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Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits
Find out if your groundwater discharges are extremely low risk so don鈥檛 need an environmental permit or exemption.
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Use this publication to find out about groundwater activity exclusions for:
- accidents and natural causes
- very minor discharges 鈥� also called 鈥榙e minimis鈥�
- risks to human health or the environment
- disproportionate cost for land contamination
Updates to this page
Published 14 March 2017
Last updated 5 August 2021
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We have added exclusion 2.8 鈥楧ischarge onto ground of public water supply auto analyser waters鈥�. If you meet the conditions in this exclusion you do not need a permit to carry out this activity.
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Added a new de minimis exclusion (section 2.7). It explains when you can discharge groundwater that meets drinking water quality standards onto ground.
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Changes to 'Very minor discharges exclusion 鈥� also called de minimis鈥� (section 2) to explain that you need to assess whether a 鈥榗lass of case鈥� exclusion applies.
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