NSW EPA Licence Monitoring

Icon Water operates the Googong Water Treatment Plant in NSW. As part of these operations, Icon Water holds a licence with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) to discharge water from 2 locations on site.

If you would like information on the environmental management at the Googong Water Treatment Plant beyond what is presented here, please Contact Us.

Table 1: Icon Water’s EPA Licence Details

Full Licence	available on EPA Public Register
Licence Number	5427
Version Date	17^th February 2021
Licensee	ICON WATER LIMITED
Premises	GOOGONG WATER TREATMENT PLANT VIA OLD COOMA ROAD QUEANBEYAN NSW 2620

Table 2: EPA Monitoring Points

Point	Type	Location
Point 1	Discharge to waters; effluent quality and volume monitoring	Drain discharging from the sludge drying beds to the eastern boundary of Googong Water Treatment Plant
Point 2	Ambient monitoring	Queanbeyan River, 100m upstream of the Googong Water Treatment Plant Pump Station
Point 3	Discharge to waters; effluent quality and volume monitoring	Scour valve from the Clean Water Storage Reservoir on the western boundary of Googong Water Treatment Plant
Point 4	Ambient monitoring	Googong Creek, 100m upstream of Point 3

Figure 1: Location of EPA Monitoring Points

Monitoring Data

Icon Water undertakes regular monitoring of the water quality released from the 2 licenced discharge points to ensure that the EPA’s requirements are being met.

This monitoring occurs only when the plant is in operation. The full Data Report can be viewed and downloaded and includes the last four years of data.
Annual and Monthly Summaries are available for download below. Annual summaries cover a yearly period from the 15th of August as specified by the NSW EPA. Monthly summaries include all sampled data results collected in a month. Summaries are published 2 to 3 weeks after the end of sample collection to allow for full analysis.

Please note that Googong Water Treatment Plant does not operate continuously and Monthly Summaries only published for the periods of Plant operation.

Monthly Summary Reports

Annual Summary Reports

Pollution Incident Response Plan

Icon Water has a Pollution Incident Response Management Plan to ensure that any pollution incident is managed, reported and communicated appropriately. Should there be an incident at the plant which could cause material harm to the environment, Icon Water will take immediate action to mitigate the harm and to manage the risk to people and the environment.

To view the Googong Water Treatment Plant - Pollution Incident Response Management Plan, please click here.