Appendix J - Water Supply and Wastewater Servicing Report

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GLOSSARY
 Term                Definition
 ADWG                The 2011 edition of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, published by the
                     National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Natural Resource
                     Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC).
 ARI                 Average Recurrence Interval
 BAU                 Business as Usual
 Capex               Capital Cost
 catchment           Area that collects rainfall and contributes to surface water runoff or to groundwater
 chlorination        Use of chlorine as gaseous Cl2, sodium hypochlorite liquid or granular calcium
                     hypochlorite as a means of disinfection
 Cl                  Chlorine
 CO2                 Carbon Dioxide
 contaminant         Biological or chemical substance, not normally present, capable of producing an
                     adverse effect in a biological system, seriously injuring structure or function
 DBPs                Disinfection by-products
 disinfection        A process provided to kill or inactivate pathogenic (disease causing)
                     microorganisms
 distribution        A network of pipes leading from a treatment plant to the customers plumbing
 system              systems
 DES                 Department of Environment and Science
 EA                  Environmental Authority
 EP                  Equivalent Population
 ERA                 Environmentally Relevant Activity
 filtration          Process in which particulate matter in water is removed by passage through
                     porous media
 GHGs                Green House Gas Emissions
 GL                  Gigalitre (equivalent to 1,000ML)
 ha                  Hectare (10,000 m2)
 IPR                 Indirect Potable Reuse
 kL                  Kilolitre (1,000L)
 kWhr                Kilowatt hour (1,000W)
 mains water         Potable water from a reticulated water supply (e.g. town water supply)
 MCA                 Multi-criteria analysis
 mg/L                milligrams per litre
 ML                  Megalitre (equivalent to 1,000kL)
 kgN                 Kilograms of Nitrogen
 NHMRC               National Health and Medical Research Council
 NRMMC               Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council