Appendix C- Civil Engineering Report · MCU23/0135

WATER QUALITY & DRAINAGE CODE
Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solution
Noosa Civic Stage 2 Retail Development
29 September 2023

               PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                                                ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                                         RESPONSE

PO13                                                               AO13.1                                                             Development will comply. Refer Stormwater Management
Development is designed and constructed to maintain                The location and form of stormwater discharge points do not        Plan for further information.
surface and ground water balances that sustain the                 alter the pre-development hydrology of receiving surface
environmental values of water dependent ecosystems,                water or groundwater.
including downstream aquatic, riparian, wetland and
terrestrial ecosystems.                                            AO13.2

                                                                   Developments located on groundwater recharge or
                                                                   discharge areas are designed and managed in accordance
                                                                   with a groundwater recharge and discharge management
                                                                   plan prepared by a suitably experienced and qualified
                                                                   groundwater hydrologist. The groundwater recharge or
                                                                   discharge must demonstrate that the development does not
                                                                   affect groundwater balances beyond the property
                                                                   boundaries.

                                                                   Editor's Note— PSP6 Engineering Design Standards -
                                                                   Roads, drainage and earthworks provides guidance on
                                                                   prepare a groundwater recharge and discharge plan.

Construction and establishment of stormwater management systems

PO14                                                               AO14.1                                                             Information on the erosion and sediment control measures
Construction methods provide for appropriate controls to           An erosion and sediment control plan prepared in                   has been provided within the Stormwater Management Plan.
avoid entry and transport of litter, sediment, and associated      accordance with the International Erosion Control
prescribed water contaminants into receiving waters.               Association Best Practice Books demonstrates that the
                                                                   capture and release of stormwater achieves the design
Editor's note— Water contaminants are prescribed in the            objectives listed in Table A: Construction phase –
Environmental Protection Act 1994.                                 stormwater management design objectives of the State
                                                                   Planning Policy (Appendix 2).

                                                                   Editor’s note— PSP6 Engineering Design Standards -
                                                                   Roads, drainage and earthworks provides guidance on
                                                                   requirements for preparing an Erosion Management Plan.

                                                                   AO14.2



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