Scottish Water warns against blocked toilets

Scottish Water has issued a reminder to flush only the 3Ps – pee, poo and toilet paper– to help keep the country’s sewers free from blockages.

Non-flushable alternatives to toilet paper which are not biodegradable are a major cause of sewer chokes resulting in flooding.

Peter Farrer, Scottish Water’s Chief Operating Officer, said: "Alternative items such as wet wipes, kitchen roll, cotton wool, tissues or other forms of paper can cause blockages in the pipes.

"Additional sewer chokes at this time of heightened concern around health could pose additional risk through internal flooding, as well as causing an obviously unpleasant disruption in the home."

Currently Scottish Water responds to around 3000 sewer chokes every month.

The waste water drain which leads from a house to the public sewer is usually only about 4 inches wide, which is around the diameter of a DVD.

This means it can easily become blocked by a build-up of non-flushable materials.

Around 1 billion litres of waste water are treated every day in Scotland.

Learn more about keeping the cycle running at www.scottishwater.co.uk/cycle.

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