DPI Water and NSW water utilities are preparing a brochure on 'wet wipes' to inform regional customers on how to avoid costly blockages of house drains and the utility's sewers.

Since May 2015 Sydney Water has been running its 'Keep wipes out of the Pipes' education program, which has reached nearly one million people on social media and

over 12 million people through traditional media stories.

Hunter Water has been actively advising consumers of the impacts of wet wipes, including through information included with water bills, on-hold call centre telephone messaging, in traditional and social media, and in targeted advertising in public toilets.