B - Code Compliance

Water Quality and Drainage Code

Editor’s Note—Environmental values of waters and water quality   c) reused on-site in a closed-cycle irrigation scheme,
objectives are prescribed in Schedule 1 of the Environmental        industrial processes, washing or cleaning or other
Protection (Water) Policy 2009.                                     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                                                                      AO16 – Complies
On-site effluent treatment and disposal systems are              An onsite effluent system and disposal area is:                           All wastewater is discharged into the existing network
designed, constructed and managed to not                         a) not located on a slope greater than 1 in (10%);                        comprising reticulated sewer and a rising main on
compromise the environmental values of waters and                b) not located at or below the 1% annual exceedance                       Noosa Drive.
water quality objectives.                                           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.