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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Texas Grease Trap Ordinance Looks To Eliminate FOG In Sewer System KTAB in Abiline Texas reports on a grease trap ordinance that looks to eliminate FOG in the sewer system. In this case, FOG doesn’t refer to clouds. It’s an acronym for “fats, oil, and grease”, things that can really cause problems when they make their
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Texas Grease Trap Ordinance Could Mean Restaurant Fines The Breckenridge Texas City Commission took the first steps in insure clean sewer lines with passage of a grease trap ordinance. The ordinance requires applicable facilities to install, use and maintain grease traps or interceptors, prohibits discharging of excessive fats, oils and dressings into the city’s sewer
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Restaurant Grease Traps Polluting Rio Grande Cooking grease from Española businesses is causing water contamination in the Rio Grande and officials charged with treating the city’s water, say they need help to stop future spills. Española Wastewater Superintendent Lawrence Rhome told the city’s Public Works Committee that grease is getting into the sewer system, the
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