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MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES<br />

Estuarine Habitat <strong>Management</strong> Guidelines<br />

PRIORITY<br />

FOR<br />

ACTION<br />

RESPONSIBILITY<br />

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In order to ensure that water quality is not adversely affected<br />

through increased nutrient levels, the risk <strong>of</strong> pathogens or<br />

other pollutants entering the waterway, the <strong>Council</strong> will not<br />

support any development along the foreshores and catchment<br />

area within <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> unless it can be demonstrated to<br />

the satisfaction <strong>of</strong> <strong>Council</strong> that adequate sewage and<br />

stormwater disposal facilities can be provided. The following<br />

general requirements will apply:<br />

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<strong>Council</strong><br />

i) No development is to directly discharge effluent into <strong>Brisbane</strong><br />

<strong>Water</strong> or any <strong>of</strong> its tributary watercourses.<br />

ii)<br />

<strong>Council</strong> will require that any future development be connected<br />

to the mains reticulated sewer system and/or <strong>Council</strong><br />

approved compost toilets.<br />

iii)<br />

Any proposed commercial development or expansion <strong>of</strong><br />

existing development along the foreshores <strong>of</strong> <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong><br />

will not be supported by <strong>Council</strong>, where such development will<br />

facilitate an increase in the number <strong>of</strong> people that can be<br />

catered for, unless it can be connected to reticulated sewer.<br />

In particular, prospective developers will be required to<br />

substantiate that the water quality <strong>of</strong> <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> will not<br />

be adversely affected.<br />

iv)<br />

All development works are to be done in accordance with<br />

<strong>Gosford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Council</strong> Code <strong>of</strong> Practice: Erosion and<br />

sedimentation Control.<br />

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<strong>Council</strong> will require that all major boat accommodation<br />

facilities (such as commercial or club marinas and commercial<br />

or club boat sheds) provide adequate boat sewage,<br />

maintenance and rubbish disposal facilities capable <strong>of</strong><br />

satisfying <strong>Council</strong>’s standards, in order to minimise the extent<br />

<strong>of</strong> any adverse impact caused by the direct discharge or<br />

disposal <strong>of</strong> effluent and rubbish into <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong>.<br />

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<strong>Council</strong><br />

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<strong>Council</strong> will ensure in consultation with the Environment<br />

Protection Authority that precautions taken with all proposed<br />

development to ensure that the discharge <strong>of</strong> unacceptable<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> pollutants into <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> does not occur. The<br />

<strong>Council</strong> will require that all existing development or works<br />

comply with the requirements <strong>of</strong> the Clean <strong>Water</strong>s Act 1990<br />

(as amended).<br />

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<strong>Council</strong><br />

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In instances where premises or activities are subject to<br />

license or permit under any Act relating to the maintenance <strong>of</strong><br />

clan water, as may apply to <strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> in conjunction<br />

with any development approval sought from <strong>Council</strong>, any<br />

conditions that such a license may impose, relating to the<br />

maintenance or improvement <strong>of</strong> water quality shall form part<br />

<strong>of</strong> any development approval issued by the <strong>Council</strong>.<br />

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<strong>Council</strong><br />

<strong>Brisbane</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Management</strong> - July 1995 Page 11

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