Upcoming Events
On behalf of Stormwater Queensland, we are pleased to announce that we are holding our very first Winter School Program this August. The Stormwater Queensland August Winter School will feature Workshops conducted by Grant Witheridge (Catchment and Creeks), Jack Mullaly and Andrew O’Neill (Healthy Waterways). The school will be held over a period of five days and allows you to choose individual daily workshops, which suit your needs and to improve your knowledge and skills in stormwater quantity and quality design.
To register for one or more of the workshops, to be held as part of the Stormwater Queensland August Winter School, click here.
Workshop Schedule
| Monday, 31st August | Workshop 1 – Application of the Rational Method and Aspects of Piped Drainage Design Presenter: Grand Witheridge |
| Tuesday, 1st September | Workshop 2 – Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Principles and Concept Design Presenters: Jack Mullaly and Andrew O’Neill |
| Wednesday, 2nd September | Workshop 3 – Design of Stormwater Outlets and Design of Fauna Sensitive Waterway Crossings Presenter: Grant Witheridge |
| Thursday, 3rd September | Workshop 4 – Water Sensitive Design (WSUD) Detailed Design Presenters: Jack Mullaly and Andrew O’Neill |
| Friday, 4th September | Workshop 5 – Treatment of Creek Erosion and Natural Channel Design Presenter: Grant Witheridge |
Workshop Outlines
The following Workshops will be presented over the five days of the Stormwater Queensland August Winter School:
Workshop 1 (Part 1) – Application of the Rational Method
Introduction to the various hydrological methods used to determine design discharge or small to medium catchments. Detailed discussion is provided on the application of the Rational Method and the various procedures as presented within the Queensland Urban Drainage Manual for the determination of time of concentration. It is hoped that the Workshop will also provide students with an update on AR&R attitude to the continued use of the Rational Method in drainage design.
Workshop 1 (Part 2) – Aspects of Piped Drainage Design
This workshop has been developed for practitioners who have past experience in stormwater drainage design. Discussion is provided on the reasoning behind many of the design rules used in pipe drainage design. The workshop reviews hydraulic gradeline (HGL) analysis, structure losses, methods to achieve a reduction in pit losses, and the hydraulics of inlet structures.
Workshop 2 – Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Principles and Concept Design
This workshop will focus on the application of WSUD to reduce the impact of urbanisation and meet state and LG policy requirements. The workshop will include training on implementing WSUD principles, WSUD concept design and integration. This will include practical exercises in WSUD concept design that can be highly valuable when preparing stormwater management plans.
Workshop 3 (Part 1) – Design of Stormwater Outlets
This workshop reviews the design of stormwater outlets, and their integration into various receiving environments, including discussion on aesthetics, headwall design, pubilc safety, inlet and outlet screens, erosion control, maintenance and water quality issues.
Workshop 3 (Part 2) – Design of Fauna Sensitive Waterway Crossings
This workshop focuses on the design of various types of waterway/roadway crossings, with the aim of minimising their impact on aquatic and terrestrial fauna passage. The workshop reviews design and rehabilitation of waterway culverts.
Workshop 4 – Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Detailed Design
This workshop will focus on the detailed design of wetlands, bioretention and swales. This workshop will include working through a detailed “WS design”, also considering a number of other aspects of stormwater drainage design, that has been included in other Winter School workshops (e.g. outlets, hydraulic calculations, etc).
Workshop 5 (Part 1) – Treatment of Creek Erosion
This is a practical-based workshop on the various forms and causes of creek erosion, providing detailed discussion on the selection and application of a wide range of treatment techniques. The primary focus of the workshop is on the use of natural materials, such as vegetation and rock to control creek erosion.
Workshop 5 (Part 2) – Natural Channel Design
This workshop introduces the concepts of Natural Channel Design (NCD) for use in the design of drainage channels and the rehabilitation of minor watercourses, within heavily modified catchments. The workshop will also discuss some of the lessons learnt since the release of Brisbane City Council’s NCD Guidelines of 2000.
Registration Fees
Stormwater Queensland are committed to providing high quality professional development opportunities to our members. As the August Winter School is a new initiative of the Association, Stormwater Queensland have subsidised the Workshop registration fees by more than 50% of their full value.
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| Member | $250.00 |
| Non Member | $350.00 |
| Student | $50.00 |
Please Note: For Participants wishing to attend multiple Workshops, a 20% discount will be applied.
Registration to attend these Workshops includes Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea.
Should you have any questions regarding registration, please email registration@gemspl.com.au.
If you would like to know more about the Stormwater Queensland August Winter School, please contact Stormwater Queensland on 1300 721 220.
The 2015 Annual General Meeting of Stormwater Queensland will be held on Thursday, 24th September 2015.
Nominations for a position on the Management Committee of Stormwater Queensland will be open 21 days prior to the AGM. If you wish to register your interest in joining the Committee for 2015 – 2016 please contact the Association Secretariat on (02) 9744 5252 or email siaqadmin@stormwater.asn.au
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.
- Dr Andrew O’Neill, Healthy Waterways
- Elissa McConaghy, Moreton Bay Regional Council
- Josie Raftery, Toowoomba Regional Council
- Kym Whiteoack, RMCG
- Tony Costantini, Planfuture (representing Port of Brisbane)
The Forum will be facilitated by Belinda Chapman from Working Wheel.
Speaker Biographies:
biogeochemistry of constructed wetlands treating acid mine drainage, Andrew conducted research into the disposal of high level nuclear waste in deep rock aquifers in Sweden, degraded river and lake systems in Indonesia, Canada and the USA and natural wetlands and hot springs in Yellowstone and Kamchatka. Andrew has been responsible for the design and delivery of high profile integrated water policy and water sensitive urban design projects in both the public and private realm, and supports uptake of sustainable urban water management with both Australian and international professionals and students.
Elissa McConaghy, Moreton Bay Regional CouncilElissa McConaghy is a Senior Strategic Planner at Moreton Bay Regional Council with over 10 years’ experience in strategic land use and infrastructure planning. Elissa graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Environment Planning in 2003 and has experience in the fields of development assessment, park and open space planning and design, planning scheme and policy development and infrastructure network planning and charging. Elissa currently manages Moreton Bay Regional Council’s strategic water program covering total water cycle management, floodplain management, and coastal management.
She is passionate about the future, understanding the bigger picture and planning based on good evidence. Her approach to planning is aims to build communities by breaking down silos and finding better ways to communicate expertise.
In her current role, Josie is focussed on the planning and design of public infrastructure for multiple uses to deliver efficiency and better urban design. This includes her focus on the integration of stormwater management with public open space considering the range of values and expectations placed on Toowoomba’s local creeks.
Kym Whiteoak is a Senior Economist with RMCG with expertise in the economic assessment of water quality offsets and the cost-effectiveness of water quality improvement actions. Kym is currently assisting a Victorian water business design, assess and implement a water quality offset, and has assisted many councils and water businesses compare the cost-effectiveness of different stormwater management options as part of integrated water management plans.
Emma O’Neill, Ipswich City CouncilEmma O’Neill is the Coordinator (Integrated Water Management) at Ipswich City Council.
Emma has a background in environmental management and planning and in 2015 completed the International Water Centre’s Water Leadership Program as a recipient of the Healthy Waterways Erosion and Sediment Control Leadership scholarship.
Recently Emma project managed (in conjunction with consultants BMTWBM) the development of a robust and transparent framework to guide the use of funds collected under Council’s stormwater quality offsets scheme.
Prior to her role at ICC Emma worked in the Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand dealing with complex water management challenges including assessment of impacts of oil exploration on receiving environments, review of urban stormwater management programs, and highly contentious water allocation projects.
Sally Boer, Stormwater Queensland
This forum will provide the opportunity to develop a common appreciation of associated issues, complexities and future planned activities.
- To improve understanding of innovative pathways for stormwater quality management including but not limited to offsets.
- To improve understanding of current and future planned activities to innovate pathways for stormwater quality management including by not limited to offsets.
- To augment the development of the Stormwater Queensland position statement on innovative pathways for stormwater quality management including but not limited to offsets.
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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.
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.
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
The River Basin Management Society presents the award winning documentary “Lost Rivers” Screening.
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
On behalf of Stormwater Queensland and the International Erosion Control Association Australasia, we are pleased to announce that registration is now available for the ‘Local Governments Role in Managing Erosion and Sediment Control’ Seminar to be held on Thursday, 14th April, 2016 from 1.30 pm to 5.00 pm at Riverlife Brisbane.
Seminar Focus
The implementation and management of erosion and sediment controls on Queensland urban development construction sites has been historically poor with studies undertaken by Healthy Waterways indicating up to 95% of sites are not compliant. Local governments can play a vital role in the management of erosion and sediment control from the development application process through to regulation on the ground. Although there is improvement by some local governments, in general the approach is very ‘hands off’ resulting in poor site management and water quality outcomes.
In contrast many Council’s in New Zealand including Auckland Regional Council adopt a very different ‘hands on’ approach with no cost to Council. This forum will include a panel session, discussion and a presentation from Michael Parsonson from Southern Skies Environmental who has been involved with erosion and sediment control policy in Auckland. The discussions will provide insight into alternative strategies that could be adopted by local governments to provide a greater level of protection to waterways.
Registrations for this Seminar is now closed.
Seminar Panelists
Michael has over 18 years environmental management experience, gained from geotechnical consultancy, consents and compliance, project management and team management roles at the Auckland Regional Council, and as a director of SouthernSkies Environmental Limited. Michael’s experience covers the assessment and preparation of permits and approvals under regional and district plans, policy and plan development, expert witness services, site auditing, development of best practice guidelines for practitioners, peer reviewing, and construction environmental training. This breadth of experience in regulatory, technical, planning, political interface, team management and programme management roles assists in the delivery of all his projects. Michael is also a certified and experienced independent hearings commissioner.
Leon is an Engineer with 16 years experience in the fields of urban stormwater management, water sensitive urban design, erosion and sediment control and floodplain management. Leon started his own business in 2014 and has provided ESC auditing for major clients including developments by Stockland and LendLease as well as providing policy and auditing advice for Local and State Government. Prior to this Leon ran the ESC compliance program for Sunshine Coast Council and played a key part in the Council achieving the Ministers Grand Prize at the Healthy Waterways Awards in 2009. Leon is an acknowledged expert in the field of integrated water management, having held a position on the Scientific Expert Panel of Healthy Waterways and being an acknowledged contributor to a number of key industry guidelines on the topic.
Kel has been working as an environmental professional for over fifteen years with ten years’ experience in the construction industry. During this time he has been involved on both the Client and Contractor side of the fence on a large number of construction projects ranging from electrical substations to high pressure gas pipelines and large-scale dams. Kel has spent the last 5 years working in the CSG industry primarily as the Corporate Environmental Advisor for Soil and Erosion at one of the major CSG companies. As the start of 2016, Kel started work with Ipswich City Council as their specialist for everything related to erosion and sediment control. The main goal for the role is to improve the level of compliance on construction projects in the area through a combination of education and enforcement.
Terry is a Principal Environmental Engineer with over 13 years direct experience in the area of soil and water management. His professional experience includes ESC, stormwater management, contaminated land, acid sulfate soil investigations, project management and delivery of specialist training. Terry is currently employed as ESC Technical Services Manager for O2 and has previously held roles within both private industry and Local Government. This experience has provided him with a comprehensive understanding of the entire development process from the initial project conception, design and construction phases and subsequent final delivery. Terry has gained a high level appreciation of the challenges, constraints and impacts associated with application, monitoring, training and compliance with ESC requirements for both clients and contractors.
During his time with O2, Terry has specialised in erosion and sediment control, and has been responsible for the planning, design, supervision, auditing and management of ESC aspects on some of Queensland’s largest infrastructure projects. Terry holds the internationally recognized qualifications of Certified Practitioner in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) and Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS). In addition, Terry is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland (RPEQ).
Terry regularly presents a range of ESC training courses in accordance with IECA (2008) and has trained over 1,000 people in QLD, NSW, NT and TAS. He has been invited by Griffith University to sessional lecture Engineering Design and has previously presented ESC training at Sydney TAFE.
Mr Mark Gibson is an experienced engineer with over 20 years’ experience in local government and private industry. He is a specialist in stormwater quality and quantity management, erosion and sediment control, waterway health enhancement and water policy and planning. Mark has completed a Bachelor of Civil Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Integrated Water Management. He is a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland and a Member of Engineers Australia and Stormwater Queensland. Mark has most recently been involved in reviewing and updating the Brisbane City Council’s hazard assessments, standards and requirements for Erosion and Sediment Control plans and programs. Mark has worked as a Principal Engineer in with Brisbane City Council for the past four years as well as being the Director of MRG Water Consulting Pty Ltd. Mark has extensive industry knowledge of the design and use of Erosion and Sediment Control measures for residential and industrial construction sites.
Coops Drainage and Civil has been operating in South East Queensland for the past 30 years with projects ranging from problematic drainage solutions to large scale subdivisions and inter-regional infrastructure.
Coops Drainage and Civil has experience in the construction of full subdivision projects, storm water drainage, large pump stations, trunk sewer reticulation and trunk water reticulation projects. This experience includes bulk earthworks, detailed earthworks, road works and pavement, vacuum sewer, recycled water, structural concrete, box culverts, and pipeline testing with NATA Accreditation.
To download a map of Riverlife and suggested transport options, please click below:
If you would like to continue in the discussion on Local Government’s Role in Managing ESC and further explore the reasons behind poor compliance of ESC in urban development in Qld, IECA are hosting drinks and BBQ after the seminar at Riverlife. You will also have the opportunity for further discussions with Michael Parsonson from New Zealand in regards to alternative policy and regulation strategies. To register your attendance at this event, please click on the following link http://www.austieca.com.au/events/event/lets-talk-dirt
If you have any questions relating to this Seminar, please do not hesitate to contact Lilly Barker at GEMS Event Management on +61 2 9744 5252 or via email lbarker@gemspl.com.au.
Stormwater Queensland in conjunction with Stormwater Australia are hosting an update session on the New National Protocol for the Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices will be held at The Greek Club from 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm on Tuesday, 21st June.
Background
There are statewide provisions for stormwater quality management in the State Planning Policy, and many local governments also have stormwater quality provisions within their planning scheme.
Over the past several years there has been concern over the lack of a clear framework to verify the performance claims for proprietary stormwater products, also known as stormwater quality improvement devices (SQID). This has become a point of tension in the development assessment process.
Over the past two years Stormwater Australia has been developing a Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices Evaluation Protocol (SQIDEP). The protocol developed this far has a particular focus on providing guidance on field testing requirements, collection, analysis and presentation of data, and ensuring the process is both technically competent and sufficiently independent to support confidence in the outcomes.
The draft SQIDEP can be downloaded by clicking the link below or alternatively please cut and past the following link into your web browser:
Stormwater Queensland in conjunction with Stormwater Australia will be hosting a public event providing an update on the SQID Protocol, This event will comprise of a general information session and open to a broad cross section of stakeholders and interest groups including manufacturers and vendors of products. Local government officers, consultants and other relevant stakeholders are also invited to attend in order to understand the basics of the protocol. This event will be held from 1.30 pm until 3.00 pm on the afternoon of Tuesday, 21st June, 2016.
Cost:
Free Registration is provided to members of Stormwater Queensland Members. Registration for non members is $65 per person.
To register your place for the SQID Update Session, click on the button below, which will take you to the online registration form.
Online registration will close on Friday, 17th June
Should you have any questions regarding registration, please email registration@gemspl.com.au.
If you would like to know more about the SQID Update Session, please contact Stormwater Queensland on 1300 721 220.
