Information

  • Site

  • Inspection area

  • Conducted on

  • Inspection team

Environmental Management

Environmental Management

  • Have area inspections been compelted by area owner?

  • Have all actions from previous environmental contact inspections been closed?

  • Does the work area adequately manage potentially contaminated stormwater from leaving the work area?

  • Does the work area have sufficient stocked spill kits?

  • Does the work area segregate and store waste correctly for final disposal?

  • Are environmental incidents reported in Prospect?

WWTP

  • Was the WWTP inspected?

WWTP

  • Monitoring

Licence Monitoring

  • Have monthly volumes of treated effluent discharge been recorded?

  • Have representative effluent discharge samples been collected and analysed as per licence conditions?

  • We're there any exceedances recorded from the previous representitive effluent discharge sample?

  • Has the WWTP been resampled?

  • Wastewater treatment

  • WWTP location

  • WWTP

Wastewater treatment

  • Is the facility secured and appropriately signposted?

  • Is plant operating effectively, have performance sample results been reviwed?

  • Is the area free of spills, and leaks with no disenable loss apparent?

  • Is the facility free of vegetation growth in or around WWTP area that may cause a risk to operation?

  • Does effluent discharge consist only of treated sewage and is it discharged to the designated irrigation sprayfield?

  • Is overall house keeping ok?

  • Is sludge removed from the tank and stored temporarily on-site within the lined sludge drying bed?

  • Is the sludge drying bed managed to prevent surface runoff of leachate?

  • Does the work area manage facility bunding?

  • Is the bund in good condition with no visable cracks, defects or containment issues and bund valve closed and locked?

  • Evaporation ponds

Evaporation ponds

  • Is the pond free of vegetation growth that may cause a risk to operation?

  • Is the pond liner in good condition?

  • Is the pond free of sediment (hence, not affecting capacity)?

  • Is there no evidence that the pond has overtopped in a manner than may cause a risk to operations?

  • Does the pond have suitable fauna egress matting?

  • Sprayfield

Sprayfield

  • Is the sprayfield area fenced and signposted appropriately?

  • Are the sprinklers operating effectively?

  • Has effluent been contained within the sprayfield without ponding?

  • Are invasive weeds managed within the sprayfield so that they do not pose a risk to operations ?

OWS

  • Was the OWS inspected?

Performance Sampling

  • OWS Sampling

  • Has appropriate maintenance been performed on the oily water separator?

  • Has sampling been conducted?

  • Were there exceedances in the last sample?

  • Has the oily water separator been resampled?

Separator and ponds

  • Does the oily water separator utilise evaporation ponds to manage treated water?

  • Is access to evaporation ponds restricted and secured?

  • Is detergent foaming evident in clean water pond?

  • Are hydrocarbons visible (i.e. sheen) in the clean water pond?

  • Are ponds and pond edges free of rubbish/vegetation?

  • Is fauna egress matting installed in ponds and in good condition?

Sumps

  • Are sumps in good condition with adequate freeboard?

  • Is the sump free from vegetation growth that may cause a risk to operations?

  • Is the area free of leaks and spills with no discernible loss apparent?

  • Is housekeeping in the area good?

Biofarm

  • Was the Biofarm inspected?

Biofarm

  • Have the beds been sampled?

  • Are the beds free of rubbish?

  • Is the biofarm designed such that the ingress of uncontaminated stormwater is prevented?

  • Is the design of the biofarm such that any contaminated runoff for the treatment cell is contained?

  • Is the moisture and nutirents levels with the soil a suitable content to ensure biological activity?

  • Has the biofarm been aerated (tilled) in the past 4 weeks?

Landfarm

  • Was the Landfarm inspected?

Landfarm

  • Have the beds been sampled?

  • Are the beds free of rubbish?

  • Is the Landfarm designed such that the ingress of uncontaminated stormwater is prevented?

  • Is the design of the landfarm such that any contaminated runoff for the treatment cell is contained?

  • Is the active bed maintained with a suitable soil thickness (30cm)?

  • Is the moisture and nutrient levels within the soil, a suitable content to ensure biological activity?

  • Has the landfarm been aerated (tilled) in the past 4 weeks?

Run off pond

  • Pond level acceptable?

  • Ponds free of rubbish/vegetation?

  • Is overall house keeping ok?

Power Station

  • Was the Power Station inspected?

Gaseous Emissions

  • Are the emission point locations as per the the point locations in the licence?

  • Has emissions testing been conducted in line with the licence and are the emissions compliant to applicable standards?

Bulk hydrocarbon tank storage facility

  • Does the area manage bulk hydrocarbon storage tanks?

  • Is the bund in suitable condition, free of cracks and defects?

  • Is the bund size considered appropriate for the storage requirements?

  • Is the volume of the bund maintained?

  • Is the area free of spills and leaks?

  • Are pumps in good working order?

Compliance & Sign offs

Summary and Corrective Actions

  • Was the facility operating as designed?

  • Required Actions

  • Actions required

Sign offs

  • Area owner representative sign off

  • Environmental representative sign off

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