AGENDA Orana Water Utilities Alliance (OWUA) Technical Committee Meeting No. 7 DATE: Thursday 10 October 2019 TIME: 10.00am Narromine Shire Council Administration Building LOCATION: 124 Dandaloo St, Narromine CHAIR: Doug Moorby, Narromine Shire Council 1. Welcome and Apologies .................................................................................................................. 2 2. Presentation - RAMHP .................................................................................................................... 2 3. Presentation – WaterNSW and GHD ............................................................................................... 2 4. Stakeholder Updates ....................................................................................................................... 2 5. Confirmation of Minutes from OWUA Technical Committee Meeting – 7 August 2019 ............... 3 6. OWUA Operators Group Update .................................................................................................... 7 7. Matters in Progress ......................................................................................................................... 8 8. Best Practice Compliance .............................................................................................................. 11 9. Asset Management ....................................................................................................................... 12 10. Member Council Updates ............................................................................................................. 13 11. Industry Updates ........................................................................................................................... 13 12. Upcoming Meetings, Events, Conferences and Training Opportunities ....................................... 13 13. Cold Call Surveys ........................................................................................................................... 14 14. General Business ........................................................................................................................... 15 15. Next Meeting ................................................................................................................................. 15 16. Confidential Item (Closed Session)................................................................................................ 15 17. Meeting Close................................................................................................................................ 15 Page 1 of 15 MINUTES – OWUA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING 6 As at 1/10/19 1. Welcome and Apologies 2. Presentation - RAMHP Rural Adversity Mental Health Program – Getting Through the Drought (45 minutes) 3. Presentation – WaterNSW and GHD Macquarie River Re-regulating Storage Project (20 minutes) - Work to date and project overview - EIS development and project timeline - Opportunities and considerations - Stakeholder engagement *Refer to attachments for project notification letter 4. Stakeholder Updates 4.1 Orana Joint Organisation 4.2 DPIE – Water 4.3 NSW Health Page 2 of 15 MINUTES – OWUA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING 6 As at 1/10/19 5. Confirmation of Minutes from OWUA Technical Committee Meeting – 7 August 2019 Recommendation: that the Minutes of the OWUA Meeting held on 7 August 2019 be taken as read and confirmed. MINUTES MEETING OF: Orana Water Utilities Alliance Technical Committee Meeting No 6 DATE: Wednesday 7 August 2019 VENUE: Morotai Room – Orange Ex-Service Club MEETING OMMENCED: 1.05pm Attendees: Apologies: Bogan Shire Council Graeme Bourke Central Darling Shire Reece Wilson Alister Quarmby Council Darren Scotti Brewarrina Shire Council David Kirby Cobar Shire Council Eric Poga Cobar Shire Council Victor Papierniak- Gilgandra Shire Council Mark Linton-Harland Wojtowicz Mid-Western Regional Brad Cam Mid-Western Regional Claire Cam Council Council Orana Joint Organisation Belinda Barlow Narromine Shire Council Doug Moorby (Chair) DPIE – Water David Swan Walgett Shire Council Colin Gatgens NSW Health Mark Nave Warren Shire Council Kerry Jones Warrumbungle Shire Cornelia Wiebels Council DPIE – Water Matt Parmeter Guests: Brendan Miller Water Directorate Brendan Guiney NSW Health Tim Brokenshire Smart WaterMark Chris Philpot OWUA Project Officer Alayna Gleeson 1 Welcome and Apologies D Moorby welcomed and introduced guests – Brendan Miller – DPIE and Tim Brokenshire (NSW Health). 2 Stakeholder Updates 3.1 Orana Joint Organisation Apology received from B Barlow Update from Project Officer - $150K funding available for each JO focusing on capacity building – opportunity for part of this funding to go to OWUA. Consider approaching Far North and Far North West JO’s for contribution and collaboration. - Project ideas discussed – training/skills analysis/succession planning, water audits, reservoirs inspections. 3.2 DPIE – Water Update from Brendan Miller - last meeting a lot of discussion around IWCM – working with individual Councils, reminder they are not mandatory but are there to help Council run their business. - Drought funding – working with individual Councils - Drought-related data – reminder to feed data monthly to Brendan and Shyamala - 12 water strategies – no update - Thanked OWUA for invitation to attend the OWUA Operators Group – trade qualifications are being considered for treatment plant operators. 3.3 NSW Health Update from Tim Brokenshire - Commenced six weeks ago – based in Dubbo - Dept. Health working with DWMS trial process – managed by Water Unit. - Emergency preparedness – interested in understanding drought Page 3 of 15 MINUTES – OWUA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING 6 As at 1/10/19 - DMoorby – DWQ Emergency Response Plans – some Councils have completed. Narromine and Warren available for assistance. DPIE support implementation of these plans. Projects funded by NSW Health in the past. - Community meetings with James McTavish in Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo 3 Confirmation of Minutes Motion: K Jones/D Kirby That the Minutes of the OWUA Technical Committee Meeting held in Nyngan on 13 June be taken as a true and accurate record. CARRIED 4 OWUA Operators Group Update 4.1 DMoorby – thanks to K Jones and T Baldwin for their support of the OWUA Operators Group. Agreed to support motion that Manager/Engineer from host Council attend meetings. 4.2 Meeting update from J Jones: - Good group discussion, a lot about training, diverse group of Operators. - Concerns about reverse osmosis machines at Bourke and Walgett. Indigenous group in Walgett pushing for it. - Salt Free Desalination Sydney approaching Councillors direct. 75Kl/day systems. Ongoing maintenance costs haven’t been given consideration. - Next meeting – pH calibration and testing in conjunction with NSW Health Workshop 5 Matters in Progress/Projects Update 4 – WLMP - Warrumbungle – final version still under review - Narromine – recommendations fed in to Terms of Reference for IWCM, some recommendations impractical at this stage. - Walgett and Bogan – no update due to staff changes. 5 – Reservoir Inspections – proceed with Aqualift. 10 – SSWP Bore Assessments Application – no update. 18 – unspent contributions ($39,599) 6 Best Practice Compliance Water conservation – Smart WaterMark presentation to come. SBP – review as part of IWCM process. DMP – M Parmeter – feed ideas and keep communicating with DPIE. Funding being announced. Get applications in got any emergency funding required. Performance Monitoring D Moorby – when will the portal open for this years data? C Cam – advice from Sacha, within 2 weeks (mid-August) – email with guidelines coming. Extra data required including pricing information. Reports 16/17 published electronically mid-August with last years at the same time. Summary document to be published in September. 7 Asset Management LMWUA previously done through Australis. Cobar to contact Narromine and Warren for advice. ACTION: Project Officer to survey Councils to establish what components require updating. 8 Member Council Updates Each Council in attendance provided an update on current status. Warrumbungle - New CFO – re-evaluation for water and sewer (KJones - Australis specialise in asset valuations). - New GPS location systems – no GIS Officer. Key message – keep it simple. - DWMS Improvement Plan review is progressing. Warren - Six new or reasonably new bores – plenty of supply, river water is a different story. - Issues with lower weir pool and water availability, particularly for emergency use - STP project (Restart project) – current issues with contract for Treatment Plant. - K Jones taking on new role in special projects – D Clarke will be project offsider. K Jones will still be OWUA contact. AGENDA – OWUA Technical Committee Meeting 7 – 10 October 2019 Page 4 of 15 MWRC - T Baldwin will hopefully stay on for a period of time focusing on project management and operational - C Cam will have more of a strategic focus - DWMS Audit has proved to be an excellent process and really helpful. It has moved the DWMS off the shelf to ownership and contribution from team. - T Brokenshire - audit makes it a marketable product. - D Kirby/D Moorby – agree with risk based approach. - Level 1 water restrictions from 1 August. - Smart Water Meters – a few issues with project implementation from sub-contractors. Bogan - J Ediriweera is no longer at BSC – asset and new GIS position under Finance. - New structure still TBD with A Quarmby likely to get water, cross-over with G