PIMC

Primary Industries Ministerial Council

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• PI Standing Committee

NRMMC

Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council

• About NRMMC
• NRM Standing Committee

National Water Quality Management Strategy Guideline Documents

• Policies and Process for Water Quality Management
  • 1 Water Quality Management - An Outline of the Policies (1994) [PDF 34kb] free
  • 2 Policies and Principles - A Reference Document (1994) [PDF 122kb] free
  • 3 Implementation Guidelines (1998) [PDF 244kb] free
• Water Quality Benchmarks
  • 4 Australian and New Zealand Guidelines for Fresh and Marine
    Water Quality (revised 2000)
  • 5 Australian Drinking Water Guidelines - Summary (1996) - no longer available 
  • 6 Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (NHMRC/ARMCANZ) (1996 amended 2001)
  • 7 Australian Guidelines for Water Quality Monitoring & Reporting (2000)
• Groundwater Management
  • 8 Guidelines for Groundwater Protection in Australia (1995) [PDF 194kb] free
• Guidelines for Diffuse and Point Sources
  • 9 Rural Land Uses and Water Quality A Community Resource Document (2000)
  • 10 Australian Guidelines for Urban Stormwater Management (2000)
• Guidelines for Sewerage Systems
  • 11 Australian Guidelines for Sewerage Systems - Effluent Management (1997)
  • 12 Guidelines for Sewerage Systems - Acceptance of Trade Waste (Industrial Waste) (1994)
  • 13 Guidelines for Sewerage Systems - Biosolids Management(2004)
  • 14 Guidelines for Sewerage Systems - Use of Reclaimed Water (1999)
  • 15 Guidelines for Sewerage Systems - Sewerage System Overflows (2004)
• Effluent Management
  • 16
    • a) - Effluent Management Guidelines for Dairy Sheds (1999)
    • b) - Effluent Management Guidelines for Dairy Processing Plants (1999)
  • 17 Effluent Management Guidelines for Intensive Piggeries (1995)
  • 18 Effluent Management Guidelines for Aqueous Wool Scouring and Carbonising (1995)
  • 19 Effluent Management Guidelines for Tanning and Related Industries (1995)
  • 20 Effluent Management Guidelines for Australian Wineries and Distilleries (1998)
  • 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.
  • 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.

Documents 9 to 22a are available from the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts

Hard copies of documents 16 to 20 may be purchased from the Australian Water Association at

PO Box 222
St Leonards
NSW 1590
Phone: 02 9436 0055