Resources: Fact Sheets
Compliance
When lodging an OSSM application to Council to install, construct or alter an OSSM system or a development application in a non-sewered area, the designer and/or consultant is to comply with or refer to the following documents:
- Local Government Act 1993
- Local Government (General) Regulation 2021
- Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997
- AlburyCity On-Site Sewage Management Plan
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
- Environmental Planning and Assessment Regulation 2000
- Public Health Act 2010
- NSW Plumbing and Drainage Act 2011 No 59
- NSW Plumbing and Drainage Regulation 2017
Guidelines and Standards
- Environment and Health Protection Guidelines 1998
- AS/NZS 1546:1 – Septic tanks
- AS/NZS 1546:2 – Waterless composting toilets
- AS/NZS 1546:3 – Secondary treatment systems
- AS/NZS 1546:4 – Domestic greywater treatment systems
- AS/NZS 1547 - On-site domestic wastewater management
- AS/NZS 3500:2012 Plumbing and drainage
- Plumbing Code of Australia 2016
- Building Code of Australia
- Environment & Health Protection Guidelines: On-Site Sewage Management for Single Households
- NSW Guidelines for Greywater Reuse in Sewered, Single Household Residential Premises
- AlburyCity Development Control Plan 2010