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Trade Waste
Trade Waste is any industrial or commercial wastewater
discharged to sewer, other than normal domestic sewage. LMW's
trade waste policy is administered/controlled by LMW's Trade Waste By-Law No 4.
Only trade waste which complies with specific guidelines is acceptable
for discharge to the sewerage system. Lower Murray Water accepts
a variety of industrial and commercial trade wastes that comply
with the guidelines.
There are two main categories
of trade waste:
1) Minor trade waste - such as that emanating
from hotels, restaurants, take away food businesses, laundrettes,
car wash's etc which discharge relatively small volumes of wastewater
to sewer. These businesses are issued with a 'Consent to Discharge
Trade Waste', if if they meet LMW's requirements, and
are charged an annual fee which is incorported into LMW's
quarterly tariff notice.
2) Major trade waste - comprising customers such as fruit and vegetable
processing, fruit packing and winery operations which discharge
large volumes of wastewater to sewer, generally greater than 1000
kL per annum. These customers are required to sign a Trade Waste
Agreement with LMW and are charged on a quarterly basis,
the charge being based on the organic, suspended solids, and hydraulic
loadings discharged by the customer.
Both categories of customers must have appropriate pre treatment
facilities in place to treat the wastewater to a standard which
meets LMW's guidelines.
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