Water Treatment Plant SWMS

Product Overview

This SWMS covers planning, operating, maintaining and returning water treatment plant activities to service, including chemical handling and treatment processes. It supports work planning and risk management for access, energy isolation, chemicals, pressure, open water, confined spaces, sludge and waste.

Activities & Specific Tasks Covered

This document includes task-specific risk controls for:

• Plan work, complete induction and coordinate site activities
• Establish site access controls around vehicles, wet surfaces and open water
• Isolate plant, energy and pressurised systems
• Position mobile plant and manage deliveries
• Receive and store treatment chemicals
• Transfer, dose and manage chemicals
• Operate treatment processes and equipment
• Sample and test water
• Maintain treatment equipment
• Enter confined treatment spaces where required
• Manage sludge ponds and dewatering activities
• Commission and return plant to service, then clean up and demobilise

Who is this for?

Suitable for contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out water treatment plant activities.

Specific Job Steps & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

The template includes references relevant to the documented work, including:

• Applicable Commonwealth, state or territory WHS/OHS legislation and regulations.
• Model Code of Practice: Managing the Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Confined Spaces (guidance only; confirm adoption in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Managing Electrical Risks in the Workplace (guidance only; confirm adoption in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Construction Work, including SWMS consultation, implementation and review requirements where the work is high-risk construction work (guidance only; confirm adoption in the relevant jurisdiction).
• Model Code of Practice: Hazardous Manual Tasks (guidance only; confirm adoption in the relevant jurisdiction).
• AS/NZS 2865 Confined spaces.
• AS/NZS 4836 Safe working on or near low-voltage and extra-low voltage electrical installations and equipment.
• AS/NZS 1715 and AS/NZS 1716 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment.
• AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal eye-protection.
• AS/NZS 2210.3 Safety, protective and occupational footwear.
• AS/NZS 1270 Hearing protectors.
• AS/NZS 60079.10.1 Explosive atmospheres—classification of gas atmospheres.
• AS 1940 Storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids.
• AS 1674.1 Safety in welding and allied processes—fire precautions.

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Standard SWMS Features (Click to Expand)

• Task-specific job steps, hazards and control measures
• Initial and residual risk ratings
• Assigned responsible persons for each job step
• Plant, equipment and PPE requirements where applicable
• Permits, qualifications and high-risk construction work details where applicable
• Worker consultation, sign-off and review sections