Cheyenne Mayor Rick Kaysen is asking people to stop flushing sanitary wipes down the toilet.

Kaysen says despite repeated warnings from the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities about the problems the wipes cause in the local sewer system, people continue to flush the wipes down the toilet--and it continues to cause problems.

The mayor says the wipes cause sewer lines to clog as well as sewer backups and cause additional problems with the city's waste water treatment plant.

Kaysen says the city "has tried educational efforts" as well as "news releases from the BOPU'', but says for some reason people just don't seem to be getting the message.

 

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