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 1287 – wastewater discharge risk assessments (PDF, 784KB).
• EPA Publication 473 – Managing Sewage Discharges to Inland Waters (PDF, 72 KB)
• EPA Publication 483 – Information Bulletin: Managing Sewage Discharges to Inland Waters ( PDF, 25 KB)
• EPA Publication 730 – Guidelines for Environmental Management – Disinfection of Treated Wastewater (PDF, 198 KB)
• EPA Publication 464.2 – Guidelines for Environmental Management – Use of Reclaimed Water (PDF , 1235 KB or 1.2 MB)
• EPA Publication 1015 – Guidelines for Environmental Management: Dual pipe water recycling schemes - Health and environmental risk management (PDF, 576 KB)
• EPA Publication 887.1 – Supply of Reclaimed  Water for Drought Relief
• EPA Publication 943 - Guidelines for Environmental Management: Biosolids Land Application (PDF, 1160 KB)
• EPA Publication 1288 - Guidelines for Environmental Management: Use of Biosolids as Geotechnical Fill (PDF, 499KB)

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