WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 193
Discharging particular substances
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 193
Discharging particular substances
193 Discharging particular substances
(1) A person must not discharge trade waste or seepage water into a sewerage
service provider’s infrastructure without the sewerage service provider’s
approval under section 180.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty
units.
Note—
A sewerage service provider can not give a person an approval, under
section 180, to discharge seepage water from a mining activity or petroleum
activity, within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Act 1994, into
sewerage infrastructure.
(2) A person must not discharge a prohibited
substance, surface water, soil, sand or rock into a service provider’s
infrastructure.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
(3)
A person must not discharge water from an ornamental pond, a swimming pool or
the filtration system of a swimming pool into a service provider’s
infrastructure without the written consent of the service provider.
