BMA's sewer war begins

Last week, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) closed down 46 food shops.

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Owners of these food businesses were found to be violating a municipal law, which requires them to install grease interceptors at their dishwashing basin systems.

The effort is part of the City Hall's new campaign, "Battle against Grease in the Sewer System", to improve the city's flood drainage capacity.

The campaign was launched in March to reduce the amount of fat, oil, and grease in sewage and flood drainage pipelines.

Since then, City Hall officials have been inspecting 15,558 food shops and markets in 50 districts.

The good news is that the majority of these shops have complied with this law, except for the 46 shops that ignored the BMA's warnings.

According to a 2022 municipal law, food shops and markets are required to install a wastewater system and grease interceptors before discharging water into the collective sewage system.