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Annual Report 2017/18 TABLE of CONTENTS Annual Report 2017/18 TABLE OF CONTENTS Who we are -------------------------------------------------------- p. 3 Welcome from the President ----------------------------------- p. 4 Highlights and Achievements ---------------------------------- p. 5 Awards p. 6 Seminar p. 7 Technical Tour p. 8 State Conference p. 9 Stormwater Management Service Charge p. 10 Guidelines for the Maintenance of Stormwater p. 11 Treatment Measures Advocacy p. 12 Who we are Our aim To enable local practitioners and the Treasurer’s Report ----------------------------------------------- p. 13 Stormwater NSW is the preeminent professional urban water management broader community to learn about association in the state. We are a peak best practice and industry leading Independent Auditor’s Report --------------------------------- p. 16 industry association with membership stormwater management and stormwater including the majority of councils in quality and quantity technologies. Secretariat --------------------------------------------------------- p. 17 the Greater Sydney Region, as well as numerous consulting and manufacturing companies. Stormwater Management Committee ------------------------ p. 18 Our purpose We have over 500 corporate, To support and be a positive influence institutional, government and individual Sustaining and Corporate Members -------------------------- p. 19 on the growth and application of members drawn from the engineering, sustainable water management planning, landscape architecture, practices across NSW. environmental management, economic management, water resource management, education and community engagement sectors. Stormwater NSW is supported by the national association Stormwater Australia and a strong network of state associations in Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Cover: Cooks River Naturalisation. Image: Courtesy of Sydney Water 3 This year the Committee has maintained its WELCOME FROM emphasis on implementing a range of services to its members. These services provide THE PRESIDENT members with exceptional opportunities for development of their professional careers Welcome to the Stormwater NSW through networking, improved access 2017/18 Annual Report. to industry events and the latest best management practices in the field. In 2018/19 The 2018 financial year saw significant we will be exploring opportunities to improve changes in the leadership team at Stormwater training offerings to members. NSW. Our co-presidents, Keysha Milenkovic and Richard McManus decided to step aside. Stormwater Australia has refreshed its Some of our long-term committee members leadership team with the appointment of HIGHLIGHTS AND and office holders, Steve Baker, Rebecca Belinda Lovell as their new president. We look Bell and Dov Ben-Avraham moved onto new forward to strong leadership at a National adventures. The Stormwater NSW committee level and look forward to building on strong ACHIEVEMENTS would like to publicly acknowledge the foundations, expanding the growth and significant contributions of the outgoing application of sustainable water management team members have made to the Stormwater practices across the state, and exploring ways Industry and thank you for agreeing to to connect with the broader community. continue to support the committee in this period of transition. Financially, we are in a sound position and continue to meet our statutory obligations. This year Stormwater NSW continued to This position has allowed us to support a actively advocate with the State Government full scholarship for one of our members to for better funding for councils to support undertake a water leadership program with the stormwater management. Stormwater is International Water Centre in 2018/19. essential infrastructure and the Stormwater Management Service Charge (SMSC) that Finally, I’d like send out a huge thank you to supports its installation and management has the Stormwater NSW committee for your not changed in 12 years. We strongly believe efforts in making 2017/18 a memorable year. that this needs to change, particularly with Your efforts contribute to providing value for the potential impacts of climate change. We our members, and your efforts are appreciated continue to advocate strongly for change to by the Executive and members alike. I look the Stormwater Levy in the 2018/19. forward to seeing you all at the National Stormwater Conference at Sydney Olympic Stormwater NSW took our State Conference Park in October! to Newcastle in September 2017. We had 140 delegates and were ably supported by Newcastle Council in delivering an excellent conference. Taking the conference to Newcastle continues our push to support our metropolitan and regional members by making services available locally wherever possible. Alan Benson Acting Stormwater NSW President 4 5 AWARDS SEMINAR Stormwater NSW Excellence in Policy or Education Stormwater NSW Seminar – 2017 Awards for Excellence Awarded to Blacktown City Council for Stormwater: Who’s problem their work on The Blacktown Developer Toolkit for Water Sensitive Urban Design is it anyway? The 2017 Stormwater NSW Awards for Excellence were held on 6 October 2017 These winners are entered into the In November 2017 Stormwater Then we heard from one of Sydney’s at Newcastle Museum in Newcastle’s National Stormwater Awards for NSW brought six different industry catchment groups: David Reid the Aquatic Honeysuckle precinct. The awards were Excellence, to be held as part of the representatives together to discuss Ecologist at Georges Riverkeeper. David held as part of the Stormwater NSW 2018 Stormwater National Conference Stormwater, who’s problem is it anyway? spoke about the damage stormwater 2017 conference dinner in a unique and to be held at Sydney Olympic Park on quality and quantity is doing to the aquatic interesting venue, which along with the 8–12 October 2018. This seminar was created to provide life and ecological condition of our diverse selection of award entries made stormwater practioners with the urban rivers. for a memorable night. Entries that were considered of suitable opportunity to hear from other industries merit and received a Highly Commended that deal with stormwater. The goal Nell Graham, 2011 Environmental Educator Awards were presented to the winners award were: was to facilitate better synergies and of the Year NSW, awarded by the in the following categories. communication between the various Australian Association of Environmental Integrated Stormwater Design industries. The six industries represented Educators discussed how environmental Excellence in Integrated included: economics, strategic planning, education, sustainability and community Stormwater Design Costin Roe Consulting and NSW Department of Planning and landscape architecture, aquatic ecologist, engagement can influence sustainable Awarded to Australian Wetlands Development, Fairfield City Council and environmental educator and creek urban water management. Consulting and Pricewaterhouse Cooper, the Developer: Frasers Property and rehabilitation. Greater West Landscapes and Northrop Western Sydney Parklands Trust; as well Finally Mick Taylor and Daniel Brown Consulting Engineers for their work on as various Companies with Tennants on Jim Binney an environmental economic from Soil Conservation Service discussed Kirkham Rise Estate Integrated the Estate Lots such as Martin Brower, practitioner discussed how stormwater stormwater from a creek rehabilitation Stormwater Strategy Nick Scali, Survitec, Border Express, DHL, and its environmental value translated perspective. for their work on into decision making, investments Excellence in Master or Schenker and Yusen Lo Horsley Drive Business Park Stage 1 and markets. A Panel Discussion with the presenters Strategic Planning followed the individual presentations, Awarded to Environment, Planning and Excellence in Infrastructure Louise McMahon a strategic planner with interesting dialogue regarding a Sustainable Development Directorate Sydney Water Corporation and Thompson from Camden Council talked about holistic approach to the management and ACT and Australian Government for Berrill Landscape Design and Total Earth her experience in the challenges that of stormwater. The seminar was well their work on ACT Healthy Waterways: Care for their work on Alexandra Canal face developers and Council with the received, and well attended with 53 Delivering City-Wide Stormwater Rehabilitation at Tempe Reserve management of stormwater when delegates participating in the Quality Improvement rezoning large rural farming properties productive session. Excellence in Asset Management for urban development. This is of Mosman Council and Optimal Stormwater particular interest as development is for their work on Enhancing the Yield and increasing in the South West Priority Reliability of Recycled Water: The Process Growth Areas around Sydney. of Improving the Efficiency and Reliability of the Botanic Stormwater Harvesting The industry of landscape architecture Scheme Operations was represented by James Delaney who explored stormwater as one of a Excellence in Research and Innovation multiple of aspects to consider in the Sydney Water Corporation for their work context of landscape architecture, on Using Drones to Undertake Inspections along with engineering, planning, and of Open Stormwater Channels environmental concerns. 6 7 TECHNICAL TOUR Stormwater NSW Key speakers for the tour were David Technical Tour – Hornsby Beharrell - Natural Resources Operations
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