Codes of Practice for business and industry

The EPA has recently released The Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy which aims to protect South Australia’s waters from pollutants.

Business and industry and the whole community has a responsibility or ‘duty of care’ to help safeguard the State’s water, land and eco-systems.

Codes of Practice have been developed to assist business and industry to comply with the requirements of the Water Quality Policy and the Environment Protection Act. The Codes also provide advice and information about how to operate in a ‘best environmental practice’ manner.

These Codes of Practice are specific to Business and Industry.

For a full list of all Codes of Practice click here

For more specific Codes refer to list below:
Stormwater pollution prevention code of practice for the building and construction industry (471KB PDF)
Stormwater pollution prevention code of practice for local, state and federal government agencies (390KB PDF)
Handbook for pollution avoidance on building sites (1.04MB PDF)
Abrasive blast cleaning (134KB PDF)
Air conditioning and pipework systems-wastewater removal (531KB PDF)
Bunding and spill management (288KB PDF)
Carpet and upholstery cleaning wastewater (133KB PDF)
Disposal of Soaps and Detergents (126KB)
Dredging and earthworks drainage (139KB PDF)