Guidance: Site-specific quality numeric permit limits: discharges to surface water and groundwater

This guide is for operators of standalone water discharge activity and point source groundwater activity permits. Standalone means the activity is not part of another regulated facility such as a waste operation, installation, radioactive substances activity, flood risk activity or mining waste operation.

The guide explains:

• the 4 types of compliance limit
• how we set each of these types of limits
• how we assess compliance against the limits