Queensland Numbered Acts

PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE ACT 2018 - SECT 79

79 Discharging and using greywater, other than kitchen greywater

(1) This section applies to greywater, other than kitchen greywater, from plumbing and drainage on premises.

(2) The owner of the premises must ensure—

(a) the greywater does not cause an odour that unreasonably interferes, or is likely to unreasonably interfere, with the use or enjoyment of other premises; and

(b) any ponding or run-off of the greywater does not cause a danger or health risk to anyone; and

(c) any ponding or run-off of the greywater is contained—

(i) if there is a land application area for the greywater—on the land application area; or

(ii) otherwise—on the premises.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) If the premises are in a sewered area, the owner of the premises must ensure the greywater is discharged—

(a) into a greywater use facility; or

(b) onto a garden or lawn on the premises using a hose or bucket; or

(c) into the sewerage system for the area.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—250 penalty units.

(4) If the premises are not in a sewered area, the owner of the premises must ensure the greywater is discharged—

(a) into a greywater use facility; or

(b) onto a garden or lawn on the premises using a hose or bucket; or

(c) into an on-site sewage facility; or

(d) into an environmentally relevant on-site sewage facility.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—250 penalty units.

(5) Also, the owner of premises in a sewered area must ensure the greywater is used on the premises only for—

(a) if the greywater is discharged into a greywater use facility that includes a greywater treatment plant that is installed on the premises and treats water to the standard stated for the plant in the Queensland Plumbing and Wastewater Code—

(i) washing a vehicle, path or exterior wall of the premises; or

(ii) flushing a toilet; or

(iii) supplying cold water to a washing machine; or

(iv) supplying a closed loop laundry system; or

(v) irrigating a garden or lawn; or

(b) otherwise—irrigating a garden or lawn.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—250 penalty units.