As Grease Gladiator's we are all in this fight together! 

The only way to protect our system from this grease monster is to work together. Pass the word along, as one of our Grease Gladiators, talk to friends and neighbors about the problems that grease causes to the sewer system and ways to keep it out. Keep an eye on the City’s social media for monthly grease tips from our Head Grease Gladiator. Feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions.

If you experience sanitary sewer overflows (SSO) or come across one, please contact Public Services Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM at 407-703-1731 or for after hours emergencies please call 407-703-1757.

You Are the First Line of Defense

The best way to stop sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) is to stop them before they ever start. To do this, we have to keep grease from going down the drain. That’s where you, the residents of Apopka come in.

How You Can Join the Fight?

It just takes a few easy steps while cooking and cleaning up your meals to become one of our most powerful allies’.

Scrape It:  

Food left on plates should always be scraped into the trash. Each scrape is a win for our collection system. The left-over food wastes on our plates not only contain the grease monster, but can bind together to form pipe clogging blobs as grease cools in the system. 

Collect It:  

Grease from pots and pans should be collected in containers and placed in the trash. Just wait for the grease to cool, find a container with a secure top, pour it in, screw on the top, and trash it. Milk jugs, glass bottles, and metal cans work great for this purpose. Never pour grease down any drain in your home.

Wipe It:   

Use a paper towel to wipe off plates and cooking pans, and then throw the paper towel away. This way FOG never has a chance to make it to the drain.

Strain It:

Place a mesh strainer in your sinks drain to catch any stray particles of food. Just like large chunks of leftover food scrapped into the trash, these smaller bits of food waste can bind together in the FOG and create costly clogs. Remember, a garbage disposal only chops the food up, but still allows grease to enter the collection system. When you are done with dishes, just empty the strainer into the trash.

What the Grease Monster does to our System?

Grease causes problems from the point it enters our collection lines, until it leaves the treatment plant. 

Below are examples of what FOG can do when collected, causing damage to our system.