Comments on: New York City Water Summit (photos) http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/12/new-york-city-water-summit-photos/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Glenn Martin http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/12/new-york-city-water-summit-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Glenn Martin Sat, 08 May 2010 02:09:18 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2331#comment-592 I see very little print or blog on the wastewater coming out of restaurants. This is a problem as most cities do not enforce their grease trap and grease interceptor by-laws. Most small restauarnts do not have their grease traps serviced on a timely basis thus allowing fat, oil and grease (fog) down the sewer. The longer a period the grease trap is serviced the more grease is going into the sewer. BOD Levels (biological oxygen demand) affects aquatic life. Grease Trap chemicals and enzymes are a band-aid fix to solve grease issues. This practice is pouring toxic chemicals into our water system. See http://www.greasetrap.ca

]]> By: arthur http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/12/new-york-city-water-summit-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-591 arthur Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:23:53 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2331#comment-591 Would also be interested in presentation material. Was the event taped? If so, will it be made available for viewing?

]]> By: Kai http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/04/12/new-york-city-water-summit-photos/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Kai Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:26:15 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/water/?p=2331#comment-590 I was wondering if the PowerPoint presentations by the various speakers were going to be made available online? I believe there was mention of that during the conference.

Thank you.

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