| 1 | EPA Licence monitoring Data |
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| The Protection of the Environment Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (POELA Act) introduced the new requirement that holders of an environment protection licence make their pollution monitoring data publicly available in a timely manner. The intention of this requirement is to improve the general public’s access to information about the environmental performance of licensed facilities. This is in addition to other information that the EPA includes on its public register. GSC Pollution Response Management Plan |
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| Council is the licensee of multiple environmental protection licenses relating to water treatment and waste disposal. To find the environmental monitoring data required by each licence, click the corresponding link in the first column in the following table. | |
| Licence No | Location Name | Location Address | Activity |
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| 584 | Warialda Sewerage Treatment Plant | Gwydir Highway Warialda | Sewerage treatment processing by small plants |
| 586 | Bingara Sewerage Treatment Plant | Bandalong Street Bingara | Sewerage treatment processing by small plants |
| 4 | Warialda Sewage Treatment Works |
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| 4a | The full license for the Warialda Sewage Treatment Works (EPL # 584) is available from the EPA Website. |
| The objectives of this licence are to: | |
| a. prevent as far as practicable sewage overflows and sewage treatment plant bypasses; | |
| b. require proper and efficient management of the system to minimise harm to the environment and public health; | |
| c. and require practical measures to be taken to protect the environment and public health from sewage overflows and sewage treatment plant effluent. | |
| Data required under the licence are published in PDF format, and include licence details, monitoring points, pollutants and units of measure, monitoring frequency, limits imposed by the licence, any other relevant conditions imposed by the licence, and dates of sampling, data acquisition and publication. |
| The full license for the Warialda Sewage Treatment Works (EPL # 584) is available on the EPA websiteEPA Website | |
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| Warialda sewerage treatment works – EPA monitoring points | |
| Warialda sewerage treatworks – map of monitoring point locations | |
| Warialda sewerage treatment works – yearly summary 2018-2019 | |
| Warialda sewerage treatment works -monthly summary 2017-2019 |
| 5 | Bingara sewerage treatment works |
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| 5a | The full license for the Bingara Sewage Treatment Works (EPL # 586) is available from the EPA website. |
| The objectives of this licence are to: | |
| a. prevent as far as practicable sewage overflows and sewage treatment plant bypasses; | |
| b. require proper and efficient management of the system to minimise harm to the environment and public health; | |
| c. and require practical measures to be taken to protect the environment and public health from sewage overflows and sewage treatment plant effluent. | |
| Data required under the licence are published in PDF format, and include licence details, monitoring points, pollutants and units of measure, monitoring frequency, limits imposed by the licence, any other relevant conditions imposed by the licence, and dates of sampling, data acquisition and publication. |
| 5b | Data Files |
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| Bingara sewerage treatment works – EPA monitoring points | |
| Bingara sewerage treatment works – map of monitoring point locations | |
| Bingara sewerage treatment works – yearly summary 2018-2019 | |
| Bingara sewerage treatment works – monthly summary 2017-2019 |