Upcoming Events
Stormwater Queensland will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on;
Thursday 25 October 2018 at 1pm at AECOM, Level 8, 540 Wickham St, Fortitude Valley, QLD.
The AGM papers can be downloaded here;
If you are not able to attend the AGM, please exercise your voting rights by returning the completed Proxy Form.
Members are invited to consider nominating for a position on the Stormwater Queensland 2018-2019 Management Committee. Stormwater Queensland are seeking committee members that are eager and enthusiastic to advance the stormwater industry and who want to play an active role in setting the direction of the Association and its activities. Participation on the Committee is also of personal benefit, providing professional development and networking opportunities. The nomination form is attached – please be sure to include a 100 word professional profile and statement on what you believe you can add to the committee. Note: Nominations close Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 1pm.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the Stormwater Queensland Secretariat contacts.
Stormwater Qld is facilitating an opportunity for The Department of Environment and Science to provide a summary of the:
As these guidelines have not been endorsed by Stormwater Queensland we are facilitating this event as a way to allow our members and others to provide feedback to the state on both guidelines. We believe that strategic overview and direction of important issues require feedback to help improvements in this space. Because of this, SQ is providing this event free of charge as we really need our industry to voice their opinions and share their knowledge. Date: Wed 6 March 3:30-5pm Where: Department of Environment and Science 400 George Street Brisbane Qld 4000 No catering provided |
After five years of consultation, collaboration and negotiation, Stormwater Australia released the SQIDEP document in December 2018. The document provides a uniform set of criteria to which all stormwater treatment measures (green & grey) can be field-tested and reported. These criteria should guide and inform field monitoring programs that seek to demonstrate pollutant removals for treatment measures implemented to achieve planning water quality objectives.
This SQ event will be facilitated by Sally Boer, Director, E2Designlab, and include an expanded list of speakers. Alan Hoban, Director, Bligh Tanner, will present on the consultation process and development of the SQIDEP and future. This will be followed by a presentation from Darren Drapper, Principal, Drapper Environmental Consultants, on the SQIDEP technical content and practical implementation. Following these two presentations a panel of speakers will each provide a short summary of their thoughts on the SQIDEP. The panel will comprise: Andy Hornbuckle, SPEL Environmental; Mike Wicks, Stormwater360; Charles Kelly, Humes; Stephen Baker, Rocla; and Andew Macklin, Urban Asset Solutions. Following the panel discussion, you’ll have an opportunity to ask your questions about this important industry benchmark.
Don’t miss this chance to be at the leading edge of this significant step-change in our industry. Following the workshop, there will be an opportunity for networking and further informal discussions over drinks and canapés with industry colleagues.
If you are not currently a Stormwater Queensland member, apply to join today and attend this event at the dicounted member rates. Apply here
Stormwater Queensland will hold its 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 22 October 2020 from 12.30pm – 1.15pm via Zoom. Please register your participation via the link below. In accordance with the Rules of the Association, the relevant documents will be emailed to all members and published on the Association’s website here. Members unable to attend the meeting may exercise their right to vote via a Proxy. All members voting and issuing proxies must be financial members of Stormwater Queensland.
Stormwater Queensland is an Incorporated, not-for-profit Association established in 1996. Stormwater Queensland aims to be the leading association for the promotion and advancement of stormwater management.
As part of the AGM process, all financial members of Stormwater Queensland will be invited to nominate for either a position on the Executive Committee or as an Ordinary Committee member for the 2020-2021 year. Stormwater Queensland is seeking committee members who are eager and enthusiastic to advance the stormwater industry and who want to play an active role in setting the direction of the Association and its activities. Participation on the committee is also of personal benefit, providing professional development and networking opportunities. A Nomination Form can be found here.
If you have queries regarding the AGM, participation on the Management Committee, or the nomination process, please feel welcome to contact SQ via admin@stormwaterqueensland.asn.au
EVENT CHANGE –
With the easing COVID19 restrictions, SQ is proud to announce a change to the proposed Excellence Awards Webinar to a face-to-face event in February. Come along to celebrate some of the great stormwater projects of the year, catch up with some old industry friends over a couple of drinks and meet a few new ones!
In Queensland, we have a history of excellence across every aspect of stormwater management. From outstanding examples of master planning to integrated stormwater design, the awards provide an outstanding opportunity to showcase the quality of our work and the beneficial impact it has on keeping our vital waterways healthy.
The 2020 entry categories include:
- Excellence in Strategic or Master Planning (Sponsored by Ocean Protect)
- Excellence in Infrastructure
- Excellence in Asset Management
- Excellence in Research and Innovation
- Excellence in Policy or Education
- Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design
Healthy freshwater streams rely on may factors that are strongly influenced by hydrology and not related to water quality. The Healthy Land & Water Blueprint for Improving Waterway Management (2020) advocates for a change to the SPP to introduce new targets such as flow controls to reduce detrimental impacts from urban flow increases.
Tony Weber, one of the authors of the blueprint, will discuss why such targets are needed to protect Queensland’s waterways. He will also review the development and application of hydrological targets for stormwater, currently taking place in other states and how such targets can be assessed.
Carl Tippler will also cover ecological requirements of streams and their links to hydrology, along with some case study examples.
This 1-hour webinar is hosted by Stormwater Queensland and will include presentations from Tony and Carl, followed by Q&A with attendees.
Proof of CPD will be provided to attendees upon request to Stormwater Queensland.
The recent January flooding in Maryborough, saw the failure of a temporary flood barrier, that caused a change in the emergency management of the township. Designing, constructing and maintaining levees are important to ensure they can be used as a means of flood protection. We have brought together a panel of international (Netherlands) and local (Queensland) professionals, to get a glimpse into their experiences and then open the floor to your questions.
This 1-hour webinar, hosted by Stormwater Queensland, will include presentations from Dion Jones, Christian Huising and Brendan Wallace, followed by a Q&A with attendees.
Cost $15 – Proof of CPD will be provided to attendees upon request to Stormwater Queensland.
This webinar seeks to disrupt the current method of selecting a pipe where only constructability, durability and cost are considered. New criteria, embodied carbon and operational energy, must be considered in order to reduce the environmental impact of pipeline, sewerage and drainage projects.
The presentation uses a method of calculating embodied carbon emissions of approved materials, rather than proposing new materials. Therefore, this tool can be used to reduce carbon emissions immediately, at a critical time for climate change and contributes to an analysis, that will assist water utilities in South-East Queensland (SEQ) to make informed decisions about which approved pipe materials have the least embodied carbon emissions.
This 1-hour webinar is hosted by Stormwater Queensland and will include presentations, followed by Q&A with attendees.
Cost $10 – Proof of CPD will be provided to attendees upon request to Stormwater Queensland.
franc.sydney 2022 is powered by Stormwater NSW and is all about challenging the rationality of current practices and perceptions of urban stormwater and its management. It is a community of individuals and organisations who are, in some way, connected to or effected by urban stormwater and are passionate about changing the way the industry operates to become more future-focused, resilient, adaptive and connected.
The stormwater industry has, for decades, tried to shift the balance between vested interests and the greater good, but it has become clear that it can’t do this alone. So franc.sydney 2022 brings together individuals from beyond stormwater to tackle this issue together. Our members include professionals, scientists, academics, researchers and advocates that recognise the need for change, the need to put the long-term prosperity of the health of our waterways, emissions and sustainable development above short-term political and financial interests. Most importantly, we bring these people together to help us all speak with one voice.
And it all begins by having ‘franc’ discussions.
This conference has a total of seventeen (17) guest speakers (up from the traditional four), and will include a range of new topics including:
- How to develop resilient communities.
- The relationship between the environment and human health.
- Finding ways to help protect our aquatic environment and conserve biodiversity; and
Conversations between scientists, planners, hydrologists, environmentalists and academics to ensure we are all on the ‘same page’ going forward.
Franc.Sydney has also moved to become a hybrid event giving everyone the opportunity to be a part of franc either in person or from the comfort of your own home. In-person and virtual registrations are exchangeable at the rate you paid (early bird, standard) if you are to change your mind closer to the date.
Do you find the your work is affecting your mental health? Was that 20th drainage re-design one too many? Do you feel as though your clients still don’t care about water quality outcomes, even in 2022?
Come along to this panel discussion to hear from some diverse voices who’ve been there and seen that. This event aims to proactively review the pressures of mental health, uniquely to stormwater professionals, and how we can work together to overcome them as an industry.
This free 1-hour webinar is hosted by Stormwater Queensland and will include presentations, followed by Q&A with attendees.
Proof of CPD will be provided to attendees upon request to Stormwater Queensland.
