Upcoming Events

Mar
25
Wed
2015
Bioretention Design – presented by Water By Design @ TBC
Mar 25 all-day

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This one day bioretention design course provides training to enable better design and assessment of bioretention systems. The course compliments the Bioretention Technical Design Guidelines and covers advancements since publication of the guidelines.

By the end of this course participants will:

  • be familiar with the design method for bioretention systems detailed in the Bioretention Technical Design Guidelines.
  • have an appreciation of the science behind why and how bioretention systems work.
  • be aware of and learn to apply urban design principles for bioretention systems.
  • understand how to troubleshoot poorly functioning bioretention systems.
  • understand common design mistakes and what to look for when reviewing or assessing designs for bioretention systems.

Presenters:

This course will be presented by Sally Boer (e2designlab) and Jack Mullaly (Healthy Waterways).

Who should attend?

Practitioners seeking a working understanding of bioretention system processes, assessment and design, including engineers, landscape architects, ecologists, planners and environmental scientists.

*Click here for further details and registration.  Discount registration is available to Stormwater Queensland members.

Apr
23
Thu
2015
Construction and Establishment of Vegetated Stormwater Assets – presented by Water By Design @ TBC
Apr 23 all-day

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Effective civil construction and landscape establishment of bioretention systems and wetlands is required to minimise costs and timeframes and realise the benefits of these systems. This one day course provides detailed step-by-step guidance on the construction and establishment of bioretention systems and stormwater wetlands in order to address the key issues faced during on-ground delivery.

By the end of this course participants will:

  • have an appreciation of the importance of construction phase sediment and erosion control practices, and their relationship with operational phase stormwater management systems.
  • have an understanding of specifications and materials.
  • be introduced to construction methods for vegetated stormwater management systems.
  • understand the requirements for successful vegetation establishment.
  • understand the issues associated with asset handover.
  • be provided with checklists and protocols that will inform construction, establishment and asset handover.

Presenters:

This course will be presented by Jason Sonneman (DesignFlow) and Jack Mullaly (Healthy Waterways).

Who should attend?

Those involved in the design, construction and establishment of vegetated stormwater management systems, including site supervisors, compliance officers, civil and landscape contractors, and civil and landscape consultants.

*Click here for further details and registration.  Discount registration is available to Stormwater Queensland members.

Apr
29
Wed
2015
WaterSmart Bus Tour @ Meeting Point is Behind Novotel Hotel, Brisbane
Apr 29 @ 8:45 am – 4:30 pm

Stormwater Queensland is delighted to invite you to the second WaterSmart Bus Tour to be held on Wednesday, 29th April 2015.  The WaterSmart Bus 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:

  • Fitzgibbon Chase Urban Development Project: This innovate project site includes:
    • The potable roofwater (PotaRoo) project which directs harvested roofwater to a central storage and treatment plant to potable quality for reuse.
    • The Fitzgibbon Stormwater Harvesting (FiSH) scheme. The project collects urban stormwater runoff for filtering and disinfection prior to distribution via a 3rd pipe dual reticulation system for on-potable uses.
    • Other examples of best practice Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) (e.g. bioretention).

This project was the winner of the 2012 Australian Water Association (Qld) Infrastructure Innovation Award and the 2012 Healthy Waterways Water Sensitive Urban Design Award.

What made this project feasible and why isn’t this level of stormwater treatment applied on every residential development site?

  • Pickering St, Enoggera – Natural Channel Design: This was the first attempt at ‘Natural Channel Design’ in Queensland.  Lessons from this site continue to influence today’s guidelines and designs.  Is the approach taken on this site transferrable to other creeks and what did we learn from this early example?
  • Bennett Road, The Gap – fish passage retrofit project:  This project aimed to restore fish passage through existing culverts by retrofitting a proprietary fishway.  This project was the winner of the 2011 Healthy Waterways Industry Award. Why wasn’t a more natural approach used here and what does the post-construction fish monitoring data tell us about designing such systems?
  • Kirralee Crescent, Upper Kedron – ‘Creek Filtration Trial Project’:  This system was the first system constructed as part of a trial aimed at exploring low cost ways to managing stormwater in existing urban areas.  This project was the winner of the 2014 Healthy Waterways Urban Renewal. Why wasn’t a regular bioretention system constructed here, what cost savings does it offer, is this ‘alternative’ design appropriate and can it be applied elsewhere?

Speakers will include: David Hamlyn-Harris (Bligh Tanner), Grant Witheridge (Catchment and Creeks), Ross Kapitzke (James Cook University), Damian Thompson (Lat 27), Mark Gibson (Brisbane City Council) and Paul Dubowski (BMT WBM).

Register your attendance now, as seats are limited! Click here to Register.

 

Presenters:

 

 DHH David Hamlyn-HarrisDirector of Water and Environmental Engineering, Bligh Tanner

David is Director of Water and Environmental Engineering and has 34 years’ professional experience in the Australian water industry across all aspects of municipal water supply and wastewater engineering. David has a particular interest in local alternative water management systems, in particular the integration of stormwater harvesting, rainwater tanks and water recycling into urban water infrastructure. He has been responsible for major wastewater treatment plant upgrades and significant water infrastructure planning programs such as the Sydney Olympic Park water management systems and the Pimpama Coomera Waterfutures Master Plan on the Gold Coast. More recently, David has developed guidelines for stormwater harvesting for the Healthy Waterways Partnership; a feasibility study for roofwater and stormwater harvesting for potable use in Melbourne; and has completed several stormwater harvesting schemes including the South Bank Rain Bank and the Fitzgibbon FiSH and PotaRoo.

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Grant Witheridge
Director, Catchment and Creek

Grant Witheridge is a civil engineer working in the fields of Hydraulics, Stormwater Management, Waterway Management, Fish Passage, and Erosion & Sediment Control. He has both a Degree and Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of NSW.  He has over 30 years of  experience in the investigation, modelling and design of hydraulic structures, including 7 years at the University of NSW Water Research Laboratory.Currently Grant is working as an engineering consultant through his own company Catchments and Creeks Pty Ltd.He is the principal author of a number of technical publications including the Brisbane City Council Natural Chanel Design Guidelines, IECA Australasia 2008 Best Practice Erosion and Sediment Control documents, and the 2007 and 2013 editions of the Queensland Urban Drainage Manual (QUDM).Since 1996 Grant has conducted over 500 training courses in construction site erosion and sediment control, stormwater management and waterway rehabilitation. In 2009 Grant was presented with the inaugural ‘Neville Gibson Award’ for  services to the stormwater industry by the Queensland Branch of the Stormwater Industry Association. In 2010 Grant was honoured with the ‘Sustained Contributor Award’ for 2009 by the International Erosion Control Association.

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Ross Kaptzke
Environmental Engineer, James Cook University/Walaman Fishways

Ross Kapitzke is an Environmental Engineer specialising in multipurpose planning and design for waterways, with a particular focus on fish passage design. Ross has worked through James Cook University as a consultant and in R & D in these fields for more than 20 years [http://www.jcu.edu.au/fishpassagedesign/]. He has developed specialist capability in assessment, design and evaluation for fish passage and stream rehabilitation; and in the design, development and testing of fish passage facilities for small waterway structures. Ross’s innovating work in this field has led to design and manufacturing of the award-winning Walaman prefabricated fishway system [http://walaman.com.au/].Ross has played a leading role in the development of fish passage solutions in Queensland for State Government, Councils and other clients. His work includes aquatic fauna connectivity impact assessment at catchment and road corridor scales, and concept design, detailed design and implementation of fish passage mitigation measures for a wide range of fish migration barrier problems. Ross is author of Culvert Fishway Planning and Design Guidelines (James Cook University 2010 – http://www.jcu.edu.au/fishpassagedesign/), and he continues to work on development and assessment of fishway design types and prefabricated fishway components in laboratory, field sites and prototype fishway facilities [http://www.youtube.com/walamanfishways].

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Director, Lat 27

Damian is one of the founding directors of the multi-disciplinary design practice Lat27 and has practiced Landscape Architecture for over two decades. His design approach involves the creative interpretation of natural systems in ways that enrich the quality of urban communities. He has a long association with QUT as tutor and guest lecturer and co-founded the 2011 ‘flood of ideas’ project in support of disaster-resilient communities.

MG Mark Gibson
Senior Engineer Water Management, Brisbane City Council

Mark studied a Bachelor of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland and while studying worked casually at Redlands City Council, Brisbane City Council and Geo-Eng (formally Neville Jones and Associates).  Upon graduating Mark accepted a fulltime position at Geo-Eng, who straight away seconded him to Brisbane City Council Flood Management Department.  After six months Mark took a fulltime position at the Council.  In May 2004, Mark formed his own company, MRG Water Consulting Pty Ltd. MRG Water Consulting has specialised in flood risk management, stormwater quality improvement and assisting developers, mining firms and local government with tricky water issues.  In the last 10 years the business has grown to 5 staff, (still small but good!)  In 2012, Mark took a part time position at Brisbane City Council again, working in the Water Management Section.  Mark works as the director of MRG water Consulting. Working at the Council has allowed Mark to focus on interesting projects such as the creek filtration systems.  He is passionate about improving waterway health, reducing flood damage and risk and protecting our critical infrastructure.

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Senior Environmental Scientist, BMT WBM

Paul is a senior environmental scientist with 11 years of experience in the water industry.  Since joining BMT WBM in 2010, he has worked across a range of fields including stormwater management, catchment management, ecology and environmental management. Paul has led numerous water sensitive urban design (WSUD) projects from conceptual design through to maintenance, strategic policy and planning, capacity building projects for local governments and catchment/waterways management initiatives.

 

May
14
Thu
2015
Managing and Maintaining Vegetated Stormwater Assets – presented by Water By Design @ TBC
May 14 all-day

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Vegetated Stormwater Assets require maintenance in order to deliver their stormwater management benefits. Maintaining vegetated stormwater assets doesn’t have to be difficult. This one day course provides detailed guidance on how to maintain bioretention systems and constructed wetlands as easily and cost effectively as possible.

By the end of this course participants will:

  • be aware of the activities required to maintain bioretention systems and constructed stormwater wetlands.
  • have an appreciation of the cost of maintaining bioretention systems and constructed stormwater wetlands.
  • understand how bioretention design affects long term maintenance requirements, and how to design for low long term maintenance.
  • be inspired by simple ways to rectify underperforming vegetated stormwater assets.

Presenters:

This course is presented by Jack Mullaly (Healthy Waterways)

Who should attend?

Those involved in designing and maintaining vegetated stormwater assets, including civil and landscape designers, development assessment officers, stormwater asset managers and maintenance coordinators.

*Click here for further details and registration.  Discount registration is available to Stormwater Queensland members.

May
25
Mon
2015
ASCE Masterclass – Principles of Streambank Analysis and application of the BSTEM @ Cardno Training Room, Level 11, Green Square North Tower
May 25 @ 8:15 am – 4:45 pm

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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.

Jul
15
Wed
2015
Stormwater Queensland Conference 2015
Jul 15 – Jul 17 all-day
Stormwater Queensland Conference 2015 @ Queensland | Australia

Visit the Conference Website, please click here.

On behalf of the Conference Committee, we are pleased to announce that the 2015 Stormwater Queensland Conference will be held on Wednesday, 15th and Thursday, 16th July, with a Technical Tour to be held on Friday, 17th July. The two-day Conference will be held at The Armitage Centre, Empire Theatre in Toowoomba.

In recent years, more sustainable water management has been a key focus of the ‘Garden City’. In 2009, the city’s water supply was at an all-time low of 7.7%, leading to major water restrictions, a proposed (and subsequently rejected) indirect potable re-use scheme, and the construction of a $187 Million pipeline from Wivenhoe Dam. In January 2011, however, the city and surrounding areas were devastated by flash flooding.

With significant growth predicted in the region, Toowoomba Regional Council is committed to managing its water cycle more sustainably, including the extreme events. Council’s goals are to “plan and deliver safe and effective stormwater management outcomes and a flood resilient region” and “advance water use efficiency and water cycle innovation throughout the region” (Toowoomba Regional Council Corporate Plan, 2014-19).

This Conference provides a unique opportunity to bring together the best and brightest minds within the stormwater industry in Queensland (and beyond) to share and gain knowledge, experience and expertise – and build strong collaborative partnerships.

As in past years, we aim to build a strong conference program that will provide an opportunity for delegates to learn from the experience of others on a broad range of topics, and continue to provide these stormwater professionals with an insight into the key factors that have resulted in successful urban water management projects across Queensland.

If you would like to receive further information about the 2015 Stormwater Queensland Conference, please contact GEMS Event Management on +61 2 9744 5252.

 

Aug
31
Mon
2015
2015 Stormwater Queensland August Winter School @ Alliance Francaise de Brisbane
Aug 31 – Sep 4 all-day
2015 Stormwater Queensland August Winter School @ Alliance Francaise de Brisbane | West End | Queensland | Australia

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.

 

(Fee per Full Day Workshop)
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.

Sep
24
Thu
2015
2015 Stormwater Queensland Annual General Meeting @ BMT WBM
Sep 24 @ 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
2015 Stormwater Queensland Annual General Meeting @ BMT WBM | Brisbane | Queensland | Australia

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

Oct
22
Thu
2015
2015 Healthy Waterways Report Card Launch @ Various South East Locations (See Invitation)
Oct 22 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
2015 Healthy Waterways Report Card Launch @ Various South East Locations (See Invitation)

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.

Nov
26
Thu
2015
Stormwater Quality Offsets Forum @ Gambaro Function Centre
Nov 26 @ 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Stormwater Queensland is committed to provide industry leadership on flexible and innovative pathways for stormwater quality management permitted by the State Planning Policy. These pathways include (but are not limited to) stormwater quality offsets. To ensure that we represent the interests of our members in our activities, we will facilitate a forum to discuss this topic.

 

Presenters include:
  • 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:

 

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Dr Andrew O’Neill, Healthy Waterways
Andrew O’Neill is the Principal Scientist for Healthy Waterways’ Water by Design team. After completing his thesis on the
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 Council

Elissa 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.

 

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Josie Raftery, Toowoomba Regional Council
Josie is a Principal Planner of Toowoomba Regional Council’s Strategic Policy and Environment/Infrastructure Charges Coordination team.    She has tertiary qualifications in land use planning, ecological sciences, social sciences, cultural studies and applied (geological) sciences.  Josie’s experience includes str ategic infrastructure network and land use planning, open space planning, environmental planning and development of sustainable infrastructure programs.

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, RMCG

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.

 

Tony Costantini, Planfuture (Representing Port of Brisbane)
Tony is a natural resource management specialist with expertise in delivery of regional natural resource management programmes, landscape restoration, engagement, forest ecology, geomorphology, soil conservation and intensive agricultural production systems.  He has specialist training in business governance, economics, procurement and project management.  As Principal of Planfuture, Tony works with clients to integrate natural asset solutions into business strategic and operational plans.  Examples include use of nutrient offsets in the planning and delivery of sewage treatment plant upgrades, trialling offsite stormwater management treatment, designing and delivering marine and terrestrial offsets and designing and delivering landscape restoration works.

 

Emma O’Neill, Ipswich City Council

Emma 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

Sally is a Director of E2Desinglab with 15 years of experience as an urban water management practitioner spanning both research and consultancy. She is well-versed in water sensitive urban design and aquatic ecosystem remediation and with a background in freshwater ecology her passion is in collaborative and integrated planning and design processes which deliver healthy built and natural environments. In her role as Vice President,Sally will be representing the members of Stormwater Queensland in presenting a summation of the draft position statement for discussion and feed back.

 

 

This forum will provide the opportunity to develop a common appreciation of associated issues, complexities and future planned activities.

 

A draft position statement is to be prepared by Stormwater Queensland to stimulate the discussion (to be distributed to our members in a later email). The draft position statement will be finalised based on outcomes of the forum and then used as a platform to represent our members in collaboratively working with State and Local governments and Healthy Waterways Pty Ltd, towards the development of an appropriate regulatory framework and guidelines.

 

Forum Objectives:
  1. To improve understanding of innovative pathways for stormwater quality management including but not limited to offsets.
  2. To improve understanding of current and future planned activities to innovate pathways for stormwater quality management including by not limited to offsets.
  3. To augment the development of the Stormwater Queensland position statement on innovative pathways for stormwater quality management including but not limited to offsets.

 

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 panellists will be announced shortly.
To register your place for the Stormwater Quality Offsets Forum, visit https://www.secureregistrations.com/SQNOV2015/.
Online registration will close on Monday, 23rd November, 2015.

 

REGISTRATION FEES
Member 
$190.00
Non Member
$230.00
Student
$120.00
 

 

Registration Fees include afternoon tea for all delegates, as well as a ticket to attend the Stormwater Queensland End of Year Drinks. For catering purposes, if you are attending the End of Year Drinks, please ensure you RSVP for this social function on your online registration form.

 

Should you have any questions regarding registration, please email registration@gemspl.com.au.