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 been a big catalyst for…
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 that time the technology has…
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 building up in a handful…
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 day? While it might be…
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 help keep your current interceptor…
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 help keep your current interceptor…
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 might help keep your current…
Even if a commercial kitchen has an effective grease interceptor properly installed and maintained, fats, oils and grease (FOG) can still escape into the wastewater system. While no grease removal system is 100 percent effective, a properly maintained, modern grease…
Many local sewer ordinances require that food service establishments make their grease interceptors available for periodic inspection to ensure they’re working correctly, keeping fats, oil and grease (FOG) out of the wastewater system. And the tool of choice for many…
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) developed standards in the 1990s to govern passive hydromechanical grease interceptors. The standard was developed in collaboration with the Plumbing & Drainage Institute, and is referenced by the Uniform Plumbing Code, the International…