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Trade waste charges

Businesses operating in the Yarra Valley Water service area and discharging trade waste into the sewerage system may incur trade waste charges.  Trade waste charges are structured in a similar manner to water, recycled water and sewerage but depend on the classification of the trade waste customer.  

A user pays pricing structure ensures that you have control over your account.   By reducing the amount of water you use or the volume and strength of trade waste you discharge you may reduce your account.

Prices for water and sewerage services increased on 1 July 2011 to fund investments in water supply and sewerage infrastructure for now and into the future.
 

Trade waste charges include but are not limited to the following:

  • Application fee for new trade waste customers

  • Annual contract fee

  • Variable discharge fee based on the strength and volume of trade waste being discharged (where applicable)


Application fee

New trade waste customers pay a once off application fee that contributes to the cost of assessing the impact of the trade waste discharge on the sewerage transfer and treatment systems.

 

Application fee for trade waste agreements for 2011/12 is as follows:

 

Maximum daily discharge specified in application

Charge ($)

Less than or equal to 0.5 kilolitres/day

0.00

More than 0.5 kilolitres/day and less than or equal to 4 kilolitres/day

59.27

More than 4 kilolitres/day and less than or equal to 20 kilolitres/day

144.94

More than 20 kilolitres/day and less than or equal to 50 kilolitres/day

335.56

More than 50 kilolitres/day and less than or equal to 100 kilolitres/day

369.73

More than 100 kilolitres/day and less than or equal to 1000 kilolitres/day

1,456.11

More than 1,000 kilolitres/day

2,912.86

 

Contract fee

All trade waste customers pay an annual fee to cover the operational costs incurred in the regulation, maintenance and consultation of trade waste customers.  Customers are subject to a stepped fee based on the annual estimated trade waste volume, with high volume customers paying the highest fees.

 

Trade waste contract fee for 2011/12 is as follows:

 

Trade waste contract fee

Charge ($)

Trade Waste Contract Charge < 2,500 kilolitres/year ($/annum)

529.46

Trade Waste Contract Charge 2,500.1 – 25,000 kilolitres/year ($/annum)

1,589.81

Trade Waste Contract Charge 25,000.1 – 100,000 kilolitres/year ($/annum)

5,301.42

Trade Waste Contract Charge > 100, 000 kilolitres/year ($/annum)

15,905.41

  

Variable discharge fee

Variable discharge fees are charged to Category A customers only. These charges are related to the cost of treating the discharge and depend on the volume of trade waste (measured in kilolitres) and the load of the pollutants contained within the waste (measured in kilograms).

 

Trade waste discharge fees for 2011/12 are as follows:

 

Trade waste discharge fees

Charge ($)

Volume ($/kilolitre)

0.9768

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) ($/kg)

0.7631

Suspended Solids (SS) ($/kg)

0.4442

Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN) ($/kg)

2.0628

Inorganic Total Dissolved Solids (ITDS) ($/kg)

0.0318

 

For more information about trade waste charges: download the pricing handbook