Mount Leslie has Tassies top drop

Congratulations to the team from the Mount Leslie WTP who were announced as the winner of the Ixom 2019 Best Tasting Tap Water in Tasmania.

Grand finalists included Mole Creek, Reatta Road and Rocky Creek that was also acknowledged as being the best new facility.

The sample from the Mount Leslie WTP will be invited to represent Tasmania in the National competition to be held at the 3 Peaks Festival in Dunkeld during National Water Week on 19 October, where WIOA will announce the Best Tasting Tap Water in Australia.

Photos of the taste test.

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WISE 2019 Exhibition Site Sales Open

The 2nd Water Industry Safety Event (WISE) will be held on Wednesday 9 October in Coburg, Victoria.

Exhibition site sales will be accepted from 1.00 pm on Wednesday 10 July 2019.  Sites are allocated in the order in which applications are received.

Go to: http://www.wioaconferences.org.au/wise2019

 

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NSW Wins Water of Origin

Congratulations to NSW for the sample supplied by Shoalhaven Water for winning the 2019 Ixom Water of Origin.  The sample from Bamarang WTP will join other states in determining Australia’s Best Tap Water in October during National Water Week.

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Kwatye Cultural Recognition Award

In partnership with TRILITY, WIOA invites applications for the Kwatye – Cultural Recognition Award.  Applications close on 20 July .

The award is open to WIOA individual members, to recognise an initiative involving cultural or diversity and inclusion based activities within a project and/or community in which they serve.  

The winner will have made an outstanding contribution to supporting diversity and fostering inclusion in the workplace or community. The award focuses on those who have gone above and beyond to further inclusion, connection and belonging for co-workers, members of the community and people from disadvantaged and marginalised groups. 

More information and application form

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NSW Conference Winners

Congratulations to the award winners from the WIOA NSW Conference & Exhibition held in Orange.

Check out all the winners

 

NSW Operator of the Year

  • Danny Roberts – Port Macquarie Hastings Council

NSW Operator Dedication Award

  • James Davis from Upper Hunter Shire Council

Best Paper Overall

  • Alex McCaffrey – Port Macquarie Hastings Council

Best Paper by an Operator

  1. Shawn Charlton – Federation Council
  2. James Davis – Hunter Shire Council
  3. Matthew Benstead – TRILITY

2019 Ixom Best Tasting Tap Water in NSW/ACT – Finalists

  • Albury Regional Council
  • Orange City Council
  • Shoalhaven Water

2019 Ixom Best Tasting Tap Water in NSW/ACT – Winner

  • Shoalhaven Water

Ron Bergmeier Award – Best Exhibition Site

  • SAFEgroup Automation

WIOA Conference Charity Presentations

  • McGrath Foundation $1,500

NSW Main Tapping Competition

  • Orange City Council – Daniel Eassie & Adam Whiteley
    Charity donation of $1,000 to Beyond Blue

 

 

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WIOA Committee for 2019 elected

Congratulations to all of our members who nominated for positions on the WIOA Executive and General Committee that were elected on Thursday 14 March 2019.

Heidi Josipovic from Albury City Council becomes the second woman President in WIOA history and the first outside of Victoria. Mark Samblebe from MBS Water will be Vice President.

Newly elected members to the General Committee include Eloise O’Keefe form Goulburn Valley Water and Grant Waite from North East Water.

Outgoing President Adrian Rijnbeek was thanked for his efforts as well as outgoing committee member Glenn Alford.

2019 Committee members

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SA Call for Presentations 2019

Share your experiences at the 2019 South Australian Conference to be held in Murray Bridge on 7 & 8 August 2019.

The Call For Papers for presentations will close on Tuesday 30 April 2019.

Call For Papers

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EOI to Present at WISE 2019

Share your experiences at the 2019 Water Industry Safety Event to be held in Coburg on Wednesday 9 October 2019.

Submissions of Expressions of Interest will close on Friday 28 June 2019.

Presentations are invited from all sectors of the Water Industry and may address any safety topic relevant to the Industry including:
• New or innovative technology
• Sharing key learnings from incidents or near misses
• Advances in safety for water or wastewater operations
• Trade or industrial waste
• Safety in operations and maintenance
• Safety management or OHS issues
• Mental health initiatives

Call For Papers

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Congratulations Wannon Water

Hamilton’s water is the second best tap water in the world! Silver place at the International Water Tasting Competition in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia USA.

Congratulations to all of the staff at Wannon Water in Victoria who represented Australia, and us all, proudly in this event.

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VIC Call For Papers 2019

Share your experiences at the 2019 Victorian Conference to be held in Bendigo on Wednesday 4 September & Thursday 5 September 2019.

The Call For Papers for both platform and posters will close on Friday 10 May 2019.

Call For Papers

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