Fats, Oils, and Grease

Picture: Typical sewer manhole, and then a grease encrusted manhole. (Photo from City of Lansing)

Dumping fat, oils, or grease down the storm drain or your sink drain can be a very big problem for municipalities and their wastewater treatment plants, and local water resources. As you can see from the picture above, grease build up overtime can impact the municipalities infrastructure and be expensive to repair. Recycle or put your grease in the trash. Delhi Township will recycle grease. Whatever you do - don't dump it down the drain, any drain.

Delhi Township- Grease recycling

City of Lansing Grease Fact Sheet

Local restaurants can find more information here:
Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality Pollution Prevention website
Restaurant Guide on Reducing Grease

Low Impact Development: An Introductory Resource Guide

You can also view much more information about Low Impact Development under the GLRC Low Impact Development Page including the introductory document development by the GLRC.

Recently Published Michigan Low Impact Development Manual

For the full report, click here or you can download individual sections from the SEMCOG website here. The report is very large so you may want to view it in sections.

Michigan Association of County Drain Commissioners (MACDC) (APA Manual)

MACDC Soil Erosion Sedimentation Control Manual

Information Regarding Buffer Strips in Clinton County

CRP Riparian Buffer Strips in Clinton County