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How Wastewater Pretreatment Has Changed as the Pandemic Recedes
The pandemic is pushing city governments and public health departments across the country to adopt a pretreatment mindset to diagnose the welfare of local populations. Robust sewer systems are crucial to this new approach. Biobot Analytics has…
Factors To Consider When Replacing A Grease Trap
Replacing a grease trap is a real opportunity for you and your business to save money and avoid plumbing problems better than you had before. Most grease traps last at least a decade, and in…
How to Calculate the Total Cost of Ownership of a Grease Trap
Shopping for a new grease trap? Prices aren’t what they seem. Over the life of a grease trap, what you paid upfront will become a small percentage of the total cost of ownership. To get…
How to Size a Grease Trap for a Commercial Kitchen
Correctly estimating the size of a grease trap for your project is crucial to avoid overflows, backups, and unnecessary costs. It’s not easy, however. Sizing methods many plumbing codes use tend to overestimate peak flow,…
The Curious Case of the Smelly Blob
I’m not too fond of unsolved mysteries. I never have. So, when a service contractor stumped us with a problem in the late 1990s, I couldn’t shake it. The contractor told us about gelatinous masses…
New drawings place Trapzilla in vehicle traffic areas
What is your plan when a city official, contractor, or engineer says a 1,000-gallon grease interceptor must be installed in your drive-through, parking lot, or another area where vehicles will be driving over it every…
Why steel grease traps fail
Third in a three-part series. Read part 1, Why Concrete Grease Traps Fail, and part 2, Why Fiberglass Grease Traps Fail. Grease traps – at least most grease traps – don’t last forever. Understanding why some fail might…
Why fiberglass grease traps fail
Second in a three-part series. Read part 1, Why Concrete Grease Traps Fail, and part 3, Why Steel Grease Traps Fail. Grease traps – at least most grease traps – don’t last forever. Understanding why some fail might…
Why concrete grease traps fail
First in a three-part series. Read part 2, Why Fiberglass Grease Traps Fail, and part 3, Why Steel Grease Traps Fail. Grease interceptors – at least most grease interceptors – don’t last forever. Understanding why some fail…