Civil Engineering Report

WATER QUALITY & DRAINAGE CODE
Performance Criteria and Acceptable Solution
23 Bottlebrush Avenue, Noosa Head
22 May 2025
             PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES                                                 ACCEPTABLE OUTCOMES                                                            RESPONSE

Wastewater management and effluent disposal
PO15                                                               AO15
                                                                                              Development will not discharge wastewater
Development does not discharge wastewater                          Wastewater (non-sewage) generated from the
                                                                                              from site. Refer stormwater management plan
unless it can be demonstrated to not          development is collected and contained on-site, for further information.
compromise environmental values of waters and and is:
water quality objectives.
                                                                      a) lawfully disposed to sewer; or
Editor’s Note—Environmental values of waters                          b) transferred off-site for treatment/disposal
and water quality objectives are prescribed in                             to an appropriately licenced facility;
Schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection                            c) reused on-site in a closed-cycle irrigation
(Water) Policy 2009.                                                       scheme, industrial processes, washing or
                                                                           cleaning or other purpose; or
                                                                      d) 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
                                                                                                                                     No onsite treatment systems are proposed as
On-site effluent treatment and disposal systems                     An onsite effluent system and disposal area is:                  part of the development.
are designed, constructed and managed to not
compromise the environmental values of waters                       a) not located on a slope greater than 1 in
and water quality objectives.                                            (10%);
                                                                    b) not located at or below the 1% annual
                                                                         exceedance probability (AEP flood event);



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