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Has FOG (Fats, Oils and Grease) come between you and your family vacation?
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the year 2006, there were over 20,000 beach and public water closures in the U.S. due to unsafe water. Most of these closures were due to unsafe levels of e.coli bacteria resulting from sanitary sewer overflows, (SSOs). Many of these SSOs were the result of natural causes such as flooding, but a large majority of these SSOs were from manmade causes.
The number one manmade cause of Sanitary Sewer Overflows is sewer blockage and malfunction resulting from retention of FOG (fats, oils and grease) in the sewer lines. According to the EPA, 85% of the SSOs in the State of California were connected to FOG clogs in the sewer lines. It’s something to think about the next time you pack up your beach blankets or fishing gear and hitch up your boat. Will the beach be open or closed? Will the water we want to swim, fish or boat in be safe today? Or has FOG (fats, oils and grease) come in-between us and our family fun?
Source: EPA Statistics 2006
J.O.