Attachment D - Planning Scheme Statement

Attachment C
Assessment Against the Planning Scheme – Water Quality and Drainage Code

wastewater unless it can be          development is collected and contained on-site,
demonstrated to not compromise       and is:
environmental values of waters
and water quality objectives.        (j)    lawfully disposed to sewer; or
                                     (k)    transferred off-site for treatment/disposal
Editor’s Note—Environmental                 to an appropriately licenced facility;
values of waters and water quality   (l)    reused on-site in a closed-cycle irrigation
objectives are prescribed in                scheme, industrial processes, washing or
Schedule 1 of the Environmental             cleaning or other purpose; or
Protection (Water) Policy 2009.      (m)    treated to meet the drinking water supply
                                            environmental values prior to release.

                                     Editor’s Note—The Plumbing and Drainage Act
                                     2003 sets out requirements for wastewater
                                     management.
PO16                                 AO16                                                 Not applicable
On-site effluent treatment and       An onsite effluent system and disposal area is:      An approved effluent disposal system exists for the
disposal systems are designed,                                                            development.
constructed and managed to not       (a)    not located on a slope greater than 1 in
compromise the environmental                (10%);
values of waters and water quality   (b)    not located at or below the 1% annual
objectives.                                 exceedance probability (AEP flood event);
                                     (c)    not located within a riparian buffer
                                            area mapped on a Biodiversity,
                                            Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Map;
                                            and
                                     (d)    setback 400 metres minimum from the full
                                            supply level of Lake Macdonald.

                                     Editor’s Note—The Plumbing and Drainage Act
                                     2003 sets out requirements for on-site effluent
                                     treatment and disposal. The Queensland
                                     Plumbing and Wastewater Code and associated
                                     guidelines are used to confirm the suitability of
                                     each site to accommodate an on-site sewerage
                                     facility; or where a centrally located group
                                     collection treatment system is proposed,
                                     confirmation as to the suitability of the
                                     designated site to accommodate the on-
                                     site sewerage facility. Additionally, where the
                                     combined total peak design capacity of effluent
                                     treatment is less than 21 equivalent persons, the
                                     design of the system achieves a low to medium
                                     risk classification in accordance with Seqwater’s
                                     Land Use Risk Tool for onsite sewerage facilities.