Attachment J - Sewage Treatment Assessment

28/07/2020
                                                                              Our Reference: 5630-191119-1.1

Noosa Council
PO Box 141
Tewantin, QLD, 4565


        SEWAGE TREATMENT AND RECYCLED WATER IRRIGATION- NEEDS ASSESSMENT
                       VIPASSANA CENTRE QUEENSLAND LTD
Future-Plus Environmental has been engaged on behalf of the Vipassana Centre Queensland Ltd to review
the suitability of the current sewage treatment plant (STP) and land application area that services the
accommodation facilities at the Centre.

Overview

The Vipassana Centre is located on land formally known as Lot 6 on RP848414 at 35 Rules Road near
Pomona on the Sunshine Coast, approximately 140 km north of Brisbane and 30km inland from Noosa. The
Centre is surrounded by rural residential properties, farms and subtropical bushland.
The Vipassana Centre Queensland Ltd conducts 10-day residential as well as children’s and teen courses in
Vipassana Meditation. The Centre is listed as a not for profit organisation with the Australian Charities and
Not for profits Commission (ACNC) and is fully operated by volunteers.
The Centres’ current facilities consist of a kitchen and two dining areas, male and female ablutions, 15 guest
and two teacher accommodation blocks, office and meditation hall and an outdoor meditation facility. Other
infrastructure includes the existing sewage treatment plant and access roads and parking. The
accommodation is situated among maintained gardens of lawns and trees and there are three dams (one of
which is dry) located to the west of the facility. Another dam along an unnamed watercourse is located to the
east. The remainder of the allotment is medium to high density vegetation and a waterway is also present to
the east (refer to Figure 1 below). Water for ablutions and irrigation is currently sourced from the dams on site,
while potable water for kitchen requirements and drinking water is sourced from a combination of rainwater
and carted water.




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