Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling

The National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS) National Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks are an authoritative reference for the supply, use and regulation of recycled water schemes.  The guidelines were approved by the Environmnet Protection and Heritage Council, the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council and the Australian Health Ministers' Conference in 2006.

This document extends the guidance provided in Phase 1 of Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling to focus on the managed storage and retrieval of recycled water from aquifers.

This report was commissioned by the National Water Commission and the Queensland Government to investigate scientifically justified human-based chemical quality guidelines for recycled water uses that lead to human exposure.  Data from this report has been incorporated into the Australina Guidelines on Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinkling Water Supplies Module.

This erratum corrects Table A5.22 on page 334 of Australian Guidelines on Water Recycling.