1. PREFERRED PUMPER PROGRAM
Puget Sound Brown Grease Symposium
April 15, 2009

3. miles of sanitary sewer
1.5
million people
400
sq miles
3200
miles of sanitary sewer

4. 47 2550 1400 5200 370 550 70 Preferred Pumper Program Committee
PWPO Conf Rm SW Town Center Loop E
Wilsonville OR  97070
550 70

5. $ $ $

8. Convened a Regional Municipal Regulator and Grease Pumper Meeting
GOVERNMENT
REGULATE
EVERY
THING
PUMPING
COMPANIES
ONLY
WANTED HELP
THAT WOULD
INCREASE THEIR
BUSINESS
AND
REDUCE COST

9. PREFERED PUMPER PROGRAM Local Program Development
Work with Restaurants/kitchens to use a Preferred Pumper, who will:
Clean & maintain the trap/interceptor
Document the trap/interceptor clean out
Submit the paper work to the Municipality
Work with Grease Pumpers
Region wide set of pumping standards.
Participating Pumpers commit to a set of BMP’s.
Municipalities will identify a single contact person for the Pumpers.

10. PREFERRED PUMPER PROGRAM Local Program Development

14. PREFERRED PUMPER PROGRAM Needed Preferred Pumper Improvements
Notifying, in some fashion, the municipality prior to each pump-out.
Pump-out Schedule night before (Before 5:00 pm)
to Include the Driver’s Schedule & approximate time of 1st stop
Driver & Contact cell phone number (one time process)
Reporting each pump-out, in some form, to the respective municipality
Complete & Submit FOG report within 10 days & as accurate as possible
Reinforcing the drivers that grease and solids measurements should be recorded at the time of the pump-out.
Estimate inches of Grease & Solids
Pump out Completely Remove & Clean Baffles
Refill with Water Note Condition of Trap

15. PREFERED PUMPER PROGRAM MUNICIPALITY
City Inspector will Not Hold up Driver Unless Something is Wrong
Municipality is Responsible to set Inspection Schedule to Driver’s Schedule
Municipality is responsible for interaction with FSE to Establish Frequency for Service or Repairs to Trap/Interceptor

16. PREFERED PUMPER PROGRAM BENEFITS
Shorter Time Spent Cleaning After Increase in Service Frequency
Easier Accessibility to Trap after FOG Program in Place
Restaurants Will Know Who is in the PPP
Standard Pump Out Reports
One Set of Standards
One Contact Person Per Area
Customer Satisfaction – finally NO more sewer back-ups!!! Regulatory
Regulatory Increases in Services Per Trap as Needed

17. PREFERED PUMPER PROGRAM

18. Preferred Pumper Web Page