Kudos to City Admin

City has now changed the FOG (fats, oil and grease) ordinance to focus solely on sink drains, not mop or floor drains. This makes alot of sense and is in line with other towns and cities translation of the State Plumbing Code. Restaurant owners now should have no problem complying with the ordinance.

Don't get me wrong some restaurants may still have to spend some money (thousands not hundreds) to upgrade or install a grease trap that complies with the current requirements, but it is pretty clear that they should have this equipment. Putting a grease trap on a map sink and/or floor drain not only seemed useless but put an unfair burden on the restaurant and put Worcester itself on an uncompetitive advantage with surrounding towns and cities.