Swiffer mop pads – a common culprit clogging today’s wastewater disposal systems – may be meeting their match in Flossmoor.
Village board members unanimously voted Tuesday to construct a new $350,000 sewage system lift station that includes a “chopper pump” capable of shredding just about anything that, rightly or wrongly, is flushed down a toilet.
The new pumps can chop up rags and rope, said Public Works Director John Brunke. But they are especially needed…
