On-Site Wastewater Management

• Wastewater Management (Geotech) Reports for residential (single lot or subdivision) or commercial systems
• Audit existing wastewater treatment systems to ensure compliance with local council (approval to operate) 

  If you don't have a reticulated sewer connection to your property an On-site Wastewater Management (Geotech) Report"  is required as part of your development application (under Section 68)  to local council for an  "Approval to Operate" or  "Alter" an On-Site Sewage Management (OSSM) system within your property boundaries. If your existing OSSM system is failing you will also require a Wastewater Management Report. 

What does an On-site  Wastewater Management Assessment or Wastewater report involve? 

The key components include:

1. Desktop study - review of house plans, soils maps, climate data etc.
2. Site and soil assessment to determine options for effluent management.
3. Wastewater System Design, including treatment and disposal or re-use method and sizing.
4. Creation of a site layout map to identify where the effluent will be disposed in relation to buildings, drainage lines, dams, property boundaries etc.
5. Provide recommendations on best OSSM.

 A Wastewater Assessment Report is required with a development application for a Section 68 application to local council (for approval or altering a system) in the following cases: 

• You are planning to construct a new residence or building in a non-sewered area and  therefore require a new On-Site Sewage Management (OSSM) system. 
• You are expanding or renovating an existing house or building (domestic or commercial).
• You plan to subdivide land in area not serviced by a reticulated town sewer system.
• You wish to update an existing OSSM (e.g. from septic tank to an Aerated Wastewater Treatment System).
• You wish to construct additional structures or dwellings on your block (domestic or commercial).
• Your trench or absorption system is failing and you need a new OSSM.
• Your local council has ordered that a Wastewater Management  Assessment be undertaken to recommend a new effluent management system. 

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