Fats, Oils, & Grease Training

Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) Program Training for Food Service Establishments (FSEs) and Grease Waste Haulers

WSSC Water offers free training for FSEs permitted by the WSSC FOG program.

The WSSC FOG Team can visit your FSE and provide the training on-site, customized to your operation. Topics that will be covered include:

• Kitchen Best Management Practices (BMP)
• Grease abatement system maintenance
• Plumbing Code regulations
• Grease disposal manifesting
• FSE FOG discharge permit

We have successfully trained the following organizations:

• Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Plant Operations
• MCPS Food Services
• University of Maryland Dining Services
• Prince George's County Public Schools Administration
• National Harbor Complex through the Peterson Companies
• Montgomery County Government
• Montgomery County Health and Human Services
• Prince George's County Health Department

Additionally, the WSSC FOG Section worked with local high school engineering students in the Project Lead the Way Engineering Capstone Program, providing them information on grease abatement devices.

FOG Environmental Science Curriculum for Local Schools

Students can explore the environmental impacts of FOG and how solutions used at home and school will keep Maryland’s waterways cleaner and sewer pipes free of FOG.

Our training covers how by-products of cooking create contaminants that can clog pipes, restrict water flow, and potentially result in sewer back-ups and overflows. These, in turn, can seep into recreational waterways, where they can harm aquatic life and cause risk of serious human illness. The training is informative, entertaining and can be adjusted to meet your specific needs.

WSSC Water also offers annual waste hauler training to our permitted waste hauling community.

WSSC Water is also available to community and civic organizations, homeowners' associations and other audiences, to discuss the effects of FOG on our environment and explain how to reduce the impacts of FOG on our sewer system.

View the Hauler Training [PDF, 11.64MB]

If you are interested in such a training program, please contact Scott Horn, FOG Section Manager at [email protected] or 301-206-8719.