Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 201

(1) The recycled water provider for a single-entity recycled water scheme must prepare a recycled water management plan for the scheme unless the provider has an exemption for the scheme.

(2) The scheme manager for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme must prepare a scheme manager plan for the scheme.

(3) Each recycled water provider and other declared entity for a multiple-entity recycled water scheme must prepare a scheme provider plan for the scheme.

(4) A recycled water management plan, scheme manager plan and scheme provider plan must be prepared in accordance with the guidelines, if any, made by the regulator about—

(a) preparing recycled water management plans; and

(b) validating recycled water schemes.

(5) A recycled water management plan must—

(a) describe the recycled water scheme to which the plan relates; and

(b) include details of the infrastructure for the production or supply of recycled water under the scheme, and how the infrastructure is to be maintained; and

Examples of infrastructure for the production or supply of recycled water that is coal seam gas water—

feed ponds, petroleum wells, storage and distribution infrastructure, treatment plants

(c) include the water quality criteria for recycled water for the plan; and

(d) identify the hazards and hazardous events that may affect the quality of the recycled water; and

(e) include an assessment of the risks posed by the hazards and hazardous events; and

(f) demonstrate how the risks posed by the hazards and hazardous events are proposed to be managed; and

(g) include details of the operational and verification monitoring programs under the plan, including the parameters to be used for indicating compliance with the plan and the water quality criteria for recycled water for the plan; and

(h) include the incident and emergency response plan for the scheme; and

(i) if recycled water is supplied under the recycled water scheme to premises by way of a reticulation system used only to provide recycled water for outdoor use or for use in flushing toilets or in washing machines—include details of an education and risk awareness program for customers of the scheme.

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to an interim recycled water management plan for a CSG recycled water scheme.