
2025 Network Operator Development Program
The Network Operator Development Program, established in 2017, aims to identify, mentor, and develop future leaders in Victorian water network operations. It enhances operators’ knowledge, skills, and networks by exposing

2024 Team of the Year Award Winner – Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
The WIOA Team of the Year award recognises teams of employees working in any part of the water industry who have made an outstanding contribution to their workplace or community.

2024 Reece + Viadux National Main Tapping Competition
Our National Sponsors, Reece+Viadux, hosted this Grand Final on 21 November at their facility in Tullamarine, VIC. It was a great day to kick off our inaugural National Water Main

2024 Kwatye Award Winners – Steven Nash & Daniel Reid, Goulburn Valley Water
The award is open to WIOA individual members, to recognise an initiative involving cultural, diversity and inclusion-based activities within a project and/or community. In partnership with TRILITY, WIOA is excited

2024 National Ixom Best Tasting Tap Water Competition
Our 2023 National winners TasWater, hosted the Grand Final on Saturday, 16 November, at the Wrest Point Hotel Casino Lawns, Hobart, in partnership with the JackJumpers, Banjo’s Family Day. There

2024 WIOA NSW Water Operations Industry Conference and Exhibition
Thank you to all participants, sponsors and exhibitors. Together, we’ve made a significant impact on the water community, and your involvement truly reflects the spirit of connection and leadership in

VIC UV Systems Interest Day
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Interest Day – UV Systems in Victoria in late October. This event was proudly supported by: ProMinent Fluid Controls – our

Interest and Charity Bowls Day in Far North Queensland
In late October, we held a successful Far North Queensland Interest and Charity Bowls Day in Cairns. Our WIOA team of Glenn Alford and Dean Barnett were joined by over

Remembering Tony
Tony Hourigan was a friend to everyone at WIOA. He was a gentleman, a fierce advocate for what WIOA stood for, an honest and considerate person and a mentor to

2024 Queensland Charity Bowls Day in Yandina
Congratulations to our WIOA Queensland Advisory Committee on another successful Qld Charity Interest Day. Funds raised will go to supporting the WIOA Team’s WaterAid Australia Walk for Water. We kicked

2024 PASS Award Winner Wayne Neale from Barwon Water
Our congratulations go to Wayne and all of the other solutions that were submitted by Members in 2024. The Problem What was the problem that you experienced? In the last

2024 New South Wales Interest Day
Sydney Water hosted the New South Wales Interest Day on Wednesday 4th September at their Purified Recycled Water Discovery Centre, with 50 of our members attending this event in Quakers

Successful Interest Day ends with Wivenhoe Dam tour in QLD
We had a great day out at Wivenhoe Dam in South East Queensland on Wednesday 21st August, at our 2024 QLD interest day. Thank you to our host sponsor Seqwater

BHP wins IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water in South Australia
What a fantastic day at our South Australian Interest Day. Some thought provoking presentations followed by the fiercely contested IXOM Best Tasting Tap Water in South Australia. 22x Entries and

2024 QLD Indigenous LG Drinking Water Symposium
Following the endorsement of WIOA’s first Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Action Plan in May 2024, WIOA decided to run a seminar in a First Nation region. As part of WIOA’s

2024 WIOA QLD Water Operations Industry Conference and Exhibition
2024 Queensland Water Industry Operations Conference & Exhibition That’s a wrap! We made some exciting changes, showcased Operators and the Water Operations Sector to provide professional development and networking opportunities!

2024 QLD Women of Water Breakfast
On Wednesday the 24th of July 2024, twenty-five women from across the water industry of Queensland gathered for the inaugural Women of Water breakfast. Women came from across the state,

WIOA’s first WA Interest Day
In June 2024, we held our first WIOA Interest Day at the Water Corporations Balcatta office, with almost 50 in attendance from the Water Corporation, AqWest, Busselton Water, Rio Tinto,

2024 NZ WIOA Tour
With all of us officially meeting up for the first time at the Wellington airport the groups networking got off to a bit of a slow start, with everyone waiting

2024 WIOA Victorian Water Operations Industry Conference and Exhibition
The 2024 WIOA Victorian Water Operations Industry Conference and Exhibition, held in Bendigo Victoria on February 28th and 29th, was a resounding success, showcasing the dynamic innovation within the water