WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced that his bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act (https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-collins-mcclain-mullin-reintroduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-wipe-out-non-flushable-products-from-our-wastewater-infrastructure/)unanimously passed the Senate. Merkley leads the WIPPES Act with Maine's U.S. Senator Susan Collins. The WIPPES Act would address health, ecosystem, and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing of non-flushable wipes.
"When non-flushable wipes back up our wastewater system, it hurts our infrastructure, our environment, and ou...