South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
Division—
"lake" means a natural lake and includes a natural lagoon, swamp, marsh or
spring;
"owner" in relation to a vessel or aircraft includes a person who has, or is
entitled to, possession or control of the vessel or aircraft;
"surface water" means water in a watercourse or lake and includes—
(a)
water in a dam, reservoir or artificial lake that is situated in a
water protection area; and
(b)
floodwaters that have overflown the banks of a watercourse or lake;
"underground water" means—
(a)
water occurring naturally below ground level;
(b)
water pumped, diverted or released into a well for storage underground;
"watercourse" means—
(a) a
river, creek or other natural watercourse (whether modified or not);
(b) an
artificial channel (but not a channel declared by regulation to be excluded
from the ambit of this definition);
"water protection area" means a part of the State for the time being declared
by proclamation to be a water protection area;
"Water Resources Minister" means the Minister for the time being administering
the Natural Resources Management Act 2004 .
(2) A pollutant
floating on the surface of water will be taken to have entered the water.
(3) A pollutant that
enters surface or underground water in a water protection area of the State
will be taken to have degraded the water if the quality of the water is
detrimentally affected as the pollutant disperses through or over it
notwithstanding that, as dispersion continues, the detrimental effect may be
reduced to a negligible level.
(4) For the purposes
of this Division a pollutant in a vehicle, or that has entered water from a
vehicle, will be taken to be on the land, or to have entered the water from
the land, on which the vehicle is standing or moving.