MCU14/0056 Response to SARA - Consulting Report

                   Corner Myall Street & Ferrells Road Cooroy, QLD 4563
                                                  SEQwater Development Guidelines
                          Development Guidelines for Water Quality Management in Drinking Water Catchments


                Specific Outcome                                    Measures                                           Comment

                                              M6.5 The application area must not cause risk of        Not Applicable
                                              salinisation, overland flow, ponding or seepage.

                                              M6.6 Land application areas are to be vegetated
                                              and sizing of the area must include consideration of
                                              the vegetation type and capacity for up-take.

 S7    Application Area Location              M7.1 Siting conditions should abide by the              Not Applicable
       Effluent disposal application areas    Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code and
       are located to achieve no additional   consider:
       effect on water quality.
                                              a) Protection of public health (Table 1.2);

                                              b) Protection of surface and groundwater quality
                                              (Table 1.3) including diversion mounds upslope of
                                              the application area so that these waters do not
                                              flow onto or across the application area.

                                              M7.2 Siting of the application area (inclusive of any
                                              reserve area) must achieve the horizontal
                                              separation distances as per Specific Outcome S2
                                              and the following:

                                              a) On land with a low capability of becoming
                                              unstable or collapsing during
                                              construction/operation;




Table 4 Element 1: On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Disposal Specific Outcomes and Measures cont.