Below are sources and recent press articles given as examples that FOG/brown grease waste frequently overloads our municipal wastewater treatment plants which causes sewage spills, or overspills in the streets near the business and washes into the storm drains and reaches the ocean, polluting our beaches, harming humans and aquatic life.
Sewage spill in Newport closes portion of the bay
May 27th, 2008, OC Register
“The cause of the spill is still unknown, but it likely occurred from oils and grease built up from a restaurant, or tree roots that have taken over the sewage line, said Larry Honeybourne, program manager of the county’s water quality department.”
“[Sanitary Sewer Overflows] SSOs also occur due to the improper discharge of fats, oils and grease to the collection system…”
EPA press release, June 19, 2008
“Nearly 70 percent of sewage overflows from human-waste sewage lines are due to breaches, obstructions such as tree roots or grease clogs, line breaks, and mechanical failures”
NDRC, Sources of Beachwater Pollution, ch1, p15
“Fats, oils and grease get into the sewers mainly from commercial food preparation establishments…”
City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, BMP “Sewage spills are a summer bummer for beachgoers”
Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2008
“The beach closures — three in less than two months — are particularly bitter for Long Beach because the city has been trying to improve the water quality of its beaches by staging cleanups, commissioning environmental studies and sending cleaning crews to scour problem sewer pipes. While some of Long Beach’s dirty water comes from pollution upstream, the latest closure was due to a local problem: cooking grease that has clogged city sewer lines from an upscale housing development along the shoreline”.
Another Long Beach sewage spill forces beach closures
Los Angeles Times, Aug 14, 2008
$2,475 to vacuum 3,200 gallons of ‘grease water’ at eateries
January 9, 2009, Orange County Register
“A city drain at West Coast Highway and Riverside Avenue backed up Aug. 29 and caused the grease traps at the Chart House, Rusty Pelican and Billy’s at the Beach to overflow into their respective parking lots, according to a legal claim filed against the city on behalf of the eateries.”
News and Press
Below are sources and recent press articles given as examples that FOG/brown grease waste frequently overloads our municipal wastewater treatment plants which causes sewage spills, or overspills in the streets near the business and washes into the storm drains and reaches the ocean, polluting our beaches, harming humans and aquatic life.
Sewage spill in Newport closes portion of the bay
May 27th, 2008, OC Register
“The cause of the spill is still unknown, but it likely occurred from oils and grease built up from a restaurant, or tree roots that have taken over the sewage line, said Larry Honeybourne, program manager of the county’s water quality department.”
“[Sanitary Sewer Overflows] SSOs also occur due to the improper discharge of fats, oils and grease to the collection system…”
EPA press release, June 19, 2008
“Nearly 70 percent of sewage overflows from human-waste sewage lines are due to breaches, obstructions such as tree roots or grease clogs, line breaks, and mechanical failures”
NDRC, Sources of Beachwater Pollution, ch1, p15
“Fats, oils and grease get into the sewers mainly from commercial food preparation establishments…”
City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation, BMP “Sewage spills are a summer bummer for beachgoers”
Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2008
“The beach closures — three in less than two months — are particularly bitter for Long Beach because the city has been trying to improve the water quality of its beaches by staging cleanups, commissioning environmental studies and sending cleaning crews to scour problem sewer pipes. While some of Long Beach’s dirty water comes from pollution upstream, the latest closure was due to a local problem: cooking grease that has clogged city sewer lines from an upscale housing development along the shoreline”.
Another Long Beach sewage spill forces beach closures
Los Angeles Times, Aug 14, 2008
$2,475 to vacuum 3,200 gallons of ‘grease water’ at eateries
January 9, 2009, Orange County Register
“A city drain at West Coast Highway and Riverside Avenue backed up Aug. 29 and caused the grease traps at the Chart House, Rusty Pelican and Billy’s at the Beach to overflow into their respective parking lots, according to a legal claim filed against the city on behalf of the eateries.”