Featured Video: Running Toilets Waste Water As football season gets underway, it's a good time to revisit Denver Water's clever water conservation PSA. The video may be ten years old, but the simple concept still makes for a fun and memorable message. It's a good reminder that even though water utilities play a vital role in public health and quality of life, that doesn't mean we can't sometimes have a little fun. Happy Friday! September 22, 2017 By Cassia Smith Public Education consumer information, featured videos, pr, public education, public relations, PSA, water conservation 0 0 Comment Read More »
Featured Video: Will It Flush? With the holidays coming up, a lot of your customers may be getting particularly creative with their flushing activities. After all, for a lot of us the holidays mean a lot of hectic activity and a house full of guests. When the house is full, the trash is full, and the bathroom's getting worked overtime, sometimes standards can relax a bit. And who can blame them? A lot of products do say "flushable," right there on the label. If you think your customers could use some extra information on how several commonly-flushed products actually behave once they're out of sight, this video might help. In it, Pre-Treatment Technician Tracy Stevens from the City of Spokane Department of Wastewater Management uses a jar test setup to demonstrate the dangers to sewers and wastewater pumps posed by facial tissues, flushable wipes, dental floss, Q-Tips, feminine hygiene products, and flushable kitty litter. If you need to give someone a refresher on the flushable, this video could be a great place to start. For more on utilities' efforts to fight flushables and fatbergs, search "flushable" (without the quote marks) in the keyword filter box of our document database. The City of Portland also has a list of items not to flush or put down your sink: disposable diapers tampons and tampon applicators sanitary napkins cotton balls and swabs mini or maxi pads condoms cleaning wipes of any kind facial tissue bandages and bandage wrappings automotive fluids paint, solvents, sealants and thinners poisons and hazardous waste cooking grease December 20, 2016 By Cassia Smith Public Education, Wastewater public education, videos, featured video, psa 0 0 Comment Read More »