South East Queensland
Kindly hosted by Unitywater, 15 March 2012
Venue:
Maroochy Surf Club,
A BIG thank you to our sponsors who help us keep the costs low and supports us in our quest to find the best tasting tap water in Queensland:
Principal Sponsors
Conference Program
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10.00am |
Registration, morning tea and lodgement of water samples |
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| 10.30am | Welcome and introduction by Dave Cameron, qldwater and judging Best of the Best Water Taste Test
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South East Taste Test Semi Final |
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11.15am |
Orica Australia |
Water Treatment 101 and case study on taste and odour following bush fires. |
| 11.30am |
Partha Susarla, Strategic Planning Manager, Infrastructure Services Division, Unitywater |
Case study: Total Water Cycle Management Planning at Unitywater. How cooperation between Unitywater, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Council took out a Storm Water Industry Award recently. |
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12.00pm |
Bevan Smith, Senior Project Officer, Community Water Education and Research, DERM |
Water Literacy - Reading Between the Lines |
| 12.30pm | Peter McTaggart, SunWater Project Manager, Connors River Dam and Michael Grosser, Partner, Holding Redlich | An overview of the Connors River Dam project to date with a focus on the ECI contracting model used and lessons learned from the collaborative process undertaken during 2011. |
| 1.00pm | Lunch | |
| 1.45pm | Ben Goodall, Strategic Planner, Infrastructure Services Division, Unitywater |
Case study: Unitywater and DERM: Innovatively pushing the traditional sewage treatment plant (STP) licencing/ upgrading boundaries |
| 2.15pm | Dr Helen Stratton and Dr Anne Roiko, Smartwater Research Centre | Overview of Rural and Regional Water Security project. |
| 2.45pm | Ian Heiner, DERM |
Balancing water security and Coal Seam Gas |
| 3.15pm | TRG Session |
Open forum to discuss issues such as Fluoridation |
| 3.45pm |
Closing, feedback and final comments |
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| 4.00pm | Networking drinks |
Download the Sunshine Coast Conference Registration Form and Taste Test Entry Form.
Taste Test entry information
Eligible water service providers (qldwater members) for the South East Queensland Regional final are Allconnex Water (Logan, Redland City, Gold Coast City Council areas), Bundaberg Regional Council, Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council, Gympie Regional Council, North Burnett Regional Council, Queensland Urban Utilities (Brisbane, Somerset, Scenic Rim, Lockyer Valley, Ipswich Council areas), South Burnett Regional Council, Unitywater (Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast Regional Council areas) and Wide Bay Water Corporation (Fraser Coast Regional Council).