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Grease Traps

Maintaining your grease trap is a must for proper operation and is often required by city code. Some problems associated with improper maintenance include sewage backing up into your business, rancid odors, expensive cleanup and repair, potential contact with disease causing organisms and higher operating costs.

Grease traps capture grease from the wastewater flow. Grease traps slow down the flow of hot greasy water, allowing it to cool. As the water cools, the grease separates and floats to the top of the trap while the water flows down the pipe into the sewer. The grease is trapped by baffles that cover the inlet and outlet of the tank. If the tank is not pumped frequently enough or the drain lines are not maintained properly, backups and blockages occur.

The design of a grease trap is simple and there are many styles and sizes to choose from. Check with your Control Authority to have the correct grease trap installed properly at your food service establishment. grease trap diagram

Grease traps come in varies designs and sizes. Plastic grease traps are now available at most resturant supply stores. Before you purchase a grease trap, Check with your Control Authority first.

For assitance in determing when under the sink grease traps need to be cleaned, the Plumbing and Draining Institute has a spreadsheet:

http://www.ceasethegreasentx.com/doc/Cleaning_Frequency.xls

Arlington, TX

Water Resource Services

Joe Gildersleeve

817-459-5902

Joe.Gildersleeve@arlingtontx.gov

Examples of grease trap sizing for Arlington:

http://www.ceasethegreasentx.com/doc/arlsizes.pdf

For more information and downloads:

http://www.arlingtontx.gov/water/waterresourceservices.html

Dallas, TX