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Public Health Regulation 2018
sec.55Management of the quality of recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water—assessment and reporting
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### sec.55 Management of the quality of recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water—assessment and reporting
This section applies—
if a sample of recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water is tested by a provider—
for a microorganism, chemical parameter, ADWG parameter or pathogen mentioned in section 53 (2) and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (2) ; or
for radioactivity and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (3) ; and
whether or not the management plan for the water required the water to be tested for the microorganism, parameter or pathogen or for radioactivity.
The provider must perform an assessment of the risks to the health of the public from the quality of the water and give a report about the assessment to the chief executive within 10 business days after the result of the test is known.
In this section—
provider means—
for water supplied under a single-entity recycled water scheme under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 —the recycled water provider for the scheme under that Act; or
for water supplied under a multiple-entity recycled water scheme under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 —the scheme manager or a declared entity for the scheme under that Act.
(sec.55-ssec.1) This section applies— if a sample of recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water is tested by a provider— for a microorganism, chemical parameter, ADWG parameter or pathogen mentioned in section 53 (2) and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (2) ; or for radioactivity and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (3) ; and whether or not the management plan for the water required the water to be tested for the microorganism, parameter or pathogen or for radioactivity.
(sec.55-ssec.2) The provider must perform an assessment of the risks to the health of the public from the quality of the water and give a report about the assessment to the chief executive within 10 business days after the result of the test is known.
(sec.55-ssec.3) In this section— provider means— for water supplied under a single-entity recycled water scheme under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 —the recycled water provider for the scheme under that Act; or for water supplied under a multiple-entity recycled water scheme under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 —the scheme manager or a declared entity for the scheme under that Act.
- (a) if a sample of recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water is tested by a provider— (i) for a microorganism, chemical parameter, ADWG parameter or pathogen mentioned in section 53 (2) and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (2) ; or (ii) for radioactivity and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (3) ; and
- (i) for a microorganism, chemical parameter, ADWG parameter or pathogen mentioned in section 53 (2) and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (2) ; or
- (ii) for radioactivity and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (3) ; and
- (b) whether or not the management plan for the water required the water to be tested for the microorganism, parameter or pathogen or for radioactivity.
- (i) for a microorganism, chemical parameter, ADWG parameter or pathogen mentioned in section 53 (2) and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (2) ; or
- (ii) for radioactivity and the test shows that the quality of the water does not comply with section 53 (3) ; and
- (a) for water supplied under a single-entity recycled water scheme under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 —the recycled water provider for the scheme under that Act; or
- (b) for water supplied under a multiple-entity recycled water scheme under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 —the scheme manager or a declared entity for the scheme under that Act.