NOVEMBER 2018 This newsletter is sent to General Managers and to Water and Sewer Managers in 89 regional Councils in NSW and also to 80 contacts in government departments and private industry across Australia. RECORD MEMBERSHIP FOR Hunter Water Corporation and from the following nine LWUs: 18/19? Hunter H20 have worked in Bega Valley Shire Council, With only three member partnership to successfully Coffs Harbour City Council, Councils still unfinancial, implement urgent inlet works Riverina Water County 18/19 could well be a record remediation projects at Council, Eurobodalla Shire with 88/89 members or 99%. Belmont and Cessnock Council, Orange City Council, Wastewater Treatment Works. Coonamble Shire Council, NEXT PUBLICATIONS: Both inlet works were subject Lismore City Council, Cobar The NEW Building in the to continuous sewage inflows Shire Council and Port Vicinity of Trunk Water Mains that could not be shut off for Macquarie-Hastings Council. Guidelines is planned to be more than 2 to 4 hrs. distributed in February 2019. This fantastic response It is also planned to distribute Detailed hydraulic analysis reflects the demand for good the O&M Manual for Supply and modelling was quality leadership Service Reservoirs Update in undertaken to determine development across the NSW the new year. strategies for short term water industry. Dr Brian bypassing and attenuation of McIntosh, Education Director CONGRATULATIONS TO flows so as to maximize the at IWC advised that he HUNTER WATER AND times when each structure received a very good quality HUNTER H20 FOR WINNING could be isolated and drained. set of applicants this year THE INNOVATION IN WATER The project has set a across the spectrum from SUPPLY AND WASTEWATER precedent for shutdown NSW water professionals just AWARD 2018, AT THE IPWEA methodologies and similar entering leadership roles to NSW CONFERENCE remediation projects. those who are just entering In November IPWEA NSW held into senior management roles. their annual Awards at The Two Highly Commended Crowne Plaza, Hunter Valley. Awards in Category 3 went to I’m pleased to announce that The Water Directorate is very Tamworth Regional Council Trevor Sultana from pleased to have sponsored for their Sewer Rising Main Coonamble Shire Council is this award since 2000. Relocation project and to the 2018 recipient of this Ballina Shire Council for their scholarship. Trevor very Ballina Wastewater Treatment narrowly edged out Garon Plant Blower Optimisation Clough from Lismore City project. Like all award Council and Austin Morris categories this year, the from Riverina Water County number of nominations in Council. I look forward to Category 3 was higher than hearing Trevor’s feedback and usual. Congratulations to possibly getting him to give a IPWEA NSW for a successful presentation at the LGNSW conference. Water Management I’m pleased to announce that Conference in Albury in 2019. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Hunter Water and Hunter H20 are the 2018 winners of the WINNER OF THE WATER NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN Category 3 Award for LEADERSHIP AWARD JOINT FOR THE 2019 WIOA NSW Innovation in Water Supply SCHOLARSHIP 2018 OPERATOR OF THE YEAR & Wastewater for their The Water Directorate is very Managers who wish to reward project titled Belmont & pleased to see the fantastic their dedicated operators who Cessnock Wastewater response to this scholarship do great work protecting Treatment Plant Works in only the second year since publicCMYK health > are urged to Remediation. it was introduced. Ten nominate their staff by 15 nominations were received February 2019 to be Operator Suite 1202, Level 12, 32 Walker Street, North Sydney, 2060 02 9188 4390 [email protected] www.waterdirectorate.asn.auREVERSED > of the Year. The winner will be 2017/18 ANNUAL REVIEW CIVENEX, 14-15 MARCH presented a set of trophies at A copy of the latest Water 2019, HORDERN PAVILLION the th Annual IA irectorate Annual evie CIVENEX co-located ith the Conference in range at the was sent out in late October Sydney Build po, is set to be olice Citiens outh lub to eneral Managers In the largest infrastructure (PCYC) on 4 April 019. The November another batch was construction show covering winner will oin the IA tour mailed out to ater Managers Sdne and SW It will take group and attend the I and ke contacts in SW LWUs place at the oal Hall of Ne Zealand conference and the local government Industries and ordern water industr. We hope you avilion at the ydney Go to the Awards page on enoy this historic summar of Showground covering all our website to get a the first 20 ears of the Water sectors of the construction nomination form and see irectorate. industr. the previous winners. CIVEN will feature 200 ehibitors shocasing the WHO WILL WIN THE 21ST latest products innovations LGNSW EXCELLENCE IN THE euipment materials and ENVIRONMENT AWARDS? In services ecember ill hold their annual nvironment To register for your free ticket ards at dne lmpic go to this website. ark The aards are no in their st ear and recognise eceptional environmental EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE achievements In ovember the ater The ater irectorate is irectorate held its nnual pleased to sponsor the ater lanning eeting and anagement categor aard monthl ecutive ommittee again ongratulations to eeting thereb completing the finalists in this categor the last of our series of allina hire ouncil mart meetings for the ear These etering roect iverpool meetings ere also the last CHANGES TO THE SAFE AND for the to ear term it ouncil malfi ark SECURE WATER PROGRAM asin rickmakers reek The Executive ommittee lood itigation roect commends the practical EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE changes to the SSWP. roects NOMINATIONS will no be funded based on The current ecutive AMENDMENTS TO PLUMBING need rather than strict cost- Committee to year term AND DRAINAGE LAWS benefit ratio criteria and epires at the end of 2018 In The SW overnment recentl purel economic viability November e called for made changes to the restrictions. nominations from the eneral lumbing and rainage ct Managers of our member and the lumbing and Additional specialists ill Councils. e are seeking 8 rainage regulation to partner closely ith WUs to dedicated senior Water and improve air Trading’s solve critical water issues. The Sewer Managers to serve on abilit to regulate the sector submission process has been the ecutive Committee There are changes to timing streamlined. oI ill remain during 019 and 020 reuirements for a ertificate responsible for assessing Senior Water and eer of ompliance and eer submissions and will also take Managers and irectors who ervice iagram over the technical advice role are interested in helping to from Infrastructure SW produce strategic plans, For more information see this thereb streamlining this guidelines and manuals website. process. should consider this rewarding voluntar role. The set of changes is intended to make the ar itchell remaining $50 million ecutive fficer funding in the SW more accessible to solve water opyright November 2018 security issues sooner. CMYK > REVERSED >.