Colorado To Require Grease Trap Pumping To Protect Sewer Lines Restaurants, coffee shops, grocery stores and other organizations that serve food could face greater scrutiny from the Colorado city of Durango when it comes to grease disposal. Fats, oils and grease that congeal in city pipes are creating health hazards and causing sewer lines to […]
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Louisiana Mayor Wants To Put Teeth Into Grease Trap Sizing Ordinance Marksville Louisiana Mayor John Lemoine almost sounded like one of his constituents, telling the City Council that “nothing gets done” after city officials discuss what needs to be done to resolve the problem of high levels of restaurant grease entering the city sewer system.
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New Hampshire Restaurant Closed Five Days From Grease Trap Pumping Failures A fast food restaurant in New Hampshire was closed for five days while workers dug up and replaced a sewer line that was clogged with grease and caused flooding, said Portsmouth Health Officer Kim McNamara. The restaurant was closed due to a grease-clogged line
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Louisiana Restaurants Issued Health Citations After Sewage Spill From Grease Trap Cleaning Failures Puddles of sewage spilled out behind a Louisiana shopping center where many restaurants do business, with foul odors wafting into the air and finger pointing over who should be held responsible. The shopping center is a hamlet of restaurants, including Saigon Hong
Colorado Bowling Alley Sues Restaurant Again Over Grease Trap Spills The Colorado company that runs the Snowmass Village bowling alley is suing its upstairs neighbor for the second time in three years, alleging the restaurant’s grease trap has repeatedly failed and leaked thousands of gallons of that substance, detergent and foul water into the plaintiff’s
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Indiana Restaurant Opening Delayed Over Grease Trap Sizing The owner of Walton’s International Comfort Food in Haynie’s Corner is planning another restaurant in another traditionally under-served area of the city. But he has run into some roadblocks along the way. Read Street Barbecue to will be at Read and Virginia streets, near Deaconess Midtown, on
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Colorado Businesses Fined Over Grease Trap Pumping Issues No one likes paying fines, and that may explain why a number of Colorado restaurant owners think the city’s recent law on grease trap pumping is another ordinance that hits them with a fine. Just a week ago, there were 39 such cases on the Municipal Court
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Baltimore Removes Fatberg From Grease Trap Clogs WJZ in Baltimore reported on the City’s efforts to break up and remove a massive “Fatberg” that contributed to a million-gallon sewage spill. There’s no getting around it. Fatbergs are not a pretty sight. Now the City of Baltimore is working on removing a mass of grease and
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New Jersey Explores Ordinance to Deal with Grease Trap Pumping Concerns Grease traps and grease interceptors, if not maintained properly, can allow oil and grease to travel into wastewater systems and create possible health problems. The Springfield New Jersey Board of Health, during its last few meetings, has been hammering out an ordinance to regulate
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New Mexico Cracking Down on Grease Trap Cleaning New Mexico officials are cracking down on sources sending liquefied fat, oil or grease down the sewage lines headed to the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. Those items clog and damage expensive filters at the plant, which drives up operational expenses and speeds up the need to replace
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