Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 61D

61D Content of water risk management plans

The water risk management plan for a prescribed facility must—

(a) describe the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and

(b) identify hazards, hazard sources and hazardous events relevant to water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and

(c) assess the risks associated with hazards, hazard sources and hazardous events identified under paragraph (b) ; and

(d) state the following—

(i) measures to be taken to control the risks assessed under paragraph (c) ;

(ii) the procedures that must be implemented for monitoring the effectiveness of the measures;

(iii) a schedule that must be complied with for testing water for Legionella and other identified hazards at a frequency informed by the risks, measures and procedures;

(iv) the way records of results obtained under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) will be kept; and

(e) state procedures for responding to—

(i) the results of monitoring that indicate the failure of measures taken to control risks assessed under paragraph (c) ; and

(ii) the results of testing that indicate the presence of a hazard in water within the prescribed facility’s water distribution system; and

(f) include a requirement for the water risk management plan to be reviewed and when that review is to be carried out; and

(g) include any other requirement prescribed by regulation.