Upcoming Events

Jul
5
Tue
2016
2016 Stormwater Queensland Winter School @ The Landing at Dockside
Jul 5 – Jul 6 all-day
2016 Stormwater Queensland Winter School  @ The Landing at Dockside | Kangaroo Point | Queensland | Australia

Following the success of our inaugural 2015 Winter School, Stormwater Queensland is proud to be hosting our second Winter School, providing ongoing professional development opportunities for the industry.

This year’s Winter School will include a Full Day Technical Tour, showcasing several innovative ‘real world’ projects within Ipswich City. By popular demand, Grant Witheridge will also present an Advanced Erosion and Sediment Control Workshop.

This year’s Winter School will coincide with our Stormwater Queensland Awards for Excellence (held on Thursday, 7th at Dockside) to assist with industry professionals travelling from across the state.

This Winter School is targeted at staff from all areas of the stormwater industry including civil engineers, environmental engineers, hydrological and hydraulic engineers, urban designers, urban planners and local government officers.

To register for the Technical tour, Workshop or both, click on  the below button, which will take you to the Online Registration Form.

WEEK AT A GLANCE

Tuesday, 5th July 

Technical Tour of Ipswich – Includes a fish passage project, flood mitigation works , and multi-functional stormwater projects.

Presenters –Adam Berry, and Paul Smith Ipswich Council, Paul Dubowski, BMT WBM and David Sexton, Engeny

Wednesday, 6th July 

Workshop – Advanced Erosion and Sediment Control Training

Presenter: Grant Witheridge, Catchments and Creeks Pty Ltd

Thursday, 7th July

2016 Stormwater Queensland Awards Presentation Luncheon

To find out more about the Stormwater Queensland Awards Presentation Luncheon, please click here

TECHNICAL TOUR  – 5th July

The Technical Tour will be a fantastic opportunity to experience first-hand, a very broad range of catchment management projects and to hear about the challenges and solutions related to each project.This tour will also provide participants with the chance to learn directly from the practitioners involved in bringing the projects to fruition, with plenty of opportunities for questions, debate and discussion.Sites to be featured on this Technical Tour include:

  • Redbank Plains Recreational Reserve Integrated Urban Stormwater Project: This recently constructed project includes a flood detention basin (providing 90 000m3 of flood storage) and stormwater harvesting wetland
  • Berry’s Weir Fish Passage: Currently being constructed (with completion expected before the tour) to provide fish passage through this identified high priority barrier on the Bremer River.
  • Jim Donald Parklands Multi-functional Stormwater Project: Currently being constructed (with completion expected before the tour), this project will comprise a multi-functional asset that provides flood mitigation, stormwater quality improvement, stormwater harvesting, new irrigated sports fields and open space integration within the surrounding area.
  • Thagoona Flood Mitigation Works: Developed in response to devastating floods in 2008 and 2011 and subsequent detailed planning, works including a large earthen levee, drainage channel, culverts and an upgraded rail bridge to the south of the area.

ADVANCED EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL WORKSHOP – 6th July

Presented by Grant Witheridge, this workshop will include two elements:

  • Development of Erosion and Sediment Control Plans: Focusing on the preparation of ESC’s for various construction sites.
  • Sizing Drainage and Sediment Control Measures: Discussing the hydraulic design (sizing) of various drainage and sediment control measures, including detailed discussion on sediment basin design.

The Workshop will include a workbook, practical work activities and catering for morning tea and lunch.

LOCATION AND TIMES

Tuesday, 5th July and Wednesday, 6th July 2016 (9.00 am – 5.00 pm)

The Landing at Dockside – 44 Ferry Street, Kangaroo Point, 4169

REGISTRATION FEES

(Fee Per Full Day Workshop or Technical Tour)
Member  $300.00
Non Member $400.00
Student $50.00

 

If you would like to register for this event, please contact Lilly Barker on +61 2 9744 5252 or via email lbarker@gemspl.com.au

Jul
7
Thu
2016
2016 Stormwater Queensland Awards Presentation Luncheon @ The Landing at Dockside
Jul 7 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Stormwater Queensland are pleased to present the 2016 Awards for Excellence Presentation Luncheon.

The award categories for the 2016 Awards for Excellence are:

  • Excellence in Strategic or Master Planning
  • Excellence in Infrastructure
  • Excellence in Asset Management
  • Excellence in Research and Innovation
  • Excellence in Policy or Education
  • Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design

If you would like to register for this event, please contact Lilly Barker on +61 2 9744 5252 or via email lbarker@gemspl.com.au.

National Awards for Excellence

Under the Awards for Excellence protocol adopted by Stormwater Australia, only the recipients of the State Awards for Excellence will be eligible for the National Excellence Awards. Preceding two years of State award winners (2015 and 2016) will be eligible for the National Awards in 2016. Therefore, entry of a project into a State Excellence Awards is a minimum prerequisite for participation in the National Awards.

The National Awards is held every two years. The next National Awards will be announced at the Stormwater National 2016 Conference in Brisbane, Queensland on Wednesday, 31st August, 2016.

Should you have any questions about the 2016 Stormwater Queensland Awards for Excellence, please contact Event Coordinator, Lilly Barker on +61 2 9744 5252 or via email to lbarker@gemspl.com.au.

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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Feb
16
Thu
2017
(EXTERNAL) QLD Parks Forum: Fear in Public Spaces @ AECOM
Feb 16 @ 7:00 am – 9:00 am
Feb
28
Tue
2017
(EXTERNAL) Engineers Aust: Brisbane’s Ferry Terminals – Surviving the Next Flood @ Hawken Auditorium, Engineering House
Feb 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Mar
30
Thu
2017
Stormwater QLD – Public and Private Assets: What’s the Situation? @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (Rooms P3-4 Plaza Level), Cnr Merivale & Glenelg St, South Brisbane
Mar 30 @ 8:30 am – 12:30 pm

Sponsored by;

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Time: 8.30am for a 9.00am start (concluding with lunch from 12.30pm)

As part of any development approval, local governments request developers to meet stringent stormwater quality requirements before allowing stormwater to discharge to local receiving waterways or adjoining public stormwater infrastructure. For over a decade now, these requirements have been met by use of various types of proprietary and non-proprietary stormwater treatment devices or systems, including Gross Pollutant Traps, Oil and Silt Arresters, Sediment Fore-Bays, Trash Racks, Litter Baskets, Sediment Ponds, Swales and Bio-Retention Systems, etc. All of these systems need maintenance in order to consistently meet the quality requirements of their design. When reflecting on our efforts in stormwater quality improvement over the last decade, a number of important questions arise, including:

  • Are these systems, both public and privately owned, being maintained according to manufacturer specifications and/or design guidelines?
  • Who is responsible for maintaining these systems? How is local government responsible for publicly owned assets? What obligations do private asset owners have to maintain these assets?
  • What regulatory or incentive frameworks are currently in place to ensure these assets are maintained? What regulatory or incentive frameworks could be considered in the future?
  • How does local government keep a track of these assets? Do they know where they are located? How much data or information do they have?
  • How do they use this data or information? How do they store it? Who is responsible for it?
  • To what extent are systems owned by private entities, other than local governments, being maintained?

Stormwater Queensland is hosting a forum to assist in understanding the management situation for public and privately owned systems and to find answers to the above. The event is recommended for those involved in urban stormwater planning, policy or development, asset management and maintenance. An expert panel from a broad cross section of the industry is being convened for this event to provide different perspectives on this topic.

An expert panel from a broad cross section of the industry has been convened for this event to provide different perspectives on this topic including;

  • Claire McAsh – Senior Environmental Engineer, City of Gold Coast
  • Russell Cadman – WSUD Compliance Officer, Blacktown City Council, NSW
  • Aaron Marmara – Operations Supervisor, Cleanaway
  • Mark Bibby – General Manager, Regen Australia
  • Jack Mullaly – Crazed Founder, Ideanthro

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