The Drain Care Program
A daily bio-enzyme dosing program that digests fats, oils and grease upstream of your grease trap — so you spend less on pump-outs, avoid blockages, and stay compliant.
The Science
“Bioaugmentation is the practice of applying selected naturally-occurring microorganisms to the drain lines leading to the grease trap and is intended to improve grease trap effluent quality, reduce odours, and maintain clear flowing drain lines.
We introduce specially selected bacteria into your drain lines. Those bacteria release enzymes that liquefy and digest grease, fats, organic matter and the compounds that cause odours. The bacteria consume the FOG as food, and the only by-products are water and CO₂.
Because the product is dosed upstream of your grease trap, it goes to work on the fats, oils and grease before they reach the trap — keeping your lines flowing and your trap load lower. It works nature’s way, only faster, and continuously.
The Two-Step Workflow
The program runs on two companion products from the BioEnzymes range, in a simple sequence.
Before ongoing maintenance begins, we run OPEN as a shock treatment. It’s a fast-acting drain opener that clears clogged, sluggish and blocked drains and shocks the grease trap — digesting existing build-up so the program starts on a clean line.
Grease-trap shock: 100 ml per litre of trap capacity, daily, until the trap runs clear.
Once the line is clear, we switch to MAINTAIN — dosed upstream every day to prevent grease, fats and organic matter building back up. It carries seven enzyme-producing strains and roughly 100 billion microorganisms per gallon, with bleach-, chlorine- and temperature-resistant strains built to survive real kitchen conditions.
Establish biomass at 30 ml/L of trap capacity, then 30 ml/L per day — always dosed upstream.
The Dosing Model
MAINTAIN can be dosed manually or through an automatic dosing unit. In the year-long field study, product was dosed at 600 ml per day into a 5,000-litre trap.
Product dosed by hand into the drain line upstream of the trap on a set daily schedule — straightforward, with the rate calculated to your trap size.
For most kitchens we recommend an automatic dosing unit on the drain line, so dosing is measured, consistent and set-and-forget — no staff task to remember, no missed days.
Hardware spec — to confirm
Install & Ongoing Service
You get plumbing, install, hardware, product and servicing handled — not a shelf of chemicals and a set of instructions.
We assess your kitchen, drain layout, trap size and current maintenance spend.
Our plumbing partner Yates Plumbing & Gas jet-rods and clears the existing drain lines. This “Jet Rod” pre-clean is included for established and leased sites.
We fit the dosing unit and set your dosing rate.
OPEN for the initial shock phase, then MAINTAIN for ongoing daily dosing.
Scheduled service visits and product resupply on a monthly or two-monthly cycle, depending on your program.
The Field-Study Case Study
Dosing MAINTAIN at 600 ml per day across alternating treated and untreated cycles, an independent study measured the change in wastewater load.
These are field-study results from a single year-long study — not a guaranteed outcome for every site. Nuisance odours from volatile fatty acids and hydrogen sulfide were also significantly reduced, and the cleaned lateral drain line showed no fats-oils-and-grease build-up during treatment. Your results depend on your trap size, kitchen load and dosing program.
Who It’s For
The program is built for commercial food businesses in Brisbane and surrounds — particularly high-load kitchens facing recurring costs and compliance pressure.
Common Questions
Bioaugmentation is the practice of applying selected naturally-occurring microorganisms to the drain lines leading to the grease trap. The bacteria release enzymes that liquefy and digest grease, fats and organic matter, improving grease trap effluent quality, reducing odours, and helping keep drain lines flowing clear.
OPEN is a fast-acting shock treatment used first to clear existing grease and fat build-up in drains and grease traps. MAINTAIN is the ongoing daily-dosed product used afterwards to prevent grease, fats and organic matter from building up again.
In a year-long field study on a 5,000 L grease trap dosed with MAINTAIN at 600 ml/day, bioaugmentation led to field-study results of a 33% reduction in oil and grease, a 69% reduction in BOD, and an 88% reduction in TSS. These are field-study results and are not a guaranteed outcome for every site.
Get Started
Book a free, no-obligation site assessment. We’ll assess your trap and current spend, then send back a tailored quote.
