Trade Waste Bylaw 2010
The new Trade Waste Bylaw 2010 came into force on 1 July 2010.
The purpose of the Trade Waste Bylaw is to control and monitor trade waste discharges into Council’s wastewater system. It will protect sewers, pumping stations, storage tanks, wastewater treatment plants and other related wastewater system structures from damage or misuse. It also protects Council’s legal liabilities and the environment by ensuring compliance with resource consents issued by Environment Waikato for the discharge of treated waste from Council’s wastewater treatment plants.
This Bylaw replaced Council's existing 1976 Trade Waste Bylaw on 1 July 2010. Changes brought in by the new bylaw include the need for businesses to apply for Trade Waste Consents for certain types of discharges into the sewer. This will help address issues relating to the build up of fats, oils and grease from certain discharges, or the control of substances which may be harmful to the biological wastewater treatment processes.
The bylaw also provides a basis for charging persons who use the wastewater system to cover the cost of conveying, treating and disposing of, or reusing their wastes while ensuring that the costs of treatment and disposal are shared fairly between trade waste and domestic dischargers.
Copies of the Trade Waste Bylaw 2010 can be downloaded, or obtained from Council offices.