Getting The Grease Out The City of Rogers Approach

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Getting The Grease OutThe City of Rogers
Approach

• Bob Winnes
• Environmental Compliance Specialist

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• What is FOG?
• Where does it come from?
• Why should we be concerned?

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• What is a food service?
• Restaurant
• Hospital
• School
• Nursing care facility
• Bakery
• Delicatessen
• Market
• Caterer

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• Types of grease from food services
• Yellow grease
• Brown grease

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• What is a grease
• interceptor?

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• What should be plumbed to the grease interceptor?
• 2 compartment sinks
• 3 compartment sinks
• Prep sinks
• Mop sinks
• Hand wash sinks
• Dishwashers
• Floor sinks and drains
• Trench drains

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• Kitchen sinks and floor drains
• Screened
• Floor drains
• Minimal use
• Garbage disposals or food grinders
• Prefer they not be used
• Required to be plumbed to a solids interceptor
  prior to connecting to the grease interceptor

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• What is an oil/grease dumpster?

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• Reasons for Grease Abatement Program
• Increase in the number of food services in Rogers
• Burden upon the existing sanitary sewer system
• Associated maintenance time and costs

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Main goal

• KEEPING OIL AND GREASE OUT OF THE CITYS SANITARY
  SEWER SYSTEM THUS PREVENTING A BUILD UP OF GREASE
  WITHIN THE SYSTEM AND THE ASSOCIATED PROBLEMS
  BLOCKAGES, BACKUPS AND OVERFLOWS!

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• City of Rogers Approach
• Education
• Pre-approval of grease interceptor sizing
• New food services
• Renovated food services
• Grease Abatement Inspections

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• Requiring food service to
• Operate with proper grease interceptor sizing
• Improve and/or maintain grease interceptor
  maintenance
• Utilize Clean Kitchen Practices to minimize
  grease loading

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Clean Kitchen Practices

• Never pour oil and/or grease down any drain or
  into any toilet
• Use less oil and liquid oil instead of solid
  grease or lard
• Scrape food scraps into designated trash
  receptacle
• Dry wipe, with a paper towel, all oily/greasy
  dishes, pots, pans, containers and utensils prior
  to putting them into hot water or placing them
  into the dishwasher

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• Collect, recycle or dispose of used oil/grease
  through an approved grease hauler Liquid Waste
  Transporter (LWT)
• Use baskets and/or screens in all kitchen sinks
  to help prevent food debris from entering the
  drains
• Make sure all floor drains are properly screened
• Capture the oil and grease accumulated in
  ventilation and exhaust hoods through routine
  cleaning and filter changes

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• Clean (pump) grease interceptors on a regular
  basis
• Keep grease interceptors well maintained and
  properly working
• Make sure the used oil/grease intended for the
  oil/grease dumpster ends up inside the dumpster
  instead of spilled on the surrounding area
• Keep the oil/grease dumpster lid closed when not
  in use to prevent rainwater from causing messy
  overflows

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• The Citys Grease Abatement Program also targets
  homeowners
• Education
• Bilingual door hangers
• Information posted on the RWU website

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• Process for new food services
• Pre-approval of grease interceptor sizing
• Inquiry form
• Inspection for conformance
• Grease Abatement Inspection

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• Inquiry form
• Name of proposed business
• Address / location
• Date / Time / Contact / Contacts Company Name /
  Phone Number / Discussions /
• Recommended grease interceptor size
• Dated, signed sent to RWUs Engineering

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• To determine grease interceptor sizing
• Formula
• Questionnaire
• Formula
• Assigns specific numerical values
• Seating capacity
• With a dishwasher
• Without a dishwasher
• Commercial kitchen

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• Single service kitchen
• Hours of operation
• Questions
• How often will the kitchen be used? (hours of
  operation for a restaurant)
• How many people will be served at each of these
  uses? (seating capacity for a restaurant)

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• Number of kitchen sinks?
• 2-compartment sinks
• 3-compartment sinks
• Mop sinks
• Prep sinks
• Hand wash sinks
• Number of floor drains, floor sinks or trench
  drains?
• Any dishwasher? commercial or residential type?

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• Any garbage disposal? if so, must be plumbed to a
  solids interceptor prior to being connected to
  the grease interceptor
• Any stoves? commercial or residential type?
• Any ovens? commercial or residential type?
• Any fryers? if so, how many?
• Types of food served (obtain menu if possible)

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• We also request
• Site plan indicating the proposed location of the
  grease interceptor
• Waste and vent plumbing plan
• Waste and vent riser plan

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• Process for existing food services
• Developed
• List of all food services
• Documents
• Grease Abatement Inspection form for each food
  service category
• Bilingual educational material grease abatement
  FOG
• Clean Kitchen Practices
• Grease Interceptor Cleaning Record log
• List of approved liquid waste transporter
  services
• Grease interceptors
• Oil/grease dumpsters

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• Conduct Grease Abatement Inspection
• Complete inspection form
• Interviews discussions
• Physical inspection
• Kitchen
• Grease interceptor
• Oil/grease dumpster area, if applicable
• Distribute
• Clean Kitchen Practices
• Educational material grease abatement FOG
• List of approved Liquid Waste Transporter
  services
• Grease Interceptor Cleaning Record log

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• Follow-up letters
• Necessary re-visits

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• Developed a food service database
• Name of food service, address, phone number and
  contact name
• Date last inspected
• Grease interceptor? Size? Frequency pumped and by
  whom?
• Oil/grease dumpster? LWT company
• GPS coordinates latitude, longitude elevation
• Associated manhole number

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• RWU account number
• Monthly water usage

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• Additional Assistance
• Dedicated RWU Field Operations Team
• Inspect sanitary sewer lines, including the use
  of a camera
• Notify of grease blockages found
• Flush and vacuum sanitary sewer line blockages
• Distribute door hangers in residential areas with
  grease problems
• Maintain a grease blockage log

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• Without this teams efforts and assistance, my job
  would be a whole lot more difficult!

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Questions