Total Water Cycle Management Planning Under the EPP Water
Date: 29-Jun-2017
The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) is proposing to remove the requirement for Local Government Total Water Cycle Management (TWCM) plan preparation under the EPP Water.
EHP is working with the Department of Energy and Water Supply in its consideration of a possible outcomes based regulatory framework, in lieu of the requirement for:
- a number of water service provider management plans under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Water Supply Act); and
- Local Government TWCM plans under the EPP Water.
The proposed performance based planning approach for Queensland’s water sector is seeking to advance more flexible and simpler institutional arrangements and regulatory frameworks—involving annual reporting against key performance indicators and public comparative reporting.
TWCM principles (recognising the role of catchments, urban and rural run-off and sewage treatment in the overall health of water supplies and our waterways) will be incorporated into the performance reporting regulatory framework. Local Governments that have embraced a TWCM approach (such as cost-effective catchment-based or decentralised solutions) will have the opportunity to report their achievements.
Subject to consultation and approval, the proposed outcomes based regulatory framework under the Water Supply Act is scheduled for implementation in July 2014. As a consequence the statutory timelines under the EPP Water for TWCM plan completion will be extended to avoid any non-compliance while the performance based planning approach is being resolved.
For further information please contact Jim Fewings of the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection—phone 3330 5655 / email James.Fewings@ehp.qld.gov.au.
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