Today, we received the following doorknob notice from the City of San Jose (Capital of Silicon Valley). Here is what it says:
NOTICE
You may unintentionally be contributing to a backup of RAW SEWAGE IN YOUR HOME. While performing maintenance in your area, City crews noted the presence of grease in the sanitary (main) sewer that serves your neighborhood. Grease poured into a sink or flushed down a toilet hardens, greatly increasin the chances of blockages in the main.
To reduce the possibility of a grease-related blockage, and a backup into your home, follow these measures to properly dispose of cooking grease:
- Find a suitable container in which to store the used grease.
- Carefully pour the used grease into the container.
- Once the container is full, or the grease has solidified, throw it out with the remainder of your trash.
Grease should not be poured down the drain.
If you have further questions regarding grease, please contact the Departement of transportion* at
(408) 277-4373.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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A. That’s what you get for using the water system as a means of disposal. The earth is supposed to take of the compost, not the sewers.
B. That’s what you get for using those water saving toilets. In recent news, the San Francisco area had problems in the raw sewage smell because people used less water when flushing the toilet. Thusly, the sewers do NOT get flushed properly without enough water!!!
C. That’s what you get for letting homo-sapiens cook tasty, greasy food stuff, such as burgers and pork skins!!! Do you think these businesses use phosphate to clean their dirty dishes? The restaurants in my area are mostly ASIANS. Therefore, ding those business for messing up your sewer system!
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Tip of the day: Get a nice bowl that has a smooth surface. Pour your damn grease into the bowl. Put the damn bowl into the FREEZER the night prior the pick up of trash the following day. Scrape off (or pop out) the frozen greasy stuff with a utensil and wipe your bowl clean with a paper towel. Place forzen greasy stuff into, say, your plastic sandwich bag or whatever and then toss bulky item into the garabage bin, not the recycling bin.
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*Addendum-Last edited by FLYNN on 20110514 at 04:08:58 AM UTC: Notice how the word transporation was spelled in lower case!
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