The town commits to educate the public regarding fats, oil, and grease (F/O/G) pollutants that may be introduced to the town's public wastewater collection system or the downstream publicly owned treatment works (POTW). Such F/O/G pollutants are typically in the form of organic compounds with multiple carbon chain triglyceride molecules that can act to create sanitary sewer blockages in the collection system and interfere with standard treatment processes at the POTW. This chapter requires physical grease traps and interceptors for certain grease-producing commercial and industrial sewer customers. In addition to this chapter, educating the general public is also considered to be an important component to reducing F/O/G wastes from non-domestic as well as domestic customers. The town commits to performing the following public education methods in order to further reduce F/O/G components from its wastewater collection system:
(A) Each year, the town is required to send out consumer confidence reports regarding the water quality status of its drinking water system during the previous year. These reports are hand-delivered. In addition to these water quality reports for drinking water, the town intends to deliver information about reducing F/O/G pollutants for both domestic and non-domestic sewer customers. The information may be in the form of state-published documents and/or brochures or even town drafted informational guides.
(B) When certain food service establishments apply for a building permit or site plan approval and are required to install grease traps or interceptors, then they shall be given informational brochures or town-drafted informational guides for reducing F/O/G pollutants.
(Ord. passed 1-12-2009)