Commercial trade waste customers are businesses that discharge low to medium risk trade waste to sewer.
Commercial Trade Waste
Tankered Trade Waste Customers
Tankered waste contractors play an important role in the community by removing liquid wastes from residential, commercial and industrial premises
Tankered Trade Waste Customers
Industrial Trade Waste customers
Industrial trade waste customers are businesses that discharge medium to high risk liquid waste to sewer that is high in volume and/or concentration.
Industrial Trade Waste Customers
About Trade Waste
Trade waste is a term used to describe liquid waste that is more variable and diverse in volume and quality than typical household wastewater. Trade waste places additional demand and impact on the sewerage system over and above residential waste. The increased demand increases the risks to the community, the environment and TasWater.
Trade waste disposal to sewer is managed by TasWater to minimise the risks and potential for increased costs associated with the transport and treatment of trade waste. TasWater is committed to working with our trade waste customers to ensure the quantity and quality of trade waste discharged is acceptable for discharge to the sewerage system.
For a copy of our trade waste policy click here.
Trade Waste Customers
Any customer who is responsible for a business that discharges trade waste to sewer is receiving a trade waste service from TasWater, and has a legal obligation to apply for permission to discharge the waste from that business.
Customers are separated into Commercial and Industrial groups according to the type of trade waste they discharge to sewer.
Commercial customers are businesses who are classified as Category 1 or Category 2 customers.
Typical business activities considered to be Commercial include:
| Animal Boarding |
Correction Centre |
Panel/body repair |
| Automotive service repair |
Green grocer |
Plant/machinery Hire |
| Bakery |
Hairdresser/beauty salon |
Primary/secondary school |
| Bed and Breakfast (onsite restaurant facilities for general pubic) |
Hospital |
Pub/bar/hotel |
| Bowling Green (commercial kitchen) |
Laboratories |
Restaurant/cafe |
| Car wash |
Laundromat |
Small goods/butcher |
| Catering |
Licenced club |
Sports stadium (commercial kitchen) |
| Church/place of worship |
Medical (including dentist and vet) |
Supermarket |
| College tertiary |
Nursery/horticulture |
Swimming pool |
| Community centre/halls (commercial kitchen) |
Nursing home/care |
Take away/fast food
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Trade Waste Commercial Customer Repayment Program
TasWater created the Commercial Customer Repayment Program to help Tasmanian businesses become Trade Waste Compliant, through financial support for installation of required pre-treatment systems. The goal being to minimise the amount of untreated trade waste entering our sewerage network.
To support our Category 2 Trade Waste customers, TasWater is offering a no-interest repayment scheme to help cover the cost of installing or upgrading a compliant Trade Waste pre-treatment system.
For more information about the Commercial Customer Repayment Program and how to apply, please call the Trade Waste Hotline on (03) 6108 7005 or email [email protected]