Guidance for water authorities

The wastewater industry plays an important role in reducing our impact on the water environment. Water authorities operate plants that treat the household, commercial and industrial wastewater collected by sewerage systems.

The plants treat this water so that it can be reused or discharged to the environment in accordance with EPA requirements. These authorities are major EPA clients and EPA has prepared publications to assist them to operate sustainably:

• EPA Publication 473 – Managing Sewage Discharges to Inland Waters (Adobe PDF file, 72KB)
• EPA Publication 483 – Information Bulletin: Managing Sewage Discharges to Inland Waters (Adobe PDF file, 25KB)
• EPA Publication 464.2 – Guidelines for Environmental Management – Use of Reclaimed Water (Adobe PDF file, 1235KB or 1.2MB)
• EPA Publication 730 – Guidelines for Environmental Management – Disinfection of Treated Wastewater (Adobe PDF file, 198KB)
• EPA Publication 1015 – Guidelines for Environmental Management: Dual pipe water recycling schemes - Health and environmental risk management (Adobe PDF file, 576KB)

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