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WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 643 Provision about water quality monitoring and reporting

WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 643

Provision about water quality monitoring and reporting

643 Provision about water quality monitoring and reporting

(1) This section applies in relation to an existing CSG recycled water scheme during the transitional period for the scheme.
(2) The regulator may, by notice given to the recycled water provider for the existing CSG recycled water scheme, require the provider to do any of the following—
(a) carry out monitoring, described in the notice, of the quality of—
(i) recycled water produced or supplied under the scheme, including water in feed ponds for the scheme or, if it is not possible to monitor water in feed ponds, water from the petroleum wells for the scheme; or
(ii) the water in a water source into which recycled water is released under the scheme;
(b) give the regulator reports, at the intervals stated in the notice, about the results of the monitoring mentioned in paragraph (a) ;
(c) give the regulator other reports about the operation of the scheme, including, for example, reports about whether the quality of water produced or supplied under the scheme is consistent with the water quality criteria for recycled water stated in the notice.
(3) The recycled water provider must comply with the notice unless the provider has a reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.