organisation has encouraged users to bin products typically used in bathrooms like dental floss, and even tissues.
‘The only things you should flush are the 3 Ps – pee, poo and paper – toilet paper, that is.
‘For everything else? It’s best to bin it,’ the website said.
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