FOG Basics
This term describes fats, oils, and grease from food that can enter drains.
What is FOG?
This system of pipes carries wastewater underground.
What is the sanitary sewer system?
What happens when FOG builds up in pipes?
Pipes clog / flow is blocked
This body system is similar to pipes moving water.
What is the circulatory system?
This phrase helps remember how to dispose of grease properly.
What is “Can it, Cool it, Trash it”?
FOG is usually in this state when it is hot, which is why people pour it down the drain.
What is liquid?
This is where wastewater is cleaned.
What is a wastewater treatment plant?
What happens to wastewater when pipes are clogged?
It backs up or overflows
This happens in the body when arteries are blocked.
Stroke
Name one thing you should do before washing greasy dishes.
Scrape or wipe them
When FOG cools down, it changes into this type of state.
What is solid?
This is how wastewater travels from homes to treatment plants.
What are sewer pipes?
What is the environmental result of sewer overflows?
Pollution / untreated sewage released
What is similar between clogged pipes and clogged arteries?
Both block flow and cause serious problems
This tool helps stop food from going down the drain.
What is a strainer?
This is one place FOG commonly comes from.
What is cooking / kitchens / homes?
After being treated, water is released back into this type of place.
What is the environment (rivers, bay, etc.)?
Complete the chain:
FOG in drain → ______ → ______ → overflow
buildup/clog → blocked pipes → overflow
Why is this comparison useful for understanding FOG?
Helps relate pipe problems to something familiar (body health)
Why shouldn’t you pour grease down the drain, even with hot water?
It will cool later and harden
Explain why FOG becomes a problem after it cools.
It hardens, sticks to pipes, and builds up over time.
Explain the journey of wastewater from a house to the environment.
Leaves home → travels through sewer pipes → goes to treatment plant → gets cleaned → released back to nature
Why do small amounts of FOG over time cause big problems?
It builds up slowly and sticks, eventually blocking pipes
Explain how lifestyle choices connect to both pipe health and body health.
Poor choices → buildup → blockages → bigger problems over time
Explain how small habits at home prevent big environmental problems.
Prevent buildup → keep pipes clear → avoid overflows