New Public Health Legislation for SA

Safe Drinking Water Bill Discussion Paper (pdf, 477kb)

Environmental Health Indicators Discussion Paper (pdf, 511kb)

The State of Public and Environmental Health Report for South Australia

SA Health Public Health Directorate
Strategic Plan 2007-2009

Drought Package fact sheets ~ CLICK

Bore water safety and testing, rainwater quality, blue-green algae, alternative water supplies, water restrictions and health, greywater diversion systems, recycled water, salinity etc.

Legionella Regulations and Guidelines 2008

Environmental Health fact sheets ~ CLICK

Legionnaires' disease, clean-up after storms, scabies, bed bugs, bird mites, ticks, rats, household mould, second hand goods (for consumers and retailers), rainwater tanks, swimming pools, spa pools, environmental contaminants, wastewater etc.

Water Quality

• Acid Sulphate Soils and Dust Fact Sheet (pdf, 59kb)

• Rainwater tanks, maintenance and water care

• Guidance on the use of rainwater tanks

• Bore water testing

• Using bore water safely

• Health implications of increased salinity of drinking-water

• Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

• Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks - Phase 1

Port Pirie Lead Project

• Services we provide – Environmental Health Centre Brochure (PDF 176kb)

• Keeping lead levels low indoors – Environmental Health Centre Brochure (PDF 154kb)

• Renovating in Port Pirie – Environmental Health Centre Brochure (PDF 108kb)

• Contractors in Port Pirie – Environmental Health Centre Brochure (PDF 137kb)

• Information about lead – Environmental Health Centre Brochure (PDF 107kb)

• Pea-bee’s hand washing poster – Environmental Health Centre Poster (PDF 125kb)

• tenby10 Project - Reducing exposure to lead for the children of Port Pirie

• The Port Pirie Lead Implementation Program Future Focus and Directions 05-06

• Environmental Health Centre

• Pt Pirie Newsletter

• Lead dust reduction

• Blood lead level testing

Body decoration & grooming

• Cosmetics and your health

• Cosmetics: Tips

• Guideline on the Public Health Standards of Practice for Hairdressing

• Tattooing and body piercing

• Guidelines on the safe and hygienic practice of skin penetration

Environmental hazard management

• Trenching or excavating near waterways?

• Bushfire Smoke and Your Health

• Heatwaves and your health

• Asbestos

• Trichloroethene in groundwater in Beverley and surrounding suburbs

• Benzene - Health Effects

• Cryptosporidium Public Health Warning posters

• Lead and your health, exposure reduction advice

• Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) fact sheet

• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) fact sheet

• Whyalla red dusts

• Environmental Health and Wellbeing Survey 2002 ~ Summary of Findings

• Land site contamination

• Sanitation

• Enjoy gardening without the risk of Legionella

• Petting Zoo Infection Control Guideline

• enHealth COUNCIL Environmental Health Monographs

Swimming & recreational waters

• Public swimming pools & spa pools

• Private swimming pools & spa pools

• Recreation waters (beaches, rivers & lakes)

   Public Health Bulletin

Quarterly bulletin incorporating the Communicable Disease Control Branch report.

Poisons information

• Lye Water information for the African Community (translations)

• Lye Water Fact sheet for retailers (2008)

• Lye Water Fact sheet (2005)

• Poisoning in South Australia - 2002

• Poisoning in South Australia - 2001

Drugs & Poisons Licences

Tobacco Control in South Australia

Public health pests

• Mosquitoes - " Fight the Bite"

• SA Integrated Mosquito Management Strategy 2007

• SA Integrated Mosquito Management Resource Package 2006

• Bedbugs

• Bird Mites

• Headlice

• Rats

• Scabies

• Ticks

• Public health pests

Wastewater management

• Recycled Water Application Guide (pdf, 889kb)

• Wastewater Management home (domestic & town wastewater systems, legislation in SA, overview)

• Wastewater News

• Public Consultation for Draft Regulations & Codes

• Standard Onsite Wastewater Systems (codes & standards, application forms, approval requirements, maintenance guides for septic tanks, aerobic treatment systems & sand filters)

• Greywater and other alternative onsite systems including other sullage systems, composting toilets, reedbed systems, nutrient removal systems & other alternative technologies (fact sheets, application forms, approval requirements)

• Reclaimed water reuse - treated effluent (application form, approval criteria, other government agency approvals)

• Product approval for wastewater systems (codes & standards, application form, approval requirements, guidelines)

• Approved wastewater products for marketing, sale & installation in SA (septic tanks, aerobic wastewater treatment plants, alternative treatment systems, blackwater or toilet systems including composting, chemical & hybrid, ancillary equipment, greywater systems)

• Wastewater collection & treatment systems for towns and other large developments (codes & standards, application forms, approval criteria, other government agency approvals)

• Wastewater Management Seminars

Public events

• Management of public health & safety at public events (DH)

• Emergency Management Australia ~ Safe & Healthy Mass Gatherings Manual

Whyalla Health Impact Study

• Introduction

• Report

• Frequently Asked Questions

Public & Environmental Health Council new

Environmental health publications

Human Remains

• Exhumations and Export Authorisations (pdf, 459kb)

Services outside council areas

• Regional Services

Environment Health Assessment Hotline ~ Ph (08) 8226-7107

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