2023 LGAQ ANNUAL CONFERENCE MOTIONS · Attachment 2 - MOTION B - Cr Lorentson - State Policy on Ocean Sewerage Outfalls

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                            It is time to reduce the impact of not just solid
                            waste but also liquid waste on our environment
                            and communities.
                            It is time to transition towards a circular
                            economy for wastewater and building economic
                            opportunity.
                            And uncertainty around emerging contaminants
                            such as PFAS and micro plastics and toxins
                            requires improved systems and investment to
                            manage WWTP for cleaner oceans.
                            We need to transition to cleaner wastewater,
                            for cleaner oceans, for all of Queensland.
Case study/ Example         South Australia: Urban Water Directions
(optional) 350 word limit   Statement
                            Europe: New EU rules to protect better the health
                            of Europeans.
                            For example:
                            ‘Make the wastewater sector energy-neutral and
                            move it towards climate neutrality by reducing
                            energy use, using the larger surfaces of some
                            wastewater treatments plants to produce
                            solar/wind energy, encouraging water reuse and
                            using sludge to produce biogas.
                            Make industry responsible for treating toxic
                            micropollutants (“polluter pays” principle) that are
                            released into the environment from the use of
                            their products, especially harmful residues from
                            pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector.
                             “This will reduce direct emissions of organic
                            matter, nitrogen and phosphorus to water bodies,
                            but also litter and microplastics captured by urban
                            runoff.”




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                                                                         Wilson Crawley