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                                         Appropriately sized litter
                                        containment areas, with provision for
                                        sorting recyclables are provided for
                                        the type of litter expected to be
                                        generated onsite.
PO15                                    AO15
Development does not discharge          Wastewater (non-sewage) generated
wastewater unless it can be             from the development is collected
demonstrated to not compromise          and contained on-site, and is:
environmental values of waters and      (a) lawfully disposed to sewer; or
water quality objectives.
                                        (b) transferred off-site for
                                             treatment/disposal to an
Editor’s Note—Environmental                  appropriately licenced facility;
values of waters and water quality
objectives are prescribed in Schedule   (c) reused on-site in a closed-cycle
1 of the Environmental Protection            irrigation scheme, industrial
                                             processes, washing or cleaning
(Water) Policy 2009.
                                             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
On-site effluent treatment and
disposal systems are designed,          An onsite effluent system and
constructed and managed to not          disposal area is:
compromise the environmental
values of waters and water quality      (a) not located on a slope greater
objectives.                                 than 1 in (10%);
                                        (b) not located at or below the 1%
                                            annual 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.




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