Cease the Grease Campaign

Summary

The Galveston Bay Foundation (GBF) will coordinate and launch a regional Cease the Grease campaign (CtG) by: working in cooperation with a stakeholder workgroup; developing marketing and outreach materials; creating a distribution plan; and tracking campaign progress.  Sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) from fats, oil, and grease (FOG) are a source of concern for fecal bacteria found in Galveston Bay (TCEQ, 2008*) and as such, can be a public health risk for oyster consumption in restricted harvest zones, as well as for contact recreation where localized bacteria levels are heightened due to raw sewage being discharged near the shore. Aging infrastructure, combined with improper disposal of FOG in single and multi-family homes, can lead to costly problems for both local governments and citizens in terms of sewer line and home plumbing repairs, and environmental remediation.