The Blue Lake is an important water resource for the city of Mount Gambier and the surrounding region, primarily as the drinking water supply source, but also as a tourist attraction. Mount Gambier’s stormwater is discharged directly via drainage wells into the unconfined, karstic Gambier Limestone aquifer, which in turn provides the majority of recharge to Blue Lake. Discharge of urban runoff to the aquifer commenced in the 1800s as a means of stormwater management, but is now recognised as contributing to the drinking water supply in Blue Lake. Recently, guidelines for managing the risks associated with water recycling and augmenting drinking water supplies have been developed. This paper examines the organic chemical hazards associated with a stormwater to potable recycling scheme as an example of the current risk management framework.
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February 01 2011
Application of a risk management framework to a drinking water supply augmented by stormwater recharge
J. L. Vanderzalm;
1CSIRO Land and Water, Water for a Healthy Country Research Flagship, Waite Laboratories, Waite Rd, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia E-mail: declan.page@csiro.au; peter.dillon@csiro.au
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D. W. Page;
D. W. Page
1CSIRO Land and Water, Water for a Healthy Country Research Flagship, Waite Laboratories, Waite Rd, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia E-mail: declan.page@csiro.au; peter.dillon@csiro.au
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P. J. Dillon
P. J. Dillon
1CSIRO Land and Water, Water for a Healthy Country Research Flagship, Waite Laboratories, Waite Rd, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia E-mail: declan.page@csiro.au; peter.dillon@csiro.au
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Water Sci Technol (2011) 63 (4): 719–726.
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J. L. Vanderzalm, D. W. Page, P. J. Dillon; Application of a risk management framework to a drinking water supply augmented by stormwater recharge. Water Sci Technol 1 February 2011; 63 (4): 719–726. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.294
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