Trade waste prices
| Trade waste permit pricing | Unit | 2022-23 price ($ excl GST)* |
2021-22 price ($ excl GST)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trade waste permit - Category 1 | per year | $350.00 | $270.00 |
| Trade waste permit - Category 2 | per year | $3,415.00 | $3,330.00 |
*GST is not applicable on any of the above trade waste charges.
New Treatment Tiers are being introduced from 1 July 2023. They will determine the Trade Waste Permit Fees for all Category 1 customers. Treatment Tiers are allocated by Unitywater, following a detailed assessment of the impact of your trade waste on the wastewater network.
To support your transition to the new pricing structure, the new fees are being reduced for the first year (2023-24), with the full price to come into effect from 1 July 2024. Find out more about our trade waste pricing changes.
| Treatment Tier | Annual permit fee 2023-24* Discounted in first year and billed quarterly | Annual permit fee 2024-25* Billed quarterly |
|---|---|---|
| Very low | $460.00 | $570.00 |
| Low | $740.00 | $1,130.00 |
| Medium | $970.00 | $1,590.00 |
| High | $1,365.00 | $2,380.00 |
| Very high | $1,960.00 | $3,570.00 |
*GST is not applicable on any of the above trade waste charges. Permit fees will be charged quarterly in arrears from July 2023, with the first bill featuring the new prices arriving in October 2023
| Trade waste volumetric pricing | Unit | 2022-23 price ($ excl GST)* |
2021-22 price ($ excl GST)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrrestor required but not installed | per year | $1,400.00 | N/A |
| Inadequately sized arrestor | per year | $565.00 | $553.50 |
| Garbage grinder/food waste disposal unit - Up to 0.4 Kw/h |
per year | $730.00 | $711.50 |
| Garbage grinder/food waste disposal unit - Between 0.4 and 0.6 Kw/h |
per year | $3,260.00 | $3,188.00 |
| Garbage grinder/food waste disposal unit - Over 0.6 Kw/h |
per year | $6,415.00 | $6,273.00 |
| Plan verification, assessment and/or inspection | per hour | $97.00 | $94.50 |
| Trade waste search (property and/or business) 1.5 hours | per application | $230.50 | $225.50 |
*GST is not applicable on any of the above trade waste charges.
| Trade waste strength pricing1 | Unit | 2022-23 price ($ excl GST)* |
2021-22 price ($ excl GST)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphate | per kilogram | $1.31 | $1.28 |
| Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) | per kilogram | $1.57 | $1.54 |
| Total Suspended Solids (TSS) | per kilogram | $2.20 | $2.15 |
| Total Nitrogen (TKN) | per kilogram | $4.29 | $4.20 |
| Total Phosphorous (TP) | per kilogram | $13.63 | $13.33 |
1Only applies to waste above Sewerage Admission Limits (SAL)
- Sulphate 500mg/L
- COD 600mg/L
- TSS 300mg/L
- TKN 150mg/L
- TP 50mg/L
*GST is not applicable on any of the above trade waste charges.
| Trade waste other pricing | Unit | 2022-23 price ($ excl GST)* |
2021-22 price ($ excl GST)* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tankered domestic sewage and landfill / holding tank leachate | per kilolitre | $2.79 | $2.73 |
| Tankered non domestic sewage | per kilolitre | $32.52 | $31.80 |
| Tankered chemical toilets | per kilolitre | $65.54 | $64.10 |
| Tankered septic tank / on site waste treatment systems | per kilolitre | $77.56 | $75.85 |
*GST is not applicable on any of the above trade waste charges.
New trade waste pricing from July 2023
Unitywater is changing the way it charges businesses for their Trade Waste Permit. From 1 July 2023, we’re moving from a flat fee of $350 to a tiered pricing structure
