Water management is the activity on planning, developing, distributing and optimum use of water resources under defined water policies and regulating. It includes management of water treatment of drinking water, industrial water, sewage or wastewater, management of water resources.

Environmental Quality Act 1974 (ACT 127) Regulations:

 Environment Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009
 Environment Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009

Competent person

• Course for Certified Environmental Professional in the Operation of Industrial Effluent Treatment Systems (Physical Chemical Processes). (CePIETSO – PCP)

• Course for Certified Environmental Professional in the Operation of Industrial Effluent Treatment System (Biological Processes – Activated Sludge Process). (CePIETSP – BP)

Water resources

• Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful.
  
  

• Any area of natural waters occurring on earth, regardless of its state such as vapor, liquid or solid.

Application

These Regulations apply to any premises which discharge or release industrial effluent or mixed effluent onto or into any soil, or into any inland waters.
Competent person

Meaning sewage, wastewater, industrial effluent.

1) Sewage

Any liquid waste or wastewater discharge containing human, animal, domestic, or putrescible matter in suspension or solution and includes liquids containing chemicals in solution either on the raw, treated or partially treated.

2) Wastewater

Water by weight, it is the water produce by humans in domestic, industrial and commercial applications and disposed of through a pipe or drainage system.

3) industrial effluent

Any waste in the form of liquid or wastewater generated from manufacturing process including the treatment of water for water supply or any activity occurring at any industrial premises.

Primary Microplastic

• plastic fragments or particles that already 5.0 mm in size or less before entering the environment

Secondary Microplastic

• Arise from the degradation (breakdown of larger plastic products through natural weathering processes after entering the environment