Benefits of Regular Grease Trap Cleaning

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If you own or operate a commercial kitchen, restaurant, or other type of industrial or commercial food production facility you are probably familiar with grease traps.  Most wastewater contains small amounts of grease and oil that are handled by septic systems or municipal waste water treatment systems.

However, the wastewater from restaurants and other commercial food production facilities contain a large quantity of grease and oil that would quickly clog their sewer lines and are too much for a septic system or municipal wastewater system to handle.  A septic system would quickly fail and a municipal wastewater system would be unable to adequately treat wastewater with that much oil and grease in it.

In order to keep these waste disposal systems from becoming overwhelmed, grease traps are installed in the drain lines from kitchens and other food preparation facilities.  These collect most of the grease and solid materials from the waste water and keep it out of the septic system or municipal water treatment system.

Regular grease trap pumping and cleaning is important to keep the grease trap functioning properly.  Failure to keep a grease trap clean will soon result in a grease trap that is too full to work properly.  Full grease traps are also clogged with solid kitchen waste that begins to rot and creates a strong odor.

Grease, oil and other materials will flow into the sewer system and clog up the pipes.  Before it does that, grease will get into the municipal water treatment system which can lead to fines and penalties. Grease and oil that gets into a septic system will clog up the drain field and cause the entire system to fail. It is very expensive to replace the drain field.

The bottom line is to avoid unpleasant smells, work interruptions, fines, and expensive plumbing repairs by having regular grease trap cleaning and  pumping by a professional commercial plumber or sewer septic service.

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