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I have some experience remediating grease trap wastewater sourced from grease interceptors at restaurants. The Fatty acids, Oil, and Grease (FOG) were decanted for use in biodiesel production leaving an effluent with pH 4.3, 2.5 - 5 gm/l Hexane Extractable Materials (HEM), and  total Chemical Oxygen Demand (tCOD) of 15 - 23 gm/l  (ave 20,000mg/l) and soluble COD of 15 gm/l. Using High Rate Anaerobic Digestion (HRAD) with Organic Loading Rates (OLR) of 8.53 total and 7.23 soluble kg COD /m^3/day we reduced tCOD by >91% at Hydraulic Retention Times (HRT) of