Best Management Practices (BMPs) are designed to help facilities comply with environmental regulations and prevent pollution at the source. This handbook contains a set of operating procedures and guidelines designed to reduce the amount of pollutants discharged to Terre Haute’s wastewater treatment plant. The development of this BMP is intended to protect the treatment plant and the environment by providing established, common sense, and economical guidelines for food service establishments.

When you put cooking waste, like grease, oil and food scraps, down the drain, it clings to the sides of your sewer pipes. This Grease Menace clogs your pipes and causes sewer back-ups.

Title 410 IAC 7-24

All food service establishments will receive at least one annual inspection by the Terre Haute Wastewater Utility Pretreatment Department to determine compliance with the regulations of the Sewer Use Ordinance. This is a copy of the inspection form used by the Utility.

All food service establishments must keep grease trap and interceptor cleaning and maintenance records on site for a minimum of three years.

Guidelines covering types of grease traps, cleaning schedules & procedures, and proper disposal methods.