BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Wastewater discharges containing high concentrations of fats, oils, and grease from restaurants and other food handling facilities contribute to more than half of the blockages or overflows in the City's wastewater collection system.
To effectively address the issue, the City developed a Grease Management Program, including a grease management ordinance, to establish uniform permitting, maintenance, and monitoring requirements for controlling the discharge of grease and food solids from food service facilities into the City's wastewater collection system and commercial grease haulers.
All food service facilities are issued a Grease Discharge Permit (GDP) with a three-year duration. Once permitted, the food service facility will be inspected, at minimum, on an annual basis and be mailed an invoice annually for the permit fee.
The fee is a tiered system based on the facilities water usage as follows:
- 0 - 100 gallons per day - $106.77 per year
- 101 - 1,000 gallons per day - $213.54 per year
- 1,001 - 10,000 gallons per day - $320.31 per year
- Greater than 10,000 gallons per day - $427.08 per year