Upcoming Events

Oct
22
Thu
2015
2015 Healthy Waterways Report Card Launch @ Various South East Locations (See Invitation)
Oct 22 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
2015 Healthy Waterways Report Card Launch @ Various South East Locations (See Invitation)

Healthy Waterways invites you to attend the 2015 Report Card launch on: Thursday 22 October 2015 at 11.30am to 12.30pm.

This year, Healthy Waterways has evolved the Monitoring Program and Report Card to assess the benefits the community receives from our waterways, and the actions they undertake to protect and improve waterway health.

This holistic approach to reporting will provide the insight and information to drive best-practice waterway management to achieve environmental outcomes and enhance the community’s quality of life.

The Report Card launch is a culmination of 12 months of scientific monitoring throughout the region, with results independently assessed and verified by apanel of scientific experts.

The launch is held simultaneously in four locations across South East Queensland:  For more details click through to the Report Card – Launch invitation

Register to attend your local launch before Friday 16 October to reportcard@healthywaterways.org nominating your launch location.

Nov
26
Thu
2015
2015 Stormwater Queensland End of Year Drinks @ Gambaro Function Centre
Nov 26 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
2015 Stormwater Queensland End of Year Drinks @ Gambaro Function Centre | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia

Stormwater Queensland will be holding the association’s End of Year Drinks directly after the Stormwater Quality Offsets Forum from 4.30 pm to 7.00 pm.

Come join the Stormwater Queensland committee for a few drinks and canapes to celebrate a year of achievements in the Stormwater Industry and take the opportunity to have a chat to industry friends and colleagues.

Registration to attend this event is free of charge.

If you would like to attend the Stormwater Queensland End of Year Drinks, please register at https://www.secureregistrations.com/SQNOV2015/.

Should you have any questions regarding this event, please contact the Stormwater Queensland Secretariat on 1300 721 220.

Jan
22
Fri
2016
MBRC – Planning & Development Professionals Industry Briefing Session @ Moreton Bay Regional Council Chambers (Caboolture)
Jan 22 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
MBRC - Planning & Development Professionals Industry Briefing Session @ Moreton Bay Regional Council Chambers (Caboolture) | Caboolture | Queensland | Australia

The new Moreton Bay Regional Council Planning Scheme will commence on 1 Febraury 2016. This is the first time since amalgamation that a clear, consolidated strategic planning vision has been established for the entire Moreton Bay Region.

You are invited to a briefing session on the new scheme hosted by Council’s planning staff.

To register and for more details please click here.

Feb
2
Tue
2016
RBMS – Great Barrier Reef Water Science Taskforce Interim Report Feedback @ Shingle Inn
Feb 2 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 am
RBMS - Great Barrier Reef Water Science Taskforce Interim Report Feedback @ Shingle Inn | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia

The Great Barrier Reef Water Science Taskforce is seeking feedback on its Interim Report which sets out initial recommendations to the Queensland Government on how to deliver substantial reef water quality improvements.

The River Basin Management Society (RBMS) would like to make a submission on behalf of its members. To gather feedback from its members the RBMS would like to host a reading group in Brisbane on the 2nd of Febraury. The Interim Report can be found here.

“It would be great to hear from our members and anyone new who would like to provide feedback on the initial recommendations. If you are unable to attend the reading group but would like to provide feedback please email info@rbms.com.au. Hope to see you there!” – RBMS Committee

To register or for further enquiries click here

Apr
5
Tue
2016
RBMS presents – Lost Rivers Documentary Screening @ The Ship Inn - Upstairs
Apr 5 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The River Basin Management Society presents the award winning documentary “Lost Rivers” Screening.

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ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY:
Once upon a time, in almost every industrial city, countless rivers flowed. We built houses along their banks. Our roads hugged their curves. And their currents fed our mills and factories. But as cities grew, we polluted rivers so much that they became conduits for deadly waterborne diseases like cholera, which was 19th century’s version of the Black Plague. Our solution two centuries ago was to bury rivers underground and merge them with sewer networks.
Today, under the city, they still flow, out of sight and out of mind… until now. That’s because urban dwellers are on a quest to reconnect with this denigrated natural world. Lost Rivers takes us on an adventure down below and across the globe, retracing the history of these lost urban rivers by plunging into archival maps and going underground with clandestine urban explorers. We search for the disappeared Petite rivière St-Pierre in Montreal, the Garrison Creek in Toronto, the River Tyburn in London, the Saw Mill River in New York, and the Bova-Celato River in Bresica, Italy. Could we see these rivers again? To find the answer, we meet visionary urban thinkers, activists and artists from around the world. 
View the trailer here

Don’t miss out – Register Here

Sep
28
Wed
2016
IPEWA Stormwater Drainage Condition Assessment & Asset Performance Workshops @ All Major Captial Cities (October 2016)
Sep 28 @ 12:19 pm – Oct 24 @ 1:19 pm

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Managing Long Life, Hidden Assets

Developed to assist asset management practitioners apply best practice in accordance with PN5 and ISO 55000 AM Standards for inspection, condition and performance assessment for stormwater drainage assets.
Participants will be able to develop an action pipeline for how they can best progress their organization along the path to meeting the objectives of PN5
Explore the practicalities of how to prepare and undertake a stormwater drainage network condition survey including sampling of the network and specifying the services of external providers.
Learn about using the WSAA Conduit Inspection Code Appendix D for SWD
Learn about using the AUS-SPEC Tools and resources for SWD asset management
Opportunity to network and share your experiences.

Objectives

  • ​Understand the use of the new PN5 to improve SWD asset management practice taking into account ISO 55000 requirements.
  • Be able to follow a consistent approach to SWD survey and condition assessment
  • Have the tools to scope and plan a condition assessment project to achieve application of PN5 good practice
  • Learn about the latest trends for identifying and scoring of defects in SWD assets.

Outcomes

    These Workshops will give you the knowledge and skills to;

  • Develop your own action pipeline to guide the journey for applying PN5 for your SWD assets
  • Confidently update your SWD asset register and break it into its components
  • Develop reports on the overall condition grading of the SWD network
  • Produce risk based Action plans – maintenance and renewals derived from the condition analysis
  • Have better information on which to analyse and report on valuations, depreciation and financial planning for the SWD system.

Who should attend

  • Stormwater drainage asset practitioners,
  • Engineers
  • Asset Managers
  • Technical Officers
  • Field staff involved in inspection and condition assessment and asset management of SWD Assets
  • Applicable to local government, public works or other organisations (public or private)

Presenters

  • Alf Grigg | Principal A Grigg & Associates P/L
  • Peter Way | Chair NAMS.AU, IPWEA Peter is project manager and principal author of the SWD Practice Note 5.
  • Kirk Bloomfield | Manager GSDS
  • John Thomson l Geospatial Integrated Services
    * Presenter/s will vary between locations.

For more information and details of a workshop in your area, head over to the IPEWA website by clicking HERE

Get the your own copy of the latest Practice Note HERE

Nov
14
Mon
2016
2016 Healthy Waterways Report Card Launch @ Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western
Nov 14 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
2016 Healthy Waterways Report Card Launch @ Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western

The Report Card provides an annual assessment of the pressures facing our waterways, their current environmental condition (A-F grade), and the level of social and economic benefit the waterways provide to local communities (1-5 star rating).

As their organisation transitions into the new entity Healthy Waterways and Catchments, they have leveraged the combined skills and resources of Healthy Waterways and SEQ Catchments to further build upon their holistic monitoring and reporting approach. This includes working with the Council of Mayors to assess the risks to environmental values in each sub catchment. A component of this assessment will be released through the 2016 Report Card, identifying the sub catchments in most need of action to reduce sediment pollution.

To release the results, four launch events will be held simultaneously across South East Queensland.

Central Launch 

Host: Healthy Waterways and Catchments
Venue: Riverlife Centre – Naval Stores, Lower River Terrace, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane

Northern Launch

Host: Unitywater
Venue: Mooloolaba Yacht Club, 33-45 Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba QLD 4557

Western Launch

HostSomerset Regional Council
VenueKilcoy Information Centre, 41 Hope St, next to Yowie Park, Kilcoy, QLD 4515

Southern Launch

HostScenic Rim Regional Council
VenueTamborine Rainforest Skywalk, 333 Geissmann Dr, Mt Tamborine QLD 4272

 

For more information and/or to register your attendance, head over to http://healthywaterways.org/eventscalendar .  You don’t want to miss this one!

Nov
23
Wed
2016
RBMS presents – Brisbane Reading Group – 2016 Healthy Waterways and Catchments Report Card @ Jak and Hill
Nov 23 @ 7:30 am – 8:30 am
RBMS presents - Brisbane Reading Group - 2016 Healthy Waterways and Catchments Report Card @ Jak and Hill | Spring Hill | Queensland | Australia

River Basin Management Society invite you to attend:

A Discussion on the 2016 Healthy Waterways and Catchments Report Card

“Please join us for a conversation with Dr Emily Saeck, Senior Scientist with Health Waterways and Catchments, to discuss the results of the 2016 Report Card. The Report Card provides an annual assessment of the pressures facing our waterways, their current environmental condition (A-F grade), and the level of social and economic benefit the waterways provide to local communities (1-5 star rating). This is the second year of the newly evolved Report Card, which provides a deeper understanding of the current pressures, benefits we receive, and importantly what needs to be done to protect and improve our waterways.
Please visit the Healthy Waterways and Catchments website to view the Report Card results after the launch on 16 November: http://healthywaterways.org/report-card”

To Register your attendance – click here

Dec
13
Tue
2016
Stormwater QLD End of Year Celebration Event @ Lennons (Private Dining Room) @ NEXT Hotel
Dec 13 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Stormwater QLD End of Year Celebration Event @ Lennons (Private Dining Room) @ NEXT Hotel | Brisbane City | Queensland | Australia

The SQ Management Committee invites all members, and potential members, to attend the 2016 End of Year Celebration event.  The event is an opportunity for members to provide feedback and ideas to the committee on 2017 event topics/speakers and new initiatives, and to express your interest in participating in a sub-committee next year.

The program for the evening will also include a short presentation from Mike Smith about “When Government Says “No” at Christmas”. Mike Smith is a National Director of Stormwater Australia, and the founder of Ethical Consulting Services, a consultancy all about communications – lobbying, government relations, campaigning, marketing and governance.  He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and has been a Company Secretary, and Chief Executive. He’s worked at UQ as a lecturer/course coordinator on government policy-making; he’s also lectured on government relations, governance, board effectiveness, elections and campaigning, as well as developing and delivering customised training courses for business, community organisations, university students, and to professional conferences.  His main recreational interest is elections, and he’s been a volunteer in five US Presidential campaigns, as well as managing and mentoring many Australian campaigns and candidates.

 If you are able to join us on the 13th, please RSVP via return email by COB 6 December 2016 so as we know numbers for catering.

The Management Committee looks forward to meeting many members for an enjoyable evening.

Brad Dalrymple

President

Stormwater Queensland

 

Jan
31
Tue
2017
Draft State Planning Policy Forum @ Novotel Brisbane Hotel (Lawson Room)
Jan 31 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Sponsored by;

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Time: 8.30am for a 9.00am start and finishing with lunch from 12.30pm

The commencement of the new Planning Act in mid-2017 has been a driver for the Department of Infrastructure, Local Government & Planning (DILGP) to review how State interests are expressed in the planning system. In November 2016, DILGP released consultation drafts of theState Planning Policy (SPP), the State Development Assessment Provisions and the Planning Regulation. These drafts can be downloaded from this website. The draft SPP includes some important changes to the State interest – water quality. 

The changes associated with the policy are likely to have some noteworthy implications for urban development, communities and the environment.

Stormwater Queensland is hosting a forum to assist in understanding how the Draft SPP proposes to change regulatory requirements for stormwater quality management.

The event is recommended for those involved in urban stormwater planning, policy or development. Submissions on the draft SPP close 10 February 2017 so the Forum is also recommended for any person or organisation considering making a submission on the water quality aspects of the policy.

An expert panel from a broad cross section of the industry has been convened for this event to provide different perspectives on the policy. The panel will include a range of speakers including:

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