The purpose of this bylaw is to control and monitor trade waste discharges into public sewers in order to:
- protect public health and the environment;
- promote cleaner production;
- protect the sewerage system infrastructure;
- protect sewerage system workers;
- protect the stormwater system;
- ensure compliance with consent conditions;
- provide a basis for monitoring discharges from industry and trade premises;
- provide a basis for charging trade waste users of the sewerage system to cover the
- cost of conveying, treating and disposing of or reusing their wastes;
- ensure that the costs of treatment and disposal are shared fairly between trade
- waste and domestic dischargers;
- encourage waste minimisation; and
- encourage water conservation.
This bylaw provides for the:
- acceptance of long-term, intermittent, or temporary discharge of trade waste to the sewerage system;
- establishment of three grades of trade waste: permitted, conditional and prohibited;
- evaluation of individual trade waste discharges to be against specified criteria;
- correct storage of materials in order to protect the sewerage and stormwater systems from spillage;
- correct disposal of tankered waste to protect the sewerage system;
- installation of flow meters, samplers or other devices to measure flow and quality of the trade waste discharge;
- pre-treatment of waste before it is accepted for discharge to the sewerage system;
- sampling and monitoring of trade waste discharges to ensure compliance with this bylaw;
- Council to accept or refuse a trade waste discharge;
- charges to be set to cover the cost of conveying, treating and disposing of, or
- reusing, trade waste and the associated costs of administration and monitoring; administrative mechanisms for the operation of the bylaw; and
- establishment of waste minimisation and management programmes (including sludges) for trade waste producers.