Risk Management - BIG DIPPER Grease Interceptors

BIG DIPPER® GREASE RISK MANAGEMENT

COOKING GREASE and CLOGGED DRAIN PIPES.

Cooking fats, oils and greases, if not interrupted, eventually mean trouble for business. Cooking by-products begin to restrict the facility's drain outflow and back-ups occur. Unfortunately, back-ups usually occur when a restaurant is busiest. No one wishes their customers the dining entertainment experience of raw sewage bubbling out of the floor drains. Big Dipper® Owners receive visual confirmation that cooking grease is not clogging their drain pipe system. They can see it leave their Grease Interceptor and enter the translucent collection container.

A new 4 inch pipe (LEFT) allows water to flow at 450 Gallons Per Minute. Clogged to 3 inches (CENTER) flow is reduced by 70% to 125 GPM. Clogged to 2 inches (RIGHT) flow is reduced to just 11% that of new pipe, just 49 Gallons Per Minute.

GREASE TRAP PUMP OUTS

Having an old-fashioned grease trap cleaned out is a messy job. Most restaurant owners put it off as long as possible. It takes a very brave soul to clean out a passive grease trap, and only licensed professionals are permitted to inspect and pump out the larger in-ground grease traps. Environmental regulations are also making the disposal of this rancid pumped-out grease more difficult and more expensive. Some jurisdictions have seen pump-out charges jump by more than 500% overnight. Big Dipper Grease Interceptors remove all fats, oils and grease daily, before they can become rancid. The result is a pure reusable, unadulterated grease that most local rendering companies will pick up for free and (in a growing number of areas) will even pay you to pick up.

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SEWER SYSTEM OVERLOAD

Excessive fats, oils and greases entering public sewer systems can easily result in municipal-levied fines and sewer waste surcharges. Enforcement of these infractions will likely increase in the future. An unmaintained, overloaded grease trap is the leading cause of all of these fines. Big Dippers remove the cooking fats, oils and grease regularly, depositing them into their clean containers for easy rendering. Big Dipper Grease Interceptor owners don't worry about their "grease trap" overflowing into the public sewer system ... they don't have one!

COOKING GREASE and ONSITE SYSTEMS

Kitchen grease and septic tanks with a drainage field don't mix. The release of kitchen grease, fats and oils very quickly cause irreparable damage to drainage property. Researchers have found that septic drain fields, used by restaurants, failed due to too much "richness" of food waste in the flows. This richness is actually fats, oils and grease. Every drainage field has its maximum tolerance point. If the wastewater richness exceeds this tolerance point, the septic field's life span begins to shorten and the field is destined to fail. The average lifespan of a septic drain field servicing a restaurant with a passive grease trap is just 18 months. Replacing a septic field typically costs $15,000 to $40,000 to $100,000. At some locations, with no land available to replace the field, grease has resulted in the closure of the business. Big Dipper owners have daily confirmation that fats, oils and grease are not clogging their drainage field. They can see them leave Big Dipper and enter the safe collection container.

BIG DIPPER Grease Interceptors are ideal for restaurants on either municipal sewer systems or on-site wastewater treatment systems. The pre-treatment and removal of fats, oils and greases protects sewer systems, septic tanks, water treatment systems, drain fields, public health and property. Contact Us