Public Health Act 2011

Safe Drinking Water Act 2011

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

Public 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

• Environment Protection Agency (EPA) information and media release about Contamination found in Edwardstown-South Plympton bore water:

  • Fact sheet on chlorinated solvents in groundwater

  • Guide to bore water testing

  • Guide to using bore water safely

• Water quality factsheets

• Fluoridation facts

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

• Rainwater tanks, maintenance and water care

• Guidance on the use of rainwater tanks

• Health implications of increased salinity of drinking-water

• Australian Drinking Water Guidelines

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

• South Australian Recycled Water Guidelines

• Cosmetics and your health

• Cosmetics: Tips

• Guideline on the Public Health Standards of Practice for Hairdressing

• Guidelines on the safe and hygienic practice of skin penetration

• New tattooing, piercing and body modification laws, came into force in South Australia on 15 November 2012. Visit the Attorney-General's Department website to view the new Act and information sheets for traders.

   Public Health Bulletin

Quarterly bulletin incorporating the Communicable Disease Control Branch report.

Poisons information

• Restrictions on sale of Lye Water for food businesses (Sept 2010)
  – English
  – Traditional Chinese
  – Simplified Chinese
  – Vietnamese

• Lye Water information for the African Community (translations)

• 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 fact sheet

• Bird mites fact sheet

• Headlice

• Feral rodents fact sheet

• feral pigeons fact sheet

• Scabies

• Ticks fact sheet

• Public health pests

Wastewater management

• Wastewater management factsheets

• Recycled Water Application Guide (pdf, 889kb)

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

• Wastewater News

• Upcoming new Wastewater Regulations and 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) (pdf 851kb)

• Emergency Management Australia ~ Safe & Healthy Mass Gatherings Manual

Whyalla Health Impact Study

• Introduction

• Report

• Frequently Asked Questions

SA Public Health Council

List of approved qualifications for the appointment of authorised officers under the Public & Environmental Health Act 1987 (PDF 77KB)

List of approved qualifications for the appointment of local authorised officers under the South Australian Public Health Act 2011(PDF 102KB)

Environmental health publications

Human Remains

• Burial of human remains on private property (PDF 208KB)

• Procedures for exhumations and export authorisations (PDF 685KB)

• View more information about Human Remains on the SA Health website.

Services outside council areas

• Regional Services

Swimming & recreational waters

• Public swimming pools & spa pools

• Private swimming pools & spa pools

• Recreation waters (beaches, rivers & lakes)

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

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