Your liquid waste may include a number of different elements such as metals or suspended solids. Each element will be subject to different limits and must be treated effectively – often in different ways – in order to be compliant.
We’re highly experienced in tackling trade effluent problem areas, like fats, oils and grease disposal for food and drink producers or pH levels for the textiles industry. Whatever effluent issues you face, we’ll recommend the best treatments for your needs. By taking special care to do the job properly, your business can avoid increased operating charges, clean-up costs and fines for breaches of compliance.
Business Stream can help
Creating a long-term solution to your trade effluent needs
After analysing your effluent and assessing all the options, we can recommend the best equipment for your operation at the most economical cost. We also offer an expert, cost-effective treatment plant design service and can even run the finished plant for you.
Types of trade effluent
Disposing of fats, oils and greases down the drain can cause clogs as well as sewer blockages which can spill out causing damage to the wider environment.
We can design, operate, build and pilot an on-site treatment plant to meet your fat disposal needs.
Pollutants introduced to water can severely deplete the oxygen available to plant and animal life. Effluent that measures high in chemical oxygen demand (COD) or biological oxygen demand (BOD) will deplete water of more oxygen. Failing to maintain the correct COD or BOD levels can slow down treatment operations and may result in increased operating charges. Effluent samples that fail to meet COD and BOD consent levels could also incur additional charges from your wholesaler.
Metals released into the environment from liquid waste that isn’t treated properly can have a toxic effect on plants, animals and humans. Metals won’t necessarily be physically visible in your liquid waste. So you must have an effective effluent sampling system in place to detect them. To avoid consent compliance issues, it’s essential to address the presence of these metals before the effluent is sampled.
When a solution that’s highly acidic or alkaline goes down the drain, its corrosive nature can cause extensive damage to the sewerage system. This can result in prosecution and fines. To ensure that liquid waste is within the right pH range for disposal, an effective system of effluent sampling is needed. Otherwise, you may not be aware of the issue until tanks and drains display visible signs of corrosion.
If you have an on-going demand for pH correction, Business Stream can design, operate, build and pilot an on-site treatment plant for your business.
Releasing suspended solids into the environment can be harmful to both plant and animal life.
Disposing of higher volumes of suspended solids may increase your operating charges. Reducing the volume of suspended solids in your liquid waste can prevent your operating charges from mounting up. It might be higher operating costs that first alert you to an issue. Or you may notice drains that are increasingly slow to clear or stop working altogether.
If your liquid waste contains suspended solids, Business Stream can help you to keep operations flowing smoothly.
