Sewer Friendly Practices

  • Don't put personal wipes, baby wipes, diapers, dental floss, Q-tips, feminine hygiene products, tissues, or plastic items in the toilet or sink. Instead, throw them in the trash.
  • When you have kitchen grease, let it cool and harden, then throw it in the trash.
  • Don't rely too much on the garbage disposal. Use it sparingly. Most food scraps should go in the trash or compost, not down the drain.
  • Use a screen in your shower drain to catch hair and another on the laundry hose to catch lint.
  • Don't pour hazardous materials like solvents, anti-freeze, oil-based paints, or mercury down the drain. Take unused medications to the Dunn County Sheriff's Department. Hazardous materials can be disposed of at the City's Clean Sweep Hazardous Waste collection event.


Citizens of Menomonie can do their part to reduce operations and maintenance costs by putting the following items in the trash, rather than down sink drains or toilets:

  • Antifreeze
  • Dental floss
  • Disposable gloves
  • Disposable wipes or diapers
  • Flushable wipes
  • Items made of cloth
  • Mercury or mercury-containing compounds
  • Paint
  • Plastics
  • Solvents