This month on “Wonderful Water,” join 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey for a conversation with OWASA’s Dennis Kaebisch, supervisor for sewer prevention maintenance.
With large gatherings and freezing temperatures both happening, winter is often the season to be most wary of F.O.G. and the fact that water expands as it freezes!
F.O.G. stands for “fats, oils and grease” — three things that should never, ever be going down a drain or a pipe. OWASA’s official line remains with the 3 Ps” rule and advice to remember the water that goes down your drain doesn’t stop there — it has to flow through pipes, pumps, treatment and more. Fats and oils in liquid form, especially when heated, often solidify once they spend time in cooler environments, and those cooled-down solid masses mean big trouble for the mechanisms that keep water flowing in and out of homes.
(Featured image via OWASA)
You can listen to the full conversation below, and visit the Wonderful Water page here for more interviews and stories about the work OWASA does in our community.
Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents use roughly 7 million gallons of water a day, and “Wonderful Water” is a monthly conversation sponsored by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority highlighting its work to keep our community growing and water flowing.
Presented by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority.
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