The leading cause of the sewage spills that have plagued Orange County recently is grease and oil buildup in sewer pipes from restaurants and high-density residential areas, the grand jury ...

The grease and oil head down your pipes and into the sewers where they meet up with all the other wastewater from the area. Here is where the nastiness starts.

Can the Grease: Simple Steps to Protect Your Pipes By Susan Hogan, News4 Consumer Investigative Reporter and Patti Petitte • Published November 17, 2016 • Updated on November 17, 2016 at 7:31 pm ...

We got insight from a professional cleaner on why it's damaging to flush leftover coffee grounds down the sink, and what to ...

Grease and some pipe repair material clogged a sewer pipe this morning, sending more than 1,000 gallons of sewage out of a manhole and into Kalihi Stream, the Department of Environmental Services ...

Q: Last weekend, I had a bit of a plumbing problem. I was changing out the fill valve on the upstairs toilet and discovered the former owner had run solid copper pipe all the way up to the bottom ...

In the last five years, grease-clogged pipes caused about one-third of Seattle's sewer backups, according to Seattle Public Utilities. There were 147 such incidents between 2003 and 2009, but that ...