2018-07-10 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 8 - Draft Noosa River Plan

Noosa River Community Jury
The Jury recommended Council take on




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management of anchoring, mooring and
living on the river on the basis it would




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be a ‘user pays’ system funded through
alternative means to rates.




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In    addition,  detailed     operational
recommendations were also provided which
include:




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•	Implement a role with authority on the
   river around compliance and monitoring.                Living on the river




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•	Remove abandoned, unattended,                          The Department of Transport and Main Roads has
   unauthorised, derelict and unsafe vessels              issued a number of long-term and casual approvals
   to an impound area in the river for                    for people to live on the Noosa River, either
   auction.                                               temporarily, intermittently or permanently.
•	Review anchoring and mooring locations                 Vessels used to live on board are either at anchor
   and types of moorings.                                 or moored, and there is no fee associated with
•	Determine a cap and locations for live on              these approvals.
   boards.                                                The Transport Infrastructure (Waterways
• Review fees for mooring and anchoring.                  Management) Regulation outlines the legislative
                                                          provisions for living on board. These provisions
•	Undertake effective monitoring and                     restrict vessels being used for living on the
   facilitation of waste tank effluent                    river (whether temporarily, intermittently or
   removal and disposal from vessels.                     permanently) from remaining in the river for more
•	Implement lighting and marker options                  than 48 hours, unless the living on board is in
   for boats (and beacons) for safety                     accordance with the State approval.
   reasons.                                              As a ‘condition of use’ the vessel used to live on
                                                         board must have the appropriate waste holding
                                                         system on board. Occupants must ensure waste
                                                         is not discharged to the river, ensure that a fixed
or mobile pump-out facility is used to empty the contents of the waste holding system and keep written
records of each discharge while the vessel remains in the river.
Council regularly receives complaints from the general public and other river users that people discharge
waste to the river. The Noosa River and adjoining lakes is a nil discharge area for treated and untreated
sewage. These provisions are set out in the waterways management and marine pollution legislation.


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