TCEQ: 2012 TEEA Winner, Pollution Prevention -- Dallas Water Utilities

The Texas Environmental Excellence Awards—a program of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality—celebrate outstanding waste reduction and pollution prevention projects. Winners are endorsed by TCEQ Commissioners and Governor Rick Perry.
In Texas we love to fry stuff, don't we? Fried chicken, chicken fried steak ... even whole sticks of butter! Do you ever wonder what happens to all those fats, oils, and grease? Unfortunately, some of them end up in our wastewater pipes, causing all kinds of problems. In Dallas, they are attacking the problem with remarkable success. Meet winner in the Pollution Prevention category -- Dallas Water Utilities.