Someone flushing cloth rags nearly destroyed an Aroostook County town’s sewage treatment plant

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 8, 2020

Multiple cloth rags were found stuck in both transfer station pumps at the wastewater treatment plant on Monday, causing the system to malfunction. St. Agatha town officials said that residents need to be mindful of what they dispose of in toilets after the cloth rags temporarily blocked sewage from moving through the system.