Fats, oils and grease continue to plague sewer systems across the country by reducing sewer line capacity, clogging sewer lines and gumming up wastewater treatment plant works.“FOG has been a problem in this country since Colonel George A. Waring Jr. built the first separated sewer line in Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1880,” says Steve Tilson, president of Tilson & Associates, a consulting firm specializing in wastewater collections system operations and training. “Everyone’s trying to reach the goal of FOG-free sewer lines, but there is no single solution that will handle every FOG problem.”Part of the reason is that the fats, oils
War on FOG
Follow along as we examine solutions to the challenge of fats, oils and grease in the country’s sewer lines and treatment plant works.
