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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…
Acing the Tests: Why Meeting A Pair of Grease Interceptor Standards Proves the Superiority of Trapzilla.
A grease interceptor is an important investment in your business and the environment. You should be able to count on it to do the job long-term, without risking damage to your community’s wastewater system and…
Hydrogen Sulfide: The Bad Smell That’s So Much Worse For Your Business
As if running a business isn’t challenging enough in the current economic climate, an invisible fallout from the pandemic is lurking in the pipes beneath hotels and restaurants. And it really stinks. That offensive rotten-egg…
Answering One of Pretreatment’s Most Commonly Asked Questions
In my 36 years working in the Pretreatment field, I’ve heard one question more frequently than any other: “How do I know when to service a grease separator?” Everyone from pretreatment coordinators and restaurant owners…
Stress Testing Universally Held Understandings in Pretreatment
I’ve had to change my understanding of many long-held beliefs. Sometimes, I need to be publicly embarrassed to shake myself free of an assumption. That happened 30 years ago when I was visiting the New Hampshire…
How to Exert the Maximum Influence in FOG Compliance
Control Can Be Elusive in Pretreatment’s Three-Legged Stool of grease management and compliance. In the late 1980s, The Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) provided a great example of how to maximize control when it carried out…
3-Legged Stool Approach To Total Grease Management
Best Management Practices 101 Why Well Implemented BMPs = Low Effluent Numbers and Happier FSEs On a long flight about three decades ago, I sat beside a co-founder of a regional pest control company specializing…
THIS COLUMN COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
Danger Worsened by Pandemic Shutdowns Grease interceptors are breeding grounds for deadly hydrogen sulfide gas. Dormant grease interceptors significantly elevate the danger risk. Here are the details. Long periods of inactivity hurt seals, fuel systems,…
About Grease Separator Testing Methods: North American and European Standards
Did you know the North American and European testing standards for certifying grease separators have nothing in common literally? One is predominately a performance standard, a batch flow test simulating kitchen sink discharge. The other…