Volume Two 8. Rural Living Zone (d) liquids or sludge. 8.3.12. Application of an agrichemical into or onto land. 8.3.12.1. The agrichemical must be approved for use under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. 8.3.12.2. The application must be undertaken in accordance with the most recent product label. All spills of agrichemicals above the application rate must be notified to Council immediately. 8.3.12.3. All reasonable care must be exercised in the application to ensure that the agrichemical must not pass beyond the legal boundary of the area of land on which the agrichemical is being applied. 8.3.12.4. The application must not result in the agrichemical being deposited in or on a, river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel or Drainage Channel Network that contains water. 8.3.12.5. All sprays must be applied with hand held equipment. 8.3.13. Discharge of swimming or spa pool water into or onto land. 8.3.13.1. If a public sewer is located within 30m of the lot boundary or 60m of the pool discharge point, the discharge must be through a connection to the sewer. 8.3.13.2. The discharge must not occur into or onto a Soil Sensitive Area identified as loess soils. 8.3.13.3. The discharge must not occur within 10m of the boundary of any adjacent land in different ownership. 8.3.13.4. Fourteen days prior to discharging to land, swimming or spa pool water: (a) must be uncovered; (b) must not be treated with any chemicals. 8.3.14. Discharge of human effluent into or onto land. 8.3.14.1. The human effluent must be treated through an on-site wastewater management system, which must be maintained in an efficient operating condition at all times. 8.3.14.2. There must be no increase in the rate of discharge due to an increased occupancy of the building(s). 8.3.14.3. There must be: (a) no ponding of effluent; (b) no run-off or infiltration of effluent beyond the property boundary or into a river, lake, Significant Wetland, drainage channel, Drainage Channel Network, groundwater or coastal water. 8.3.14.4. The discharge rate must not exceed 2000 litres per day, averaged over any 7 day period. 8.3.14.5. Effluent must be able to: (a) infiltrate through at least 600mm of unsaturated soil following primary treatment; or (b) infiltrate through at least 300mm of unsaturated soil following secondary treatment. 8 – 9