sec.14Management hierarchy for surface or groundwater

sec.14 Management hierarchy for surface or groundwater

This section states the management hierarchy for an activity that may affect water. See the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 , section 35 . To the extent it is reasonable to do so, release of waste water or contaminants to waters must be dealt with in the following order of preference— firstly—reduce the production of waste water or contaminants by reducing the use of water; secondly—prevent waste and implement appropriate waste prevention measures; thirdly—evaluate treatment and recycling options and implement appropriate treatment and recycling; fourthly—evaluate the following options for waste water or contaminants in the order in which they are listed— appropriate treatment and release to a waste facility or sewer; appropriate treatment and release to land; appropriate treatment and release to surface waters or groundwaters. In this section— appropriate treatment , of waste water or contaminants, means— for release to a sewerage service provider’s waste facility or sewer—treatment that meets the service provider’s requirements for the release to the waste facility or sewer; or for release to land—treatment that ensures the release to land is ecologically sustainable; or for release to surface waters or groundwaters—treatment that ensures, or the taking of other steps to ensure, that the release— will not affect the environmental values for the waters; or is offset by undertaking an activity to counterbalance the impacts of releasing waste water or contaminants to waters, other than an offset to which the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 applies. sewerage service provider see the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 , schedule 3 . waste facility means a facility for the recycling, reprocessing, treatment, storage, incineration, conversion to energy or disposal of waste. waste prevention means the adoption of practices or processes that avoid generating waste or reduce the quantity of waste requiring subsequent treatment, recycling or disposal. (sec.14-ssec.1) This section states the management hierarchy for an activity that may affect water. See the Environmental Protection Regulation 2019 , section 35 . (sec.14-ssec.2) To the extent it is reasonable to do so, release of waste water or contaminants to waters must be dealt with in the following order of preference— firstly—reduce the production of waste water or contaminants by reducing the use of water; secondly—prevent waste and implement appropriate waste prevention measures; thirdly—evaluate treatment and recycling options and implement appropriate treatment and recycling; fourthly—evaluate the following options for waste water or contaminants in the order in which they are listed— appropriate treatment and release to a waste facility or sewer; appropriate treatment and release to land; appropriate treatment and release to surface waters or groundwaters. (sec.14-ssec.3) In this section— appropriate treatment , of waste water or contaminants, means— for release to a sewerage service provider’s waste facility or sewer—treatment that meets the service provider’s requirements for the release to the waste facility or sewer; or for release to land—treatment that ensures the release to land is ecologically sustainable; or for release to surface waters or groundwaters—treatment that ensures, or the taking of other steps to ensure, that the release— will not affect the environmental values for the waters; or is offset by undertaking an activity to counterbalance the impacts of releasing waste water or contaminants to waters, other than an offset to which the Environmental Offsets Act 2014 applies. sewerage service provider see the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 , schedule 3 . waste facility means a facility for the recycling, reprocessing, treatment, storage, incineration, conversion to energy or disposal of waste. waste prevention means the adoption of practices or processes that avoid generating waste or reduce the quantity of waste requiring subsequent treatment, recycling or disposal.