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NCRWA Introduces
FOG Program Workshop
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Fall 2014
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orty thousand (40,000): the median number of Sanitary Sewer
Overflows (SSOs) occurring in the United States each year. There
were 1,345 SSOs in North Carolina in 2013 with the largest
percentage caused by blockages due to grease accumulation
(22.5%)
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. Our efforts to control the discharge of grease is helping to
decrease the frequency of these overflows but as with any endeavor,
improvement is needed. The EPA estimates that most collection
system infrastructure ranges in age from 30 to 100 years; many
systems in North Carolina fall within this range. Couple aging
infrastructure with grease and debris, and you’ve got a good recipe
for an overflow. While a FOG control program is an inherent part of
the operation and maintenance of any collection system, establishing
and implementing such a program can be a major undertaking.
Further, it is a State requirement of any collection system, whether
the system has a paper permit or is “deemed by regulation” with
flows under 200,000 gallons per day.
NCRWA is here to help. Beginning in early 2015, NCRWA will
offer a FOG Program Workshop to assist sewer systems with the
implementation and management of a FOG program. This two-day
workshop was designed to review all the components of a FOG
Program and will be a useful tool for systems that are developing
a program or who would like to learn more about FOG in general.
Workshop Highlights:
This workshop has the benefit of a collaborative work of experts from
the field of pretreatment and operations. NCRWA will be scheduling
this workshop in various regions of the State so stay tuned to our
website for calendar updates!
Please contact Mandy Hall at
with questions.
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D. Gore. NCDENR-Division of Water Resources, PERCS Unit
- Ordinance
- Units
- Education
- Inspections
- Sampling
- Enforcement
FOG
By Mandy Hall
