BARNSLEY has been named a sewer blockage hotspot.
Three local postcodes are on the list of the worst ten in the region for sewer blockages caused by wipes, according to Yorkshire Water.
S63, S70 and S71 are the three postcodes named in the list just released. Yorkshire Water says sewer blockages last year cost £2.4m.
Now the company is calling on customers to stop flushing wipes down the toilet, pointing out that even so-called flushable wipes don't break down in the sewer.
Tom Phillips, of Yorkshire Water, said: "The impact of sewer flooding can be truly disgusting sewage bubbling back up through toilets and sinks into customers' homes or spilling out of grates into gardens.
"Sewage is one of those invisible things we don't like to think about. Once we've flushed the toilet we rightly expect not to see the contents again, but as wipes don't break down in the sewers they can quickly build up to cause a blockage.
"We know there are wipes on the market labelled flushable, but this is just a marketing ploy to make consumers think they are easier to use.
"The wipes contain plastic, which is why they don't break down like toilet paper does. There's a simple rule for things you should flush down the toilet; stick to the three Ps pee, poo and paper."
