WATER CONSERVATION - WATER SERVICES

Current Efforts

F.O.G. Program
Residual fats, oils and grease (FOG) are by-products from food service establishments. Typically, FOG enters a facility's plumbing system from ware washing, floor cleaning, and equipment sanitation. Sanitary sewer systems are neither designed nor equipped to handle the FOG that can accumulate in the sewer system.

The Water Services’ FOG Program reduces the impact of fats and oils in the sewer system by requiring restaurants and commercial kitchens to pre-treat their wastewater for FOG before it is introduced into the sanitary sewer.

Do-It-Yourself Used Oil Recycling Center
Used motor and cooking grease/oils may be recycled at the Bryan Do-It-Yourself Used Oil Center. The Center is located at the Municipal Services Center (1111 Waco Street, Bryan, Texas 77803) and is open Monday thru Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Industrial Pretreatment Program
The City’s Industrial Pretreatment Program was established in 1982 to help ensure the safety of City staff and to prevent adverse effects on the collection and treatment systems from industrial waste discharges. Program participants are required to hold a permit with the City of Bryan and conduct quarterly or semi-annual samplings of their wastewater, perform important self-reporting requirements, and are regularly inspected by City staff.

Reclaimed Water
Since February of 2003, the Water Services Department’s Turkey Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant has provided reclaimed water for irrigation and pond maintenance to the Traditions Country Club. Over the past five years, the program has provided an average of twenty-seven million gallons of recycled water per year for golf course irrigation.

Non-Potable Water Use
Bryan’s wastewater treatment system is heavily dependant on water to maintain processes within its treatment plants. Non-potable water pumps are used within the treatment system to provide recycled water to meet half of the system’s needs. This system saves an estimated 30 million gallons of potable water per year, which lessens the impact to our valuable natural water resources.

Water Facts

• Installing a low-flow toilet can save a family of four more than 45 gallons of water a day. That’s 1350 gallons a month.
• You can lose up to 200 gallons of water a day from a leaking toilet. And a faucet drip can waste 604,800 drops during the week.
• New water sources are not being discovered every day. We have identified or are using most of them in the US.
• Trash and debris around a lake will affect the quality of the water.