Grease Trap Cleaning Atlanta, GA

Grease Trap Cleaning Atlanta, GA

Hood grease is a fire problem in the exhaust. Trap grease is a sewer problem under the floor or in the parking lot. Atlanta's Department of Watershed Management, not Atlanta Fire Rescue, runs the grease program that restaurants answer to.

Atlanta grease traps answer to Watershed Management

The city's own grease page says fats, oils, and grease from restaurants and similar kitchens contribute to more than half of the blockages or overflows in the wastewater collection system. That is why the Grease Management Program exists: permits, maintenance, and monitoring for facilities that discharge to the city sewer. It is a utilities rule. It is not NFPA 96, and a hood sticker does not satisfy it.

Older in-town kitchens, especially downtown and midtown storefronts, often have an indoor trap because there was never room for a parking-lot tank. Newer buildings and pad sites are where you find the large outdoor interceptors. The cleaning method changes with the tank. The reason for the visit does not.

TruShine Services schedules the work from 6500 McDonough Dr, Suite A-4, Norcross. Call (678) 751-8871. Norcross itself is on a different sewer system, so an Atlanta permit does not describe the shop address.

What Atlanta grease trap rules cover

The City of Atlanta regulates grease traps for food processing, sales, and service establishments through its grease management program. In plain language, if you discharge FOG to the Atlanta sewer, you install a trap suited to the facility, you operate it, and you maintain it. Sizing and what may go into the trap depend on the facility and on the city's current rules. Operators should confirm requirements with the city.

The permit comes with fees and inspections through Watershed Management. Plan review for a new trap goes through the city's site development process. Existing traps can be asked for as-built drawings and a field check. None of that is something a hood cleaner invents in a quote. If you are opening, start with the Grease Management Program before you order a tank from a catalog.

Pump-out frequency is the item to verify with your permit. There is no single number of days for every trap, because indoor and outdoor units are not on the same clock and the ordinance text a manager quotes from memory is often the sizing section, not the maintenance section.

What grease trap cleaning means on this page

Indoor traps

Smaller units under or near the sink. They fill faster. Service is a pump and a clean-out, not a parking-lot excavation.

Outdoor interceptors

Lids off, contents pumped, the baffles checked for a blanket of grease, then closed. Access in a busy lot is scheduled, not assumed.

What we will not dump

Fryer oil does not go in the trap to save a pickup. It belongs in a caddy. See the used-oil page.

A record

Volume and date written down so the permit file has a haul to show. Bring the manifest requirement your inspector already gave you.

Atlanta kitchens where the trap type changes

Downtown and Midtown

Indoor traps are common. Elevators and tight basements decide whether a pump hose can reach.

East side storefronts

Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, East Atlanta, and Grant Park. Shared alleys and small tanks.

Buckhead and West Midtown

A mix of indoor units in older buildings and outdoor tanks behind newer ones.

City edge

East Point, College Park, and Decatur may not be on Atlanta's sewer even when the crew is already nearby. Name the utility.

Why this is booked separately from the hood

You keep FOG out of the collection system that the city says is already overloaded with it, and you have a dated haul instead of a memory. You also stop using the hood vendor's sticker as if it covered the sink. The two inspections fail independently. A clean fan does not clear a full interceptor, and a pumped trap does not clean a duct.

We do not publish a price grid here. Tank size, lid access, and how far the hose has to run change the job. The form asks for those facts so the quote is about your trap.

Atlanta grease trap questions

Who regulates grease traps in Atlanta?

The City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management runs the Grease Management Program for food service facilities that discharge to the city sewer. The fire marshal is the wrong office for a trap question. The City of Atlanta regulates grease traps through its grease management program. Operators should confirm requirements with the city.

What should a new kitchen plan for?

Food service establishments that send fats, oils, and grease to the city sewer have to install, operate, and maintain a grease trap. Sizing and maintenance depend on the facility. Operators should confirm requirements with the City of Atlanta before they build or change a trap.

How often does the trap have to be pumped?

Your FOG permit and the ordinance set the interval. Indoor traps are small, so they need service much more often than a large outdoor interceptor. We are not printing a day count on this page because the permit is the controlling document. Ask Watershed Management what your location was approved for, and keep the haul record with that permit.

Is this the same grease as the hood?

No. Hood and duct grease is in the exhaust and is a fire-code issue. Trap grease is wastewater from sinks and floors. Fryer oil should not be dumped into either one. Used oil has its own page.

What do you leave after a pump-out?

A note of what was pumped and when, so you can show the grease program a service record. Disposal is to a receiving site that can take the waste. Confirm the manifest details you need before you rely on a specific form.

Do you cover kitchens outside the city sewer?

This page is for kitchens on the City of Atlanta system. Decatur, Brookhaven, and other cities often have their own sewer utilities and their own FOG rules. Say which city the meter is in when you call (678) 751-8871.

Request grease trap service in Atlanta

Tell us whether the trap is an indoor unit under the sink or an outdoor interceptor, and roughly how many gallons it is labeled for. We will not guess from a hood length.

Call (678) 751-8871 or send the form. TruShine Services, LLC is at 6500 McDonough Dr, Suite A-4, Norcross, GA 30093.

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