Schedule 5Prescribed matter for the definition of water pollution

# Schedule 5 Prescribed matter for the definition of water pollution Schedule 5 Prescribed matter for the definition of water pollution For the Act, Dictionary, definition of water pollution, paragraph (c), the following are prescribed as matter— Note— The definition of water pollution for the Act includes the placing in or on, or otherwise introducing into or onto, the waters, whether through an act or omission, any matter, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, that is of a prescribed nature, description or class or that does not comply with a standard prescribed in relation to the matter. > (a) excreta, manure or urine, or waste from an on-site human or animal waste storage facility or treatment device or matter containing faecal coliform or faecal streptococci, > (b) animal matter, including carcasses of animals, parts or remains of animals, offal, flesh and bones, > (c) plant matter, including vegetable or fruit wastes, leaves, grass, trees, wood, sawdust, shavings, chips, bark or other forest products or refuse, > (d) ashes, soil, earth, mud, stones, sand, clay or similar inorganic matter, > (e) washings or spoil from the following— > > > (i) mineral processing, > > > (ii) an extractive operation, > > > (iii) a dredging operation, > > > (iv) another industrial, agricultural or commercial activity, > (f) ballast, > (g) matter of an infectious nature, > (h) scrap metal, glass, junk, paper, plastic, rubbish, vehicles or vehicle tyres, industrial waste or a refuse of another description, > (i) oil, grease or flammable liquid, > (j) thermal waste, being liquid which, after being used in or in connection with an activity, is more than 2 degrees Celsius hotter or colder than the water into which it is discharged, > (k) matter that causes biochemical or chemical oxygen demand, > (l) liquid that contains suspended or dissolved solids, > (m) gas other than oxygen, > (n) methylene blue active substance, > (o) matter that has a pH value of less than 6.5 or more than 8.5, > (p) any pesticide, within the meaning of the [Pesticides Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-080), > (q) radioactive or poisonous substances, > (r) substances classified as dangerous goods under the Transport of Dangerous Goods Code, within the meaning of the Act, Schedule 1, > (s) substances listed in the [Sydney Water Act 1994](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-088), Schedule 10, > (t) substances listed in the Hazardous Chemical Information System published and maintained by Safe Work Australia, > (u) toxicants for which guidelines are prescribed by the Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine Water Quality 2018, published by the Australian and New Zealand Governments and State and Territory Governments, as in force from time to time, > (v) arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, chloride, chromium (hexavalent), copper, cyanide, fluoride, iron (dissolved), lead, manganese (dissolved), mercury, selenium, silver, uranyl ion or zinc, > (w) matter containing a nitrogen, sulphur, phenolic or phosphorus compound, > (x) matter containing matter referred to above.