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Latest Articles Referring to Standards Australia’s National On-Site Wastewater Standard AS1546.3:2017

Following are recent media articles published which highlight the concerns in the wider community around Standards Australia’s national standard for On-Site Domestic Wastewater Treatment Units, AS1546.3:2017.

These articles reflect the concerns of NOPA about this standard and its negative impact on our industry as well as more broadly, on consumers, the environment and the economy.

Professor Ian Lowe in The Conversation
August 27, 2020

https://theconversation.com/when-bushfires-meet-old-septic-tanks-a-disease-outbreak-is-only-a-matter-of-time-138798

NOPA Member Highlights Concerns with Standard in the Sunshine Coast Daily, August 2, 2020

https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/rule-change-leaves-septic-boss-up-creek-with-no-pa/4068999/

NOPA interviewed by ABC Radio, June 16, 2020

Dr. Cameron Murray in The Land, April 6, 2020

https://www.theland.com.au/story/6710561/new-wastewater-standards-unneccessary-too-costly/?cs=5739

Paul Magee in The Fifth Estate, April 2, 2020