New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UPPER HUNTER LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN 2013 - REG 6.5

6.5 Drinking water catchments

(1) The objective of this clause is to protect drinking water catchments by minimising the adverse impacts of development on the quality and quantity of water entering drinking water storages.

(2) This clause applies to land identified as "Drinking Water Catchment" on the Drinking Water Catchment Map .

(3) Before determining a development application for development on land to which this clause applies, the consent authority must consider the following--

(a) whether or not the development is likely to have any adverse impact on the quality and quantity of water entering the drinking water storage, having regard to the following--

(i) the distance between the development and any waterway that feeds into the drinking water storage,

(ii) the on-site use, storage and disposal of any chemicals on the land,

(iii) the treatment, storage and disposal of waste water and solid waste generated or used by the development,

(b) any appropriate measures proposed to avoid, minimise or mitigate the impacts of the development.

(4) Development consent must not be granted to development on land to which this clause applies unless the consent authority is satisfied that--

(a) the development is designed, sited and will be managed to avoid any significant adverse impact on water quality and flows, or

(b) if that impact cannot be reasonably avoided--the development is designed, sited and will be managed to minimise that impact, or

(c) if that impact cannot be minimised--the development will be managed to mitigate that impact.