Keep Those Turkey Juices Out Of The Sink To Avoid A ‘Fatberg,’ DPW Officials Say

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Public Works officials accidental Thanksgiving is the worst clip of twelvemonth for sewer blockages arsenic fats, oils, and greases (FOG) marque their mode down the drain.

“It’s that abdominous that comes disconnected that food. You got that turkey juices. You got that fried chicken,” Baltimore City DPW Superintendent Ronald McNair said. “Please, bash america a favor. Put (FOG) successful the trash can.”

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McNair said “FOG” is to blasted for tiny blockages and large ones, similar the 2017 “Fatberg” successful a midtown sewer enactment connected Charles Street. The plug of grease caused a dry-weather 1.2 cardinal gallon sewage overflow into the adjacent Jones Falls.

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“Grease, babe wipes, hard insubstantial towels volition physique up implicit time,” DPW Heavy Equipment Operator Cornelius Curry said. “People will—they’ll curse connected a stack of bibles, ‘I don’t enactment nary grease down there!’”

Curry, a 20-year DPW veteran, showed WJZ Wednesday however helium and different crews execute regular attraction connected an eight-inch main enactment disconnected Falls Road.

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DPW’s “Trash the Wipes” run urges radical to lone flush “poo, pee, and toilet paper” and lists respective “unflushable” items here:

Trash the Wipes don’t propulsion them successful the toilet! Why? Wipes tin origin a breakdown of pumps successful pumping stations. Wipes tin besides harvester with fats and grease successful the tube to signifier fatbergs and are the superior origin of overflows from manholes. #CleanDrainCampaign #TrashtheWipes pic.twitter.com/W35Q6lRaEA

— BaltimoreDPW (@BaltimoreDPW) November 4, 2021

Paul Gessler