Wastewater Management - Tweed Shire Council
On average, each person in the Tweed uses around 200 litres of water in their home every day. On average, more than 80 per cent of this water is used in the bathroom, toilet, laundry and kitchen.
Wastewater is the name given to water after it goes down the drain and is transported to one of eight wastewater treatment plants in the Tweed.
Wastewater is about 0.1 per cent waste and about 99.9 per cent water. The 0.1 per cent waste includes organic, inorganic and biological matter such as soaps, detergents, cleaning agents, toilet paper, faecal matter, urine, grit, oil, fats, bacteria and viruses.
The aim of wastewater management is to remove the waste from the water so the water can be safely reused or returned to the environment.
Please take the time to familiarise yourself with wastewater management in the shire. In particular:
- where your wastewater ends up
- the discharge and reuse options for each treatment plant
- what you can do to reduce the environmental impacts of your wastewater generation.
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