Policies, Codes of Practice and Guidelines

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

Land managers 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 land managers to comply with the requirements of the Water Quality Policy and the Environment Protection Act. The Codes also provide advice and information for a person or business to operate in a 'best environmental practice' manner.

These Codes of Practice are specific to land managers:
Code of practice for milking shed effluent (948KB PDF)
Guidelines for the establishment of cattle feedlots in South Australia (1MB PDF)
Reclaimed water irrigation of pasture for grazing of cattle and pigs (118KB PDF)
Guidelines for the establishment of intensive piggeries in South Australia (713KB PDF)
Wineries and distilleries-wastewater monitoring programs (under review) (175KB PDF)

Click here for a full list of legislation and policies that relate to water in South Australia.