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Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
sec.181Approval may be conditional
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### sec.181 Approval may be conditional
The sewerage service provider may give a trade waste approval or seepage water approval on conditions, including, for example, conditions about 1 or more of the following—
the maximum daily quantity of trade waste or seepage water that may be discharged;
the maximum permissible rate of the discharge;
the permissible limits for the quality of the waste or seepage water, including limits for suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, acidity, alkalinity and salinity;
whether the waste or seepage water must be treated before being discharged into the sewerage service provider’s sewerage;
the appropriate management of polluted areas, including, for example, conditions requiring—
the building of a roof over a stated area to prevent rainwater entering a sanitary drain or sewer; or
the paving of the floor of a stated area with an approved impervious material and to a stated grade to an outlet; or
the installation of an arrester or pre-treatment device;
works that must be constructed to treat or store the waste or seepage water.
If the regulator has given the sewerage service provider a regulator notice requiring the sewerage service provider to impose particular conditions on trade waste approvals or seepage water approvals, the provider must comply with the notice.
s 181 amd 2010 No. 20 s 132 ; 2011 No. 31 s 399
(sec.181-ssec.1) The sewerage service provider may give a trade waste approval or seepage water approval on conditions, including, for example, conditions about 1 or more of the following— the maximum daily quantity of trade waste or seepage water that may be discharged; the maximum permissible rate of the discharge; the permissible limits for the quality of the waste or seepage water, including limits for suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, acidity, alkalinity and salinity; whether the waste or seepage water must be treated before being discharged into the sewerage service provider’s sewerage; the appropriate management of polluted areas, including, for example, conditions requiring— the building of a roof over a stated area to prevent rainwater entering a sanitary drain or sewer; or the paving of the floor of a stated area with an approved impervious material and to a stated grade to an outlet; or the installation of an arrester or pre-treatment device; works that must be constructed to treat or store the waste or seepage water.
(sec.181-ssec.2) If the regulator has given the sewerage service provider a regulator notice requiring the sewerage service provider to impose particular conditions on trade waste approvals or seepage water approvals, the provider must comply with the notice.
- (a) the maximum daily quantity of trade waste or seepage water that may be discharged;
- (b) the maximum permissible rate of the discharge;
- (c) the permissible limits for the quality of the waste or seepage water, including limits for suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, acidity, alkalinity and salinity;
- (d) whether the waste or seepage water must be treated before being discharged into the sewerage service provider’s sewerage;
- (e) the appropriate management of polluted areas, including, for example, conditions requiring— (i) the building of a roof over a stated area to prevent rainwater entering a sanitary drain or sewer; or (ii) the paving of the floor of a stated area with an approved impervious material and to a stated grade to an outlet; or (iii) the installation of an arrester or pre-treatment device;
- (i) the building of a roof over a stated area to prevent rainwater entering a sanitary drain or sewer; or
- (ii) the paving of the floor of a stated area with an approved impervious material and to a stated grade to an outlet; or
- (iii) the installation of an arrester or pre-treatment device;
- (f) works that must be constructed to treat or store the waste or seepage water.
- (i) the building of a roof over a stated area to prevent rainwater entering a sanitary drain or sewer; or
- (ii) the paving of the floor of a stated area with an approved impervious material and to a stated grade to an outlet; or
- (iii) the installation of an arrester or pre-treatment device;