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Current Edition
- New Beginnings – George Wall
- Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre Odour Management – Kathryn Turner
- Water Use Accurately Assesses The Quality of the AFL Grand Finals – David White
- Retired Water Assets in Yorta Yorta and Taungurung Country Come Back to Life – Steven Nash
- One Size Does Not Fit All: A Case For Different Learning Programs – Janice Wilson & Reagan Whitehouse
- Waterable – A Network Improving Disability Inclusion – Llewellyn Prain
Previous Editions
- Editorial – Peter Mosse
- Safe Water for Caramut – Anthony Evans
- Vegetable Fat Removal at Redlands – Helen Walker & Arman Mehrsa
- Pumping Costs and Greenhouse Gases – Troy Leyden
- Land Management For SA Water Operational Sites – Shaun Kennedy
- Safe Water Supply During a Flood – Elise O’Keeffe
- Building Services That Last: A System Strengthening Approach to Delivering Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – Tegan Dunne
- A Rethink on Operator Training – Peter Mosse
- Lets Talk about Languishing – Beyond Blue
- Blended Learning During Covid-19 – Rob Namestnik
- Watch your Raw Water – Shawn Charlton
- Replacing a High Rate Lagoon Cover – Darren Sharman
- Subsidence in Surfers – Kent Weeden
- Filter Entry and Inspection – Peter Mosse
- Clarifier Cleaning Sprays – Scott Kitwood
- Change of Water Source Solves Chlorine Residual Problems – Nagalingam Thayalakumaran & David Sheehan
- Who will train our Operators? – Peter Mosse & Stephen Wilson
- Safe Drinking Water in Tasmania – Stephen Westgate & Matthew Robertson
- Caron Nanotubes Improve Concrete – Tasha Eagle & Robert Cavaliero
- Horizontal Drum Screening of Wastewater – Mike Bambridge
- Does your Distribution Network Operator as well as you think? – Carmel Cumming & David Sheehan
- Better Backwashes at Winneke – John DeBoer
- Australian Operator Exchange Program – Peter Mosse
- Pipe Descaling in Mundubbera – Tim Merrett
- Dedication recognised
- Guest editorial – David Sheehan
- Sewer mining for COVID – Dr Dan Deere and Dr Kelly Hill
- Monitoring distribution networks – David Both, Elise O’Keeffe and David Reyne
- Ti Tree Bend biosolids upgrade – Peter Sowter and Rennie Brown
- Anammox plant in Brisbane – Justin Todhunter
- Managing water levels using evaporation – Rod Curtis
- Intelligent water networks – Dean Barnett
- Recycled water standpipe in Euroa – Ian Matheson and Steven Nash
- Bypass surgery – Peter Mosse
- A tale of two cities – Steve Capewell
- Carp spoil effluent at Moree – Roland Heatley
- New training facility at Greater Western Water – Grant Powell
- Cleaned inlet works at Oxley Creek – Bill Collie
- Farewell to activated silica at Reatta Road WTP – Ryan Melville, Brett Pritchard and Terry Preston
- Biosolids management on Lord Howe Island – Bradley Josephs and Peter Bambridge
- New screens at Crystal Cascades intake – John Bishop
- UV disinfection – Peter Mosse
- Operating in difficult times
- Community benefits of recycled water – Andrew Watson and Shay White
- Electrocution risks working on water services – Craig Piazza
- Improving communication with VHF Ethernet – Alex McCaffrey
- Don’t just ask for it, business case it – Jamie Rossato
- Manganese removal at Corowa – Shawn Charlton and Martin Woodhead
- Fire and water – Bruce Murray and Ryan Melville
- Macarthur WFP inlet valve replacement – Matthew Benstead
- Staying engaged
- Algaecide management of blue green algae – Will Egan, Kerry Matthews and Bryan Chatelier
- Failure of a spiral lined sewer main – Isaac Greene
- Biological activation of filters at Mildura WTP – Shahzad Sandhu and Kendall Niblett
- Recycled water consumption at Port Macquarie – Alan Butler
- 10 Commandments for safe drinking water – Steve E. Hrudey and Elizabth J. Hrudey
- Statistical process control for improved water quality – David Bartley
- Safer pump removal at Logan City – Anthony Domanti and Scott Smith
- Bio-augmentation at Atherton WWTP – Anthony Ruge and Scott Buckley
- Why don’t they give a flush? – Kristy Elrington
- Remote system microbiology – Glenda Floriduz
- Use of spot market electricity pricing at North East Water – Michael Chapman
- Botulism in wildlife at Mt St John STP – Glenn Twite
- Community benefits from treated effluent – Paul Beard
- Relocatable emergency water supply – Bradley Milfull and Steve Young
- Safe drinking water in the Torres Strait – David Baldwin, Toni Veronese, Brad Milligan and Chris Blake
- SCADA troubleshooting – Dave Cameron and Carlie Sargent
- Sludge sending at Kenilworth STP – Cale Maclean, Anthony Smith and Ramraj Kulkarni
- Thargomindah’s hot cold water – Wayne Mills
- Improved disinfection at Mt Kynoch – Marcus Boyd and Terry Heness
- The value of water industry operator competency: the what, why and how – Sallyanne Bartlett and Kathy Northcott
- Reducing THMs during high source water bromide and salt events – Duncan Shillito
- Choosing the right PAC – Adrian Knight, Peta Thiel and Peter Cullum
- Importance of prescreening for Fairfield Membrane Bioreactor – Bill Collie
- Coexisting with Telcos – Jason Ip
- Impact of Telco structures on water storage reservoirs – Carmel Serratore and Jill Busch
- Emerging Leaders Cultural Diversity Program: recognising the shared values of water in the Goulburn Valley region – Elise O’Keefe and Simon Walsh
- Reducing BGA and nutrients – Simon Tannock
- Understanding backflow prevention – Peter McLennan
- Reducing E. coli detections at Coliban – Andrew Telfer
- ATP monitoring in networks – Anthony Borg
- Jar test training. Is it good enough? – Peter Mosse
- Biosolids loading weight system – Peter Uwland
- Membrane management for cost effective operations – Colin Ellett, Konrad Mueller & Kathy Northcott
- What do Microbial Health-Based Targets really mean? – David Sheehan and Kim Mosse
- Diffuser replacement at Westdale Wastewater Treatment Plant – Bill Constable
- CRAST – Predicting geosmin removal in water treatment plants – Kelly Newton, Claire McInnes and Gayle Newcombe
- Recycled water at Lennox Head – Tomas Lees
- Calala Water Treatment Plant’s filter follies – Adrian Cameron
- 2018 NODP – A participant’s perspective – Justin Archibald
- Solar-powered electrochlorinator at Round Mountain – Christopher Pipe-Martin and John Winchester
- Operation of brackish water reverse osmosis membranes – Lee Marshall & Kathy Northcott
- Quenching the thirst for information – George Wall
- What you don’t know can hurt you – John deBoer
- Fish and sewage lagoon sludge – Ben Pohlner
- Portable mains disinfection after repair – Peter Mosse and Derek Braden
- Dechlorination after mains disinfection – Denny Anderson
- Flushing at 1 m/sec – Neville Whittaker and the GVW Central O&M Team
- Red Discs at Morgan WTP – James Gorman
- Solids incineration at Lower Molonglo – Shane Dyson and Eric Nielsen
- PAC and membranes at Tweed – Peta Tiel and Marty Hancock
- Keep it simple. Please – Peter Mosse
- Curlewis chlorination upgrade – Brock Stone
- Bioreactor mixer base plate removal tool – Marcus Boyd
- Managing workforce fatigue – Kirsty McCulloch and Michelle Riley
- School based apprenticeships for water industry operations – John Day
- The power of 2 – Engineers Australia
- To boil or not to boil? – David Sheehan
- “We’ve never had problems before” can be a problem – Dave Yarin
- Water treatment plant operator helper – Michael Fawcett
- Certification on the move – George Wall
- From IT Officer to Water Officer – Chris McCallum
- Membranes and organic polymer flocculants? – Kathy Northcott
- Control of manganese in drinking water – Bruce Murray
- Blackwater no more – Stuart Doak
- Toilets for Sariri – David Greaves
- Bump washing at Myponga – James Laube
- Developing a safe water mains repair procedure – Neville Whittaker
- Sandgate STP biosolids strategy – Gary Fenwick
- What’s in the box? – Paul Gregg
- Solar energy at Snowy Valleys STPs – Vince Ridley
- Darlington trunk main shutdown – Dan Ford
- Gloucester over chlorination event – Nathan Bakewell
- Influent quarantine at East Burpengary STP – James Castle
- OHS. Clean Up Your Act – Peter Mosse
- SAE Saves $ at STPS – Richard Brice
- Send in the Drone – Alister Laidlaw
- Do Not Learn the Hard Way
- Pullout Poster: 10 Commandments For Safe Drinking Water
- Water Storage Tank Design – Dave Barry and Hannah Busch
- Sand and Silt Trap at Rawson WTP – Mark Walker
- Ultra and Microfiltration Membranes Design and Operation – Rick Maffescioni
- Moving Forward … But At A Snail’s Pace – George Wall
- Water Mains Repairs At Wingecarribee – Ian Crow, John Webb & Ian McDonald
- Distribution System 5C Hygiene At Unitywater – Shannon McBride & Belinda Janke
- Cover That Pipe End – Peter Mosse
- Good Practice Guide: How Do You Match Up? – Gareth Roeszler & David Sheehan
- Dinosaur Bones and Artesian Gold – Geoffrey Johnson
- UV Lamp Breakage at Stromlo WTP – Kate Smith
- The Wizard of Ox – Joel Fitzgerald
- Five Years of Taste Tests in Queensland – Dave Cameron
- Noosa STP BNR Optimisation – Michael Thomas
- Look After Your Floc – Peter Mosse
- Paperless WTPS for South Gippsland – Bryan Chatelier
- Operational Data Management at Wannon Water – Catherine Huf
- Pilot Plants Guide SA Water Filter Upgrades – Jason West
- Look Out at Hypo Sites – Derek Braden
- WIOA’s Practical Guides Series
- Redcliffe STP Road to Recovery – James Castle, King Intrapaiboon and Robin Cherry
- Public Health Depends on Proper Main Repair and Disinfection – Everett Baker
- Tuning BNR Plants – Ken Hartley
- Technical Assessment and Mentoring Project for Remote Plants – Michelle Hill and Dave Cameron
- Uncovering the Source of Hydrocarbons in Drinking Water – Steven Newham
- A Long Road to Fluoridation for Port Macquarie and Hastings – Terry Randall and Murray Thompson
- Optimisation of Singleton IDEA STP – ASM Mohiuddin
- Perisher Blue Improves Wastewater Treatment – Michael O’Rance
- Full Wastewater Recycling Inside ANZ Building – Glen Meillott and Peter Zauner
- Optimise Chlorine Contact Tank Performance – Jonathan Church and Jason Colton
- Chlorine Training in Remote WA – Ron Levett, Tony Bohdan and Rob Namestnik
- New Video Health and Safety SOPS – Michael Clewes
- Standard Requirements Needed for WTPS – Bruce Murray and Christian Sanders
- Arsenicl Removal in Remote Communities – Mei-Leng Yau and Gary Thorne
- Rethinking PAC Handling – John Knoblauch
- Solar Biosolids Drying In Toowoomba – James Coonan
- Plastics For Chemical Dosing Systems – Gary Dinse
- How To Train Your Centrifuge – Jarrah Feather
- Operational Performance Monitoring In Victoria – Helen Oates and David Sheehan
- Only 52 – Adam Panozzo
- Western Water’s Big Break – Fiona Robertson
- Nature Strip Congestion – Leigh Trevaskis
- Aerator History At Cowes WWTP – Chris West
- WIOA Operator Certification Scheme – Kathy Northcott
- Editorial JSEWQA – Peter Mosse
- EDC Study At West Wodonga – Peter Tolsher
- Is Our WTP Performance Good Enough? – Peter Mosse
- 18 Years Of Cleaning Treated Water Storage – Dave Barry
- Emergency Earthquake Repairs at NZ WWTP – Stu Hildreth
- Process Optimisation at Healesville WWTP – Richard Brice and David Diaz
- Westernport’s Water Quality Journey – Brett Beaumont and Dean Chambers
- Online Turbidity Instrumentation Guidelines – Peter Mosse
- UV Disinfection Seminar Follow Up – Graham Smith
- Optimising Dewatering at Pimpana WTP – Mark Wilson, Joel Warnes, Charlie Suggate, Lee Davies and Dion Sleep
- Increased Biodiversity at Junee WWTP – Micheal Summerell, Sheree Shuttleworth and Will Barton
- Corroivity Monitoring in Canberra – Timothy Crockford and Cameron Patrick
- Samson’s Improved Filter Core Sampler – Owen Bull
- Divers Repair Submersible Mixer at WWTP – Lester Little
- PFS Reduces Aluminum in rawson Water – Mark Walker
- UV Disinfection & Validation – Graham Smith
- Filter Media Problems at Pimpama – Mark Wilson, Dion Sleep, Charlie Suggate, Lee Davies and Joel Warnes
- Online Monitoring of Cod at Echuca WWTP – Kay White
- Editorial Driving Operational Change – George Wall
- Self-Prime Pump Saves on Costs – Adrian Harper
- Management of Protozoan Risk – Peter Mosse
- From Drought to Flood 3 Easy Steps – Marcus Boyd
- Ice Pigging – The Way Ahead? – Graeme Berriman
- Improving NZ Drinking Water Quality – Jason Colton
- Where Have All My Drying Beds Gone? – Ian Davis
- Editorial:Wouldn’t it be Nice; Instrumental Control and High Level Operational Reporting – Peter Mosse
- Interview: David Barry of Aqualift
- Water Pipes: Pipes Materials and Failures – Greg Moore
- OHS vs Safe Drinking Water: Water Safety vs Occupational Safety – David Barry & Peter Mosse
- pH Testing: Measuring pH Problems Overcome – Wayne Shaw
- Water Filters: Filter Head Loss Profiles – Peter Mosse
- SDWA Audits: Lessons for Operators; Victorian Safe Drinking Water Act Audits – David Sheehan & Leanne Wells
- Editorial: Aluminium, Your Time has Come! – Peter Mosse and Peter Gebbie
- Sewer Repairs over Shoalhaven River – Steve Glennan and Phil Critchley
- Lamella Clarifier Trials at Dinner Plain – Tony McKean
- Water Treatment Plant – the Switch – Peter Gebbie
- How’s your Pipe – Greg Moore
- Rehabilitation of Sewers for the Future – Nev Brown
- Editorial: Towards a New Operations Environment – Peter Mosse & George Wall
- After the Black Saturday Fire Storm! – Bruce Anderson
- Reactive Soil Reminder – Out of sight, Out …- Paul Trentini
- Long Term Filter Monitoring and Safe – Drinking Water – Data From Two Australian Water Utilities – Peter Mosse
- Tarcutta Tales of Manganese and Iron – Peter Outtrim
- Managing Melbourne’s Water After Storm Events – Noel Miles, Kathy Northcott & Daniel Ellis
- Sewer Response Unit (SRU) – David Errey
- Editorial: Alarming Problems – Peter Mosse
- Emergency WTP Repairs: The Five Day Challenge – Greg Comer
- Operator Training: Operator Exchanges in Germany – Jörg Krampe
- Top Op Shot
- Water Storage: Vermin Proofing Potable Water Storages –
- Jai Josey & Peter Duzevich
- Algae Control: Covering Clarified Launders Controls Algae –
- Adrian Harper
- Recycled Water Plant: Revving up a Recycled Water Plant – Charlie Suggatè
- SEQ Transition: SEQ in Transition Then and Now – John Granzien
- Aquifer Storage & Recovery Trials at Barwon – Gwyn Hatton
- It’s just not good enough: Capital Project Delivery – Peter Mosse
- Petrol and Sewer Don’t Mix – Peter Anderson, Barry Young and Chris Seam
- Underbool WTP: In House Design, Construction and Commissioning! – Chris Baker
- Work Cover!!! What About Water Cover?? An Inside View to Managing Contamination in Water Storages – David Barry
- WTP Upgrade; Dubbo Softens – Peter Catelotti and Dinesh Manivannan
- Beaufort and Blackwood Mains Cleaned – Nick Martin, John Carr and David Both
- Water Corporation Training: A Hands-On Approach – Rob Namestnik
- Stratification Solutions – Chris Perks
- Editorial – Filter Training needed for STP Operators?? – Peter Mosse
- Recycled Water Colour Woes – Yolanda Sztarr
- Cleaning Diffusers at Edgeworth WWTW – John Stevens
- Bright Filtration Shines – Brian Scobie, Rex Humphreys and Jason Mullins
- Sewer Blockages and Tree Roots – 2007 Kwatye Prize Report – Graham Thomson
- Kawana STP Upgrade Sorted – Stephen Will
- Filter Failures – Which one is it? – Peter Mosse
- ‘A is for Antiscalant’ – An A to Z of Membrane Technology – Cameron Patrick
- Water Tanks – Going Down? – Peter Norder
- Fishways at Torrumburry Weir – Terry Holt
- Monitoring of Product Loss In Effluent Discharged from Diary Processing Facilities – Rob Dexter
- Innovative Reuse of PAC Process Sludge – Luke Zappia and Steve Capewell
- The Australian Water Industry – ‘The other crisis’ – Peter Mosse and George Wall
- Mittagong Upgrade and Commissioning – Chris Carlon and Dave Cochrane
- Fire and Water – John Cameron
- Water Delivery in Paradise – David Dickson
- Bundy and Solids – Keith Nicholle, Graham Campbell and Kerry Dalton
- In at the Deep End – Mark Samblebe
- Coagulant Dosing Control Moves Forward – Chris Laidlow
- Gold Cost Water Improves – Craig Bolin
- Implementation – The Missing Link in Water Quality – Peter Mosse
- Water Industry Training Package Review Update – May 2006
- Lifecycle Costing – Which Pump? – Heath Seuren
- Pigging the Lobethal Rising Main – Sue Lefebvre
- Ezy Lift Chlorine Cylinder Trailer – Peter Huggins
- Improved Solids Removal from Septic Tanker Discharge – Tony Heagney and Annmarie Tracey
- Public Health is Your Resonsibility – Annette Davison
- Return to Hell on Earth, Aceh Province, Indonesia – Dave Neru
- Training Offered On Line – Kate Niblett
- Treatment Plant Lock in: You Know You Should Have Stayed at Home in Bed When… – Michelle Colwell
- Training can you meet the Challenge – Peter Mosse
- Not happy Larry! The aftermath of cyclone Larry – Share Bandiera
- Colour removal using Nano Filtration – Eddy Ostarcevic
- Determination of COD, protein, blood and total solids in meat processing wastes – Rob Dexter
- Flouridation in the far far North – Peter MacTaggart
- The North Adelaide tank: What a beautiful storage – Matthew Thompson
- Turbidity meters on trial! – Peter Woodrow
- Bulace dyeing minimises trade waste – Jason McGregor
- “Operators? – Who Cares?” – George Wall
- Water Treatment Coagulants (or how I learned to love doing jar tests!) – Peter Gebbie
- Improved Float Removal at a DAFF – Karl Williams
- Cairns Water Treatment Alliance – Brian Smyth and Chris Ormond
- Trade Waste Management Plans – Cooperative Compliance – Jason McGregor
- Composting Biosolids – Darren Key and Peter Mosse
- Whakappa Alpine Sewerage Scheme – Warren Furner
- Water Quality and Distribution System Seminar – Anthony Evans
- New Zealand Visited – Jarrah Feather
- Colour Removal Without Chemical Addition – Eddy Ostarcevic
- A New Zealand Experience – Brendan Holt
- Sewer Pump Station Fall Prevention System – Jarrah Feather
- Recycled Water Production at Rouse Hill – Iain Fairbain
- Water Treatment Alliance: Filter Assessment Workshop at Hobart WTP – Peter Mosse
- Filter Optimisation at Winneke – Mark Jarvis
- Problems with Liners and Covers – Peter Norder
- Biosolids Management – Did you hear the one about? – George Wall
- Water Storages – What the Cleaner Saw! – Peter Norder, Neil Whitelaw, Craig Jones
- Filter Media Matters – Bruce Murray
- Successful Filter Rebuilds – A Practical Guide – Michelle Colwell
- Watery Tales – Kristine Hunter
- Solar Sludge Drying – Ross Shannon, S. Nathan, V. Luboschik
- State of the Art Operational Manuals – Jason Whittaker
- Nitrogen Removal Using Tertiary Filtration – Suzie Hatch and Colum Kearney
- The Hazard of Summer – Peter Mosse
- Fire and Water – Tim East and Robin Burgess
- Water on Wheels – Neil Healey
- I’ve seen fire. I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen muddy waters that I thought would never clear again. – Michael Leak, Roland Passuello, Bruce Tyler
- Off Tastes and Distribution Systems: Studies Using UV-Vis Spectroscopy – Peter Mosse
- Covering of Treated Water Storages to Improve Water Quality to Customers – Len Ablett
- Do you know your D.O. – Rob Dexter
- Biolsolids Research Update – Terry Anderson
- Operator Training Revisited: Your Thoughts Please – George Wall
- Guidelines and ACTS: Get Involved – Peter Mosse
- Detecting Odour Potential at an Industrial Treatment Plant – John Day
- pH Buffering in the Greaves Creek Water Supply System – Carolyn Haupt and John van der Meulen
- Vetiver Grass Wetlands to Treat Sewerage in Esk Shire – John Granzien and Lloyd King
- HACCP at Molendinar WTP – John Jacobs and Craig Bolin
- Foaming STP at Queanbeyan – Greg Fogarty
- Gerard Barry – Victorian Operator of the Year 2003 – John Park
- Report on the New Zealand Water and Wastes Association 2001 Conference – George Wall
- Optimising Backwashing at Molendinar Water Treatment Plant – Frank James
- Innovative Aeration at the Beechworth Waste Water Treatment Plant – Mark Samblebe and Bob Malone
- Filter Covers! A pictorial technical note – Peter Mosse
- Know your Filters – Sandy McGregor
- Low-Alkalinity Measurement Using the Gran Plot Technique – Peter Gebbie
- Practical Experiences with Online Nutrient Analysers – Paul Keating
- Trialling the Deskin Quick Dry Filter Bed for Biosolids Reduction – Anthony Evans
- pH Measurement in Low Ionic Strength Drinking Water – Phil Edwards
- Commissioning of Australia’s Largest Nitrogen Removal Plant – Ross Smith and David Solley
- STP Filtraton Back on Track – Michael Bonnano
- Pass for P.A.S.S on OH&S and Treatment – Sandy McGregor
- Use of a Novel On-line Instrument to Investigate the Impact of Trade Wastes on a UV Disinfection System – Peter Mosse
- Removing Algal Tastes and Odours from Drinking Water – Gayle Newcombe and David Cook
- It’s always on a Friday – Ken Turner
- Floated Sludge Removal Shepparton Water Treatment Plant – Neal Collins
- Launder Scrubba – Trevor Gordon
- Propellor Blades at the Moe STP – Paul Keating
- Balancing the Wastewater Equation – George Wall
- Upgrading the Morwell Sewage Treatment Plant – Mick Cook
- Practical Experiences with Particle Counters – Michelle Colwell