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PAGE 4 FOr Proper grease t IV disposal 0It 6 1pt partal p I, prevent n� a Its tewtiter spil If Olt lsOtN 1- - "` ' / IIIIt . 1 . Both residential and business customers can help prevent "wastewater overflows by minimizing the amount of fats , grease and oil disposed of through plumbing drains . Inside a sewer , fats , oils and grease change to a plaster- like consistency and can block the pipes , causing an overflow of untreated wastewater . PublicAt home , you can dispose of normal cooking oil and grease A All ON by putting it in a container as part of your solid waste rather than through your sink and plumbing drain . Wiping and scrap - kpin ral ing pots , pans and other utensils before washing them are It III important steps in proper grease disposal . Grease accumulations can block your private plumbing sys - tem as well as public sewers . If your business generates waste grease , fats or oil , you Se 10 should have a grease interception system that works effec - ■ tively . A company that recycles fats , oils and grease should regularly clean out the grease trap . For more information , means Fats , Oils and Grease please contact OWASA Public Affairs at 9684421 . Intense storm. on July 241 2000 caused overflow at the : Ro erson Drive Pum Station O 9 .;f P _ . t _ k AM :S • , The Rogerson Drive station receives wastewater from sew- All ers in the Booker Creek and Bolin Creek drainage basins .410 are and is the largest in our wastewater system . NO �. kill OWASA personnel responded to the overflow at 3 a . m . , but 41 NO NO Ilk . ON 11 record flooding prevented access until 7 a . m . The Swift WaOtt - is V ter Rescue Team of the South Orange Rescue Squad as - sisted us in reaching the pump station , which was back in operation shortly after 7 a . m . that morning . The suspected If cause of the pump failure is lightning . Flood levels at the Rogerson Drive station were higher than NO Its any observed in several years , including those which occurred - after Hurricanes Fran and Floyd . The July 24th storm affected It Opt IF I a large area on the east side of Chapel Hill . sp. VV IN is gj NI 9 Pleage don afti UP the we, There have been no overflows at the Rogerson Drive station The Rogerson Drive pump station since the storm on July 24 , 2000 . OWASA has an automatic alarm system which we use to monitor all 27 pump stations The intense rainstorm on July 24 , 2000 caused three pumps on a 24 - hour basis . OWASA personnel also visit each pump to fail and resulted in a wastewater overflow at the Rogerson station regularly to perform maintenance and to identify re - Drive pump station . We estimate the overflow volume was 2 pair and improvement needs . to 3 million gallons .