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 1970s and 80s 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the ban was rescinded in 1997 by local law 1997/071 which amended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towns sharing the city's municipal sewage system, but rescinded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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