Alkimos Waste Water Treatment Plant Marine Treated Wastewater Discharge Monitoring and Management
The Monitoring and Management Plan for marine treated wastewater discharge from the Alkimos Wastewater Treatment Plant aims to ensure that it is managed to achieve the following Environmental Quality Objectives. These are described in the document, Perth's Coastal Waters; Environmental Values and Objectives (Environmental Protection Authority, February 2000).
• Environmental Quality Objective 1 (Maintenance of ecosystem integrity), with spatially-assigned levels of protection as shown in figure 2 of schedule 1 of Ministerial Statement 755 (November, 2007);
• Environmental Quality Objective 2 (Maintenance of aquatic life for human consumption) assigned to all parts of the marine environment surrounding the Alkimos ocean outlet with the exception of zones shown in figure 2 of schedule 1 of Ministerial Statement 755 (November, 2007); and
• Environmental Quality Objectives 3 and 4 (Maintenance of primary contact recreation values, and Maintenance of secondary contact recreation values) assigned to all parts of the marine environment surrounding the Alkimos ocean outlet with the exception of zones shown in figure 2 of schedule 1 of Ministerial Statement 755 (November, 2007).
The Monitoring and Management Plan for marine treated wastewater discharge from the Alkimos Wastewater Treatment Plant has been prepared to satisfy Condition 11-1 as specified in Ministerial Statement 755 (November, 2007).
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