South Australian Current Regulations

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 30

30—Determining water reuse component

        (1)         The water reuse component is comprised of a separate amount payable for each assessable site specified in the licence.

        (2)         The water reuse component is 1 fee unit for each megalitre (rounded to the nearest megalitre) of wastewater discharged to the marine environment (whether directly or indirectly through pipes or channels) in the course of a prescribed activity of environmental significance during the designated reporting period—

            (a)         measured in accordance with an approved estimation or monitoring technique for the activity; or

            (b)         if the low salinity water threshold is taken to be exceeded under regulation 27(4)(c)—estimated by the Authority on the basis of its reasonable assumptions as to the nature and level of the licensee's activities.

        (3)         If the low salinity water threshold is taken to be exceeded under regulation 27(4)(b) or regulation 27(4)(c), the water reuse component is subject to any necessary adjustment under regulation 31 after the end of the licence period.

        (4)         In this regulation—

"designated reporting period" means—

            (a)         if the low salinity water threshold is taken to be exceeded under regulation 27(4)(a)—the reporting period immediately preceding the current licence period; or

            (b)         if the low salinity water threshold is taken to be exceeded under regulation 27(4)(b)—the reporting period immediately preceding the reporting period referred to in paragraph (a); or

            (c)         if the low salinity water threshold is taken to be exceeded under regulation 27(4)(c)—a hypothetical reporting period of 12 months.