Backed-up toilets on two U.S. Navy ships will cost $400,000 per acid flush to fix, according to a government watchdog report that outlines the costs of poor planning. (CN) – Backed-up toilets on two U ...

The complaints regarding waste in the U.S. military took an interesting turn this week when it was reported that the toilets on the U.S. Navy’s USS George HW Bush (CVN 77), the newest Nimitz -class ...

The sewage system is similar to what is found on a commercial ship, “but increased in scale for a crew of over 4,000 people,” read the report, which noted the facilities were experiencing “unexpected ...

The toilets on the Navy's newest aircraft carriers clog frequently, and it costs $400,000 a flush to fix them, according to a new government watchdog report. During a review of Navy shipbuilding ...

Contract restrictions prevent Navy crews from fixing key ship systems like ovens and toilets, forcing reliance on costly contractors and sparking urgent calls for a military “right to repair” policy.

The Navy’s two newest aircraft carriers have a problem with their toilets getting clogged and it costs $400,000 to clear their sewage systems, according to a Congressional watchdog report released ...

Waste in the military has long been a problem—but in the case of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers the problem has been specifically one of human waste or more accurately how the waste has clogged the ...

New toilets on the Navy’s two newest aircraft carriers clog so frequently that the ships’ sewage systems must be cleaned periodically with specialized acids costing about $400,000 a flush, according ...

The Navy recently decided to use a different sewage system on its two newest aircraft carriers, one that is modeled on the toilets in commercial aircraft. But flushing for more than 4,000 people ...

Two of the Navy’s newest aircraft carriers require a unique system to keep the toilets unclogged and cost $400,000 to fix each clog, a government watchdog said in a report released Tuesday. The USS ...

Clogs can cost up to $400,000 to fix. The toilets are similar to what is used on commercial aircraft, but the refuse has much longer to travel through the ship and is causing unexpected clogging as a ...

NORFOLK, Va.NORFOLK, Va. — Toilets on two Virginia-based Navy aircraft carriers that have become repeatedly clogged could require treatments costing $400,000 each to get them working properly, a U.S.