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Guidelines for Sewerage Systems - Biosolids Management

Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand and the
Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council, 2004

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Preamble

This document is one of a suite of documents forming the National Water Quality Management Strategy (NWQMS). This Strategy aims to achieve the sustainable use of the nation's water resources by protecting and enhancing their quality, while maintaining economic and social development.

The series Guidelines for Sewerage Systems covers sewerage systems as a whole. Five separate documents deal with particular aspects of sewerage systems as set out in Figure 1. This document provides national guidelines for the management of biosolids. The focus of the document is to facilitate the beneficial use of biosolids.

It sets out principles that can form the basis for a common and national approach to the management of biosolids throughout Australia.

Cover of Sewerage Systems Biosolids Management - a community resource document

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