Upcoming Events

Aug
29
Mon
2016
Stormwater 2016 National Conference @ Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa
Aug 29 – Sep 2 all-day
Stormwater 2016 National Conference @ Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort and Spa | Surfers Paradise | Queensland | Australia

Stormwater Australia invites you to attend STORMWATER 2016, the 4th National Conference convened by Stormwater Australia, to be held from Monday, 29th August to Friday, 2nd September, 2016 in Surfers Paradise, Queensland.

In 2009, the United Nations reported that more than half the world’s population lived in urban centres. This proportion is set to increase to 66% by 2050, when it is estimated that city dwellers will live and share their neighbourhoods with an additional 2.5 billion people.

As our cities grow and evolve, it is imperative that we manage our resource and our natural resources to ensure they continue to provide clean, healthy environments for ourselves and the next generation. Access to adequate supplies of safe and fit-for-purpose water will be increasingly important to meet the needs of a growing population, while the responsible management of runoff from both increasing sprawl and density in existing urban areas will be needed to increase our resilience to natural disasters such as flood and heat waves, and to avoid further environmental and social degradation.

The modern stormwater industry seeks to balance traditional issues with emerging priorities which are being placed on our infrastructure. Practitioners are experienced in working at the coal face, often pragmatically dealing with issues in a complex environment where policy requirements are often unclear, but the demand for good outcomes and multiple benefits are not. The growing need to work in multidisciplinary teams, to lead and influence, to understand and assimilate different points of view and technical requirements, will be core skills required in the future.

Challenge and change brings opportunity. Fiscal constraints are an ever present reality. New and emerging technologies are developed to provide technical solutions. Increasingly we are seeing new business models that empower greater choice. Increasingly we are looking to solve nexus issues around water, energy and food. In an increasingly connected world, information has a new currency to support decision making and engagement with community. As economies around the world transition to make better use of all this knowledge, there is potential to develop new markets and trade opportunities.

The ‘Rising to the Challenge’ Conference will reach out beyond our core industry practitioners to engage with a broader group of committed and talented people who will all need to work together to develop the solutions of the future. Stormwater Australia invites you and your colleagues from all disciplines and experiences to participate in what we anticipate to be an exciting and engaging Conference that builds upon earlier successes, inspires participants and provide opportunities for collaboration and knowledge sharing.

For all enquiries and registrations please visit – www.stormwater2016.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

Sep
29
Thu
2016
2016 Annual General Meeting @ BMT WBM
Sep 29 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2016 Annual General Meeting @ BMT WBM | Brisbane City | Queensland | Australia

Stormwater Queensland will hold its Annual General Meeting for all members on Thursday, 29th September, 2016 at BMT WBM, Level 8, 200 Creek Street, Brisbane from 3.00 pm until 4.00 pm.

Please click on the links below to display the documents related to the 2016 Annual General Meeting.

  • To view the Minutes from the 2015 Annual General Meeting, click here
  • To view the Notice of the 2016 Stormwater Queensland AGM and Proxy Form, click here

If you are unable to attend the Annual General Meeting, it would be appreciated if you could provide us with your proxy in order to ensure a quorum of members. A current list of committee members can be found on the Committee page of the website, however you are able to give your proxy to anyone who is a current financial member of Stormwater Queensland. Click here to download a proxy form

Nominations for positions management committee for 2016/17 are now closed.  To view the nominations received please visit the AGM page.

For further information please contact the Association Secretariat at admin@stormwaterqueensland.asn.au or phone (07) 3211 4686.

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

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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Apr
11
Tue
2017
(EXTERNAL) Engineers Aust: Stormwater Management – Source Control @ Brisbane: Venue details sent to participant upon registration
Apr 11 @ 9:00 am – Apr 12 @ 5:00 pm