The municipal water systems
of the US are underfunded and overworked; the US EPA is under
appreciated in the cleaning of Americas water.
Prior to the garbage disposal, the disposal of food waste
down the drain was prohibited. In the 197'0s and 80's the garbage
disposal changed this and now we have a food grease and fat in
water problems. Grandma used a coffee can for grease; maybe it's
time to bring back the grease can. Try this: after dinner, spatula
your dinner plates and cooking pans into the garbage. Take a
clean paper towel and wipe a dinner plate. You will be amazed
at the amount of grease is on the towel. If you dry wipe you
dishes and pans with paper towels, you will end up with half
a dozen very greasy paper towels. This is what many families
in America dumps into the water system daily.
Dealing with the kitchen grease issue is not fun and the grease
impact on the municipal water systems ends up costing you money.
The cost of dealing with consumer water contamination is going
up and the water utilities are raising rates. The olive oil you
use and the corn oil your neighbor uses both go in the water
supply and corn oil can end up in your house.
From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
The garbage disposal was invented in 1927 by John W. Hammes.
He was an architect working in Racine, Wisconsin. After eleven
years of development, his InSinkErator company put his disposer
on the market in 1938.
In many cities in the United States in the 1930s and the 1940s
the municipal sewage system had regulations prohibiting running
food waste (garbage) into the system. InSinkErator spent considerable
effort, and was highly successful in convincing many localities
to rescind these prohibitions. Many localities mandated the use
of disposers. For many years, garbage disposals were illegal
in New York City because of a perceived threat of damage to the
city's sewer system. After a 21-month study with the NYC Department
of Environmental Protection, the ban was rescinded in 1997 by
local law 1997/071 which amended section 24-518.1, NYC Administrative
code.In 2008, the city of Raleigh, North Carolina attempted a
ban on the replacement and installation of garbage disposals
which also extended to outlying towns sharing the city's municipal
sewage system, but rescinded the ban one month later.
Garbage disposal units became popular in American kitchens
of the better-off in the 1970s and 1980s. In the U.S. 47% of
homes had disposal units as of 2007, but in the United Kingdom
this was only 6%.
What You Can Do About Your Grease
- Dispose of uneaten foods in the garbage not the sink.
- Spatula your dinner plates and cooking pans into the garbage.
- Dry wipe plates and pans before washing.
- Or get a grease trap.
There are grease trap services listed on the web and in the
yellow pages call and many will be willing to give you a quote
on installation and service.
Under the sink grease traps cost about $150.00 - $250.00 for
a 4-7/gallon per minute grease trap.
A grease trap (or interceptor) is a plumbing device designed
to allow grease to separate from kitchen Wastewater.
Grease is a problem because it doesn't dissolve in water.
Large amounts of oil and grease in the Wastewater block the pipes.
These have to be cleaned more often and replaced sooner than
necessary. Sometimes, the buildup of grease in the system can
block sewers or septic tanks. Oil and grease affect the treatment
process at the Wastewater treatment plant.
Water Filters.net
has a grease filter and housing that will work with kitchen grease.
The unit is expensive and will cost about $300.00 and will have
to be installed.
All grease traps need to be emptied and cleaned; there are
grease trap services for restaurants but not for residential.
Grease and fat in water is not going to be a popular issue as
grease traps to control cooking oils and fats in our kitchen
drains has cost and requires periodic maintenance.
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