Water quality publications
Hard copies of a number of these publications are available from the Community Information Unit.
National Water Quality Management Strategy
These guidelines have been released by the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC) and, in some cases, in collaboration with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Australian Health Ministers Conference. Hard copies of these guidelines can be ordered from the Australian Water Association
- Policies and process for water quality management
- Water quality benchmarks
- Register for National Water Quality Management Strategy updates
- Paper 4: Australian and New Zealand guidelines for fresh and marine water quality - 2000 (order printed copy)
- Paper 6: Australian drinking water guidelines - 2004
- Paper 7: Australian guidelines for water quality monitoring and reporting - 2000
- Groundwater management
- Diffuse and point sources
- Guidelines for Sewerage Systems
- Paper 11: Guidelines for sewerage systems - effluent management - 1997
- Paper 12: Guidelines for sewerage systems - acceptance of trade waste (industrial waste) - 1994
- Paper 13: Guidelines for sewerage systems - sludge (biosolids) management - 2004
- Paper 14: Guidelines for sewerage systems - use of reclaimed water - 2000
- Paper 15: Guidelines for sewerage systems - sewerage system overflows - 2004 (order printed copy)
- Effluent Management
- Paper 16a: Effluent management guidelines for dairy sheds - 1999
- Paper 16b: Effluent management guidelines for dairy processing plants - 1999
- Paper 17: Effluent management guidelines for intensive piggeries - 1999
- Paper 18: Effluent management guidelines for aqueous wool scouring and carbonising - 1999
- Paper 19: Effluent management guidelines for tanning and related industries in Australia - 1995
- Paper 20: Effluent management guidelines for Australian wineries and distilleries - 1998
- Water recycling
- Paper 21: Australian guidelines for water recycling: managing health and environmental risks (Phase1) - 2006. Phase 1 covers the treatment of sewage effluent and greywater for non-drinking purposes. (order printed copy)
- Paper 22a: Australian guidelines for water recycling: managing health and environmental risks (Phase 2): Augmentation of drinking water supplies - 2008. This guideline covers the treatment of sewage effluent and greywater for augmentation of drinking water supplies.
- Other reports
- Desktop review - Impact of bushfires on water quality - 2011
- National guidance for the management of acid sulfate soils in inland aquatic ecosystems - 2011
- Assessing the need to revise the Guidelines for groundwater protection in Australia: A review report - 2010.
Includes the following documents:- Groundwater Guidelines Literature Review - Milestone Report
- Groundwater Guidelines End-user Analysis - Milestone Report
- Groundwater Guidelines Review - Final Report
- Groundwater Guidelines Regulatory Review - Final Report
- Groundwater Guidelines Regulatory Review - Appendices A B
- Discussion paper on implementation of the National Water Quality Management Strategy - 2008
- Assessment of the Approach taken for the Adaption of the CSIRO Pesticide Impact Rating Index (PIRI) to Tasmanian Conditions - Final report - 2008
- Better Water Workshop Series – National Water Quality Management Strategy - 2008
- Water quality targets: a handbook - 2002
- Water quality targets online - 2002
- Random Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data and Associated Operational/Landscape and Climate Data - First report - 2007
- Random Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data and Associated Operational/Landscape and Climate Data - Second report - 2007
- The Framework for Marine and Estuarine Water Quality Protection: A Reference Document - 2001
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