20 Feb 2019

Fat and wet wipes clogging Auckland pipes

From Morning Report, 8:42 am on 20 February 2019

Fatbergs held together by wet wipes are clogging up pipes and causing overflows in Auckland. Dealing with the problems caused by wet wipes is costing about a million dollars each year. Auckland Watercare is teaming up with Plunket to issue advice to families about what they're putting down the drain. Peter Rogers, the head of production at Auckland Watercare, speaks to Guyon Espiner.