At the October meeting of the qldwater TRG there was initial discussion on negotiations with DERM about discharge licences particularly with relevance to licence conditions. It was agreed that a secure web page be set up to allow interested councils to share licences and associated information. Any documents sent by interested councils will be available from this page and the forum below allows confidential discussions on the topic of discharge licences.
If there is another council that should be invited to join this discussion please add a request to the forum so that all interested parties have a chance to comment. Initially, only representatives present at the TRG meeting have been advised of this page. The following people currently have access.
Discussion group members: David Brooker, Peter Turl, Scott Casey, Anthony Lipsys, Jeff Rohdmann, John Betts, Jason Plumb, John Roworth, qldwater.
Longreach Regional Council Licences
Development Approval for Longreach STP - Release Date 15-Feb-2012: - Development approval for Longreach STP. This licence is currently being being reviewed by DERM. Longreach Regional Council are in a monitoring and analysis mode to try to determine licensing conditions which are more appropriate for Longreach. |
Rockhampton Regional Council (Fitzroy River Water) STP Licences
Rockhampton STP DA - Release Date 09-Feb-2012: - Development Approval for Rockhampton STP's North, South and West
Townsville Regional Council STP Licences
Townsville STP DA - Mt St John - Release Date 17-Nov-2011: - Development Approval for STP at Mt St John (Townsville) 2009
Townsville STP DA - Mt St John (pt 2) - Release Date 17-Nov-2011: - Development Approval (second part) for Mt St John Sewage Treatment Plant (Townsville)
Townsville STP DA - Cleveland Bay upgrade - Release Date 17-Nov-2011: - Development Permit for updrade of Cleveland Bay Sewage Treatment Plant in 2005.
note: the conditions in this licence were updated in 2008 (see next document).
Townsville STP DA - changes to Cleveland Bay conditions - Release Date 17-Nov-2011: - Development Approval condition changes in 2008 to existing licence for Cleveland Bay (Townsville)
Townsville STP DA - Cockle Bay 2001 - Release Date 17-Nov-2011: - Development Approval for Sewage Treatment Plan at Cockle Bay on Magnetic Island (Townsville) 2001
Townsville STP DA - Magnetic Island Nth - Release Date 17-Nov-2011: - Development approval for Magnetic Island, Horseshoe Bay, STP 2005.
Mackay Regional Council Licences
Nebo Road Water Treatment Plant DA - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Nebo Road Water Treatment Plant Development Approval. |
Mackay North Water Recycling Facility DA - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Development Approval for Mackay North Water Recycling Facility. |
Mackay North Water Recycling Facility DA Amendment - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Mackay North Water Recycling Facility Development Approval Amendment. |
Mackay South Water Recycling Facility DA - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Development Approval for Mackay South Water Recycling Facility. |
Mackay South Water Recycling Facility DA Amendment - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Mackay South Water Recycling Facility Development Approval Amendment. |
Mackay North and Mackay South Water Recycling Facilities DA Amendment Part 1 - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Mackay North and Mackay South Water Recycling Facilities Development Approval Amendment Part 1
Mackay North and Mackay South Water Recycling Facilities DA Amendment Part 2 - Release Date 23-Nov-2011: - Mackay North and Mackay South Water Recycling Facilities Development Approval Amendment Part 2. |
Sarina Water Recycling Facility DA - Release Date 28-Nov-2011: - Sarina Water Recycling Facility Development Approval. |
Bundaberg Regional Council Licences
Thabeban Wastewater Treatment Plant - Draft Licence Conditions - Release Date 28-Nov-2011: - Thabeban Wastewater Treatment Plant - Draft Licence Conditions. |
Gin Gin Wastewater Treatment Plant - Draft Licence Conditions - Release Date 28-Nov-2011: - Gin Gin Wastewater Treatment Plant - Draft Licence Conditions. |
Cairns Regional Council Licences
ARCHIVE Port Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant Licence - Release Date 02-Dec-2011: - Douglas Wastewater Treatment Plant Licence provided by Cairns Regional Council. |
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The following table and this document summarise rages of conditions from five current STP licences. Note that the STPs licenced range in size and age so variation in licence conditions is expected. However, the table provides a broad indication of current licence condition limits.
| Quality Characteristic | Units | Min | 50 percentile | long-term 50th percentile | short-term 80th percentile | long-term 80th percentile | Max | Monitoring Frequency |
| BOD | mg/L | 6 | <5-15 | 10 | 20 | weekly-monthly | ||
| COD | mg/L | 70-200 | daily | |||||
| Turbidity | NTU | continuous | ||||||
| SS | mg/L | 9 | 20-35 | <5-30 | 30-45 | weekly | ||
| TN | mg/L as N | 3-10 | 5 | 10-25 | daily-monthly | |||
| Ammonia | mg/L as N | 1 | 2-3 | daily-monthly | ||||
| TP | mg/L as P | 0.1 | 1 | 1-8 | daily-monthly | |||
| pH | 6.5 | 8.0-8.5 | daily-monthly | |||||
| DO | mg/L | 2 | daily-monthly | |||||
| enterococc | weekly | |||||||
| faecal Coliforms | cfu/100ml | 1000 | 4000 | weekly-monthly |
Of the five licences reviewed, three have mass loading conditions. Where they exist, mass loads required are summarised in the following table.
| Quality Characteristic | Mass load period | Mass load limit type | Mass load release limit | Units |
| TN (as N) | calendar year | annual load | ADWF x 365 x 5 mg/L | kg/calendar year |
| TN (as N) | calendar year | monthly mass load | Monthly wastewater flow x 5 mg/L x 1.5 | kg/month |
| TP (as P) | calendar year | annual load | ADWF x 365 x 1 mg/L | kg/calendar year |
| TP (as P) | calendar year | monthly mass load | Monthly wastewater flow x 1 mg/L x 1.5 | kg/month |