PreFOG Strategic Planning - Posted is a planning draft for members to review and prepare to discuss for the next meeting in October. These planning items were developed by the team of folks who committed at the last meeting to work on a draft action plan for PREFOG members. We hope you will review it and then the group can formalize the plan and make actions happen! Congrats to PREFOG for the excellent start and much thanks to Tom Cash for his work putting the notes and feedback together. Excellent format Tom! Thank you.

Members List

2011 Grease Summit

Grease Interception - Design vs Performance

Grease Interception - Design vs Performance Standards

Farm Power

Pinellas County, Florida

Grease Interception in the Plumbing Code

GT FOG101

GS-Bellevue-TT-Bylaws 40

Summit Attendee Feedback

Erin @ Lacey: This is exactly what I needed as an introduction to FOG. It was presented in a way that was not too technical and over my head. All the classes were presented really well and at my level of understanding.

Nick @ Lynden: The summit was exactly what I wanted, as part of my job I manage the FOG program, including inspections so it was nice to gather FOG specific information and to network with others directly in the field.

From my perspective it is good to have contacts in other cities to discuss and get another point of view on issues so I was glad I was able to connect with you. If I can provide any help or answer any questions feel free to ask.

Jessica Shaw @ Wenatchee: Hi John, The city staff that attended the FOG Summit yesterday said that it was a great event.

Outreach/Education/Articles

What's Clogging Your Drains? - Brochure - City of Everett

What's Clogging Your Drains? - Multilingual - City of Everett

Do garbage disposals help gum up Seattle sewers? - Seattle PI

Below the waste line: Inside London's sewer system - guardian.co.uk

Singing Sewermen - Thames Water

Biofuel Webinar

This webinar will provide a regional perspective on Advanced Biofuel Technology and current trends happening with biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and biogas production. In particular, we will look at the evolution of biodiesel away from using virgin oil feedstocks and toward the use of waste fats, oils and greases.

Other topics for discussion include environmental considerations associated with the permitting and siting of biofuels facilities.

Presenters will also touch on their experiences in participating in and conducting NEPA reviews - http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/HOMEPAGE.NSF/information/webinar-archive#biofuels.

To print PowerPoint materials for the webinar above, go to this link, http://www.epa.gov/osp/regions/workshops.htm#Biofuels.

USA TODAY, Restaurants' used grease a hot item for thieves

National Geographic Daily News, Pictures: Walls of Fat Clog London Sewers

National Geographic News, Video: Sewer Diver in Mexico City, World's Worst Job?

Unusual campaign to keep sewers flowing smoothly: 'Everyone Poops'

It's a flush: Lake Stevens goes viral with new sewer education program

Resource Materials

Sammamish Plateau Water & Sewer District 2009 Fats, Oils, Grease Regulations

Here are two Seattle Public Utilities Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) outreach and education flyer examples. These are examples that other agencies are also distributing in our Westside region to sewer customers. This is a joint education/outreach campaign for fighting and reducing our FOG problems in sewers. (Seattle, Redmond, Bellevue, Kirkland, Lynwood are current participating cities)

I & I Data Collected

New! 2011 Alderwood Water & Wastewater District Newly Revised Resolution for Pretreatment www.awwd.com (Click on Doing Business and then Pretreatment)

PreFOG Yahoo! Group: A Forum for FOG Professionals

With increasing interest in Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) programs following the April 5 Grease Summit in Bellevue, the benefits of collaborating and sharing our experience and expertise are clearer than ever. Northwest PreFOG group members meet quarterly. Meeting more often is difficult with limited resources, many priorities, the cost of travel, etc.

APWA W. WA and PreFOG would like to highlight a potentially valuable online resource. The Yahoo! PreFOG Group is the younger sibling of the now 10 year-old Pretreatment Coordinator's Group, which provides a forum to discuss pretreatment and water quality issues among 2000+ members on three continents. On a much smaller scale, and primarily among NW regional level, the PreFOG Group site can provide similarly fertile ground to further our collective efforts to share experiences, collaborate and pursue common FOG management objectives. To view or join the group, click here.

Best Management Practices to Fight Fats, Oils & Grease Poster, City of Everett

Software for Regional Control of Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG), Linko Data Systems, Inc.

Management Solutions, OnlineRME, LLC

Interagency Resource for Achieving Cooperation Publications

FOG Logos

Austin Water Utility, Texas (they also have a one-minute video)

Seattle Public Utilities, Washington

Yorkshire Water, United Kingdom (they also make the Numptee videos)

Orange County Sanitation District

City of Lakeport, California

Washtenaw County, Michigan

James City Service Authority, Virginia

New Braunfels Utilities, Texas

City of Gresham, Oregon

Georgia Department of Natural Resources

City of Tallahassee, Florida

East Bay Municipal Utility District, California

Associated Links

Industrial Pretreatment - City of Everett

Videos & Pictures

Numptee - Bin it. Don't flush it. (Trailer)

Numptee - Bin it. Don't Flush it. (Episode 1)

Numptee - Bin it. Don't Flush it. (Episode 2)

Sample Job Descriptions

Pretreatment Technician Job Description.pdf - City of Edmonds

Pretreatment Inspector - Alderwood Water District

Pretreatment Coordinator - Clark Regional Wastewater District

Source Control Technician - City of Redmond

Job Classifications - City of Yakima

Year End Activity Report

2010