Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Abatement Program

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Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) are found in food products such as meat, butter and margarine, cooking oil, lard and shortening, baked goods, sauces, and dairy products. When FOG is discharged down the drain, it can cause blockages in waste pipes in apartments, homes, commercial buildings, and the public sanitary sewer system. Blockages in the pipes can lead to sewer back-ups. Sewer back-ups can flood residences, businesses, city streets, and city sidewalks with untreated raw sewage. Cleaning up a sewage back-up and clearing FOG clogs in the pipes are extremely costly. Damaged items such as carpeting and upholstered furniture cannot be cleaned and must be discarded. Nearly one half of sewage back-ups are caused by FOG clogs in the pipes. Thousands of dollars are spent each year clearing public sewer lines of FOG clogs to try and prevent sewer back-ups from happening. In recent years, the Stamford WPCA has removed over 1.25 million pounds of fats, oils, and grease from the sanitary sewer system.
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