Events

The ASCE Australia Section will be holding a Master Class in Brisbane on the Principles of Streambank Analysis and application of the Bank Stability and Toe-Erosion Model (BSTEM). It will be presented by Dr Andrew Simon.

The master class will be held in the Cardno Training Room, Level 11, Green Square North Tower, 515 St Pauls Terrace, Fortitude Valley on Monday 25 May 2015.

Please click here for the attached flyer that describes the Master Class Program.

Dr Andrew Simon is a geomorphologist with 30 years of experience in mechanistic analysis of unstable-channel systems, streambank erosion, cohesive-sediment entrainment, the role of riparian vegetation, “reference” sediment-transport rates, and river restoration, working on projects throughout the United States, in Queensland, NSW, New Zealand and elsewhere around the globe.

He has advised that the mathematics is cursory and is used to understand the processes. The master class works for non-engineers as well. He has received excellent reviews from managers, biologists and landscape architects alike.

It is open to all who would like to attend the Master Class

Registrations are open until Thursday 21 May 2015.  Don’t miss your opportunity to attend.  To Register click here.

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.

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

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

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

Host: Somerset Regional Council
Venue: Kilcoy Information Centre, 41 Hope St, next to Yowie Park, Kilcoy, QLD 4515

Southern Launch

Host: Scenic Rim Regional Council
Venue: Tamborine 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!