Last April Charleston Water System and Kimberly-Clark reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit in which the company agreed to make its Cottonelle flushable wipes compliant with wastewater industry flushability standards by May 2022.
The company also agreed to improve the labeling of its wipes containers so that consumers can more readily understand which wipes are and are not safe to flush. The aim is to help set a labeling standard for wipes manufacturers nationally.
For years wipes flushed down toilets have been a source of maintenance headaches for clean-water agencies, clogging lift station pumps, contributing to sewer blockages, driving up the cost of
