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Trade Waste Customer Categories

Liquid Trade Waste services are provided using the following categories. These categories reflect the risk associated with providing a trade waste service to different types of customers:

CATEGORY 1: LOW VOLUME AND LOW IMPACT LIQUID TRADE WASTE -

Liquid trade waste considered to be different in strength and/or volume to domestic liquid waste with lower strength and/or volume characteristics than that of Category 2.

CATEGORY 2 LOW TO MEDIUM VOLUME AND LOW IMPACT LIQUID TRADE WASTE - 

Liquid trade waste with characteristics considered to be greater in strength and/or volume than domestic liquid waste that is considered to have a low impact.

CATEGORY 3:     LOW TO MEDIUM VOLUME AND MEDIUM IMPACT LIQUID TRADE WASTE -

Liquid trade waste with characteristics considered to be greater in strength and/or volume than domestic liquid waste that is considered to have a medium impact.

CATEGORY 4:     HIGH IMPACT LIQUID TRADE WASTE -

Liquid trade waste of any volume or strength considered to have a high impact.

Using the National Wastewater Source Management Guideline (WSAA; July 2008), customers are categorised according to the risk the activity presents in the particular wastewater catchment.      

Liquid Trade Waste Customer Categorisation

 

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

Volume

<1.1kL/day or deemed compliant

< 33kL/day

As per acceptance criteria specific to a trade waste service agreement

As per acceptance criteria specific to a trade waste service agreement

BOD

<300 mg/L or deemed compliant

<600 mg/L or deemed compliant

As per acceptance criteria specific to consent or agreement

As per acceptance criteria specific to agreement

TSS

<350 mg/L or deemed compliant

<600 mg/L or deemed compliant

As per acceptance criteria specific to consent or agreement

As per acceptance criteria specific to agreement

Characteristics

Greater than domestic levels as set by the Corporation or deemed compliant.

Greater than domestic levels as set by the Corporation or deemed compliant.

Greater than domestic levels as set by the Corporation.

Greater than domestic levels as set by the Corporation.

Approval required

By Consent

By Consent

By minor agreement

By major agreement

Pre- treatment

Minimal or no pre-treatment required

Pre-treatment may be required.

Pre-treatment may be required.

Pre-treatment may be required.