WIOA conference papers are a great resource for anyone working in operational roles in the water industry. Authorised technical papers presented at recent WIOA conferences can be accessed below.
New South Wales
2024
- Adaptive Management of Sydney Taste & Odour Event
- Water Quality and Operational Learnings From Quakers Hill Purified Recycled Water Discovery Centre
- Managing Water Quality Risks During Extended Temporary Works at Griffith WTP
- Lessons From Experienced Operators – Case Studies in Critical Decision Making
- A Clean Slate: Novel Chemical Cleaning to Recover Water Filtration Membranes
- Implementation of Field App
2023
- Biological Activated Carbon (Bac) Removal Of Soluble Manganese From Drinking Water – Jarad Shorthouse
- The Art Of Diagnosing An Unhealthy Town Water Bore – Greg Brereton
- Water Treatment In The AI Age: Opportunities And Concerns From The Frontlines – Andrea Gonzalez and Brendan Gladman
- Understanding Your Microbial Zoo: Using Microscopy To Assist Control Of Activated Sludge Processes – Curtis Gordon, Laura Fuhrman and Garry Charker
- Unexpected Learnings From An Inflow And Infiltration Study – Chris Murphy
- Reverse Osmosis Treatment At Davis Station, Antarctica – Ben Harrison and Phoebe Nash
- Pumping Down Emissions By Reducing Life Cycle Cost – Troy Leyden
- Enhanced Concrete Performance With Use Of Carbon Nanotube Liquid Additive – Tasha Eagle and Robert W Cavaliero
- Shifting Sands: The Nitty-Grit-Ty Behind Recent Improvements At The Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre – Steven Buck
- Trihalomethane Removal Through Everyday Aeration – Patrick Duiveman
- Digitising Drinking Water Operations – Britney Olsson
- Upgrade Of Critical Electrical Infrastructure In A Local Government Environment – Mitch Palmer
- Safer And Simpler Strategies For Maintaining Wastewater Pumps – Jorge Mellado and Michael Wachinger
- Rylstone WTP Tracer Testing Revelations – How Effective Is Your Chlorine Disinfection Barrier? – Michael Carter and Peter Dunn
- PE Pipe Networks And The Installation Of Electrofusion Joints – Lessons From The Christchurch Earthquake – Mark Habel
2022
- Protecting The Last Barrier: Midcoast Council’s Commitment To Community Safety – Lisa Andersons and Suzette Arasnilai
- Skilling The Water Industry – Tricia Fidock
- Kempsey Shire Council Water Industry Operations Traineeship Program – Wesley Trotter and Stephen Smailes
- First of its Kind Wyangala STP – David Whitcher
- Detection Of Sars-Cov-2 in Wastewater – David Rayner
- Free Chlorine Residual Improvement in the Parkes Shire Council B-Section – Lucy Parsons
- Reliable Raw Water Quality, Don’t Take It For Granted – Shawn Charlton
South Australia
2024
The 2024 Conference was postponed.
2023
- Water For Fodder 2020 – Brandon Pang And Darryn Soutar
- Trial Of New Algaecide For Blue Green Algae (Bga) Control – Brendan Murray and Paul Sharp
- Automated Dredging- A Safer Way To Clean Our Wastewater Basins – Charndeep Chahal
- Managing The Prolonged Cyanobacterial Activity In The Lower River Murray – Florence Choo, Emma Sawade and David Cook
- Learnings From Wastewater Surveillance Techniques During The Pandemic –Detecting Sars-Cov-2 In Sewage – Jacqueline Frizenschaf and Marlene Hsu
- Delivering Real-Time Cctv Footage To Enable Better Asset Decisions and Customer Outcomes – James Neeson
- Advanced Scanning Technologies For Documentation Of Plant Operations – Stuart Sandow
- Enhanced Concrete Performance With Use Of Carbon Nanotube Liquid Additive – Tasha Eagle and Robert W Cavaliero
Queensland
2024
- Lessons from Experienced Operators – A Case Study in Critical Decision-Making – Kathy Northcott, Marty Hancock and Sallyanne Bartlett
- The Future Is Trenchless – Rehabilitation of Pressure Infrastructure with UV-Cured Fiberglass Reinforced Pipe Liner – Katharina Helming
- Taking the Mystery Out of Mechanical Seals – Jorge Mellado and Michael Wachinger
- Landers Shute WTP Raw Water Main Drain Down, Repair & Refill – Alysha Di Martino and Chris Brown
- Shifting Sands: The Nitty-Grit-Ty Behind Recent Improvements At The Lower Molonglo Water Quality Control Centre – Steven Buck
- The Real Cost of Reduced Flow – Maintaining Pump Efficiency – Troy Leyden
- Theresa Creek Dam “Dam Safety And Management Plan” – Tahir Khan and Stephen Wagener
- Embracing the Unknown: A Framework for Innovative Project Management – Shannon Biddulph
- A Journey of Implementation of Preventive Maintenance Program – Seungchan Bang
- Fatigue Management, Field staff Perspective – Samuel Adams
- Adaptive Membrane Plant Retrofit – Rick Maffescioni and Leigh Heath
- Beginning With The End In Mind: Operator Centric Sps Renewals – Laurence Marano and Regan Ridgway
2023
- Enhanced Concrete Performance With Use Of Carbon Nanotube Liquid Additive – Tasha Eagle and Robert W Cavaliero
- Drinking Water Quality Improvement Collaboration – Chlorate And THM Reduction – John Granzien and Diane Rapson
- SSDD Or A Better Way – John Holmes
- Luggage Point Resource Recovery Centre Odour Management – Kathryn Turner
- After The 2011 Quake: Rebuilding Christchurch’s Polyethylene Pipe Network – Mark Habel
- Developing A National Benchmark To Support Water Industry Operations – Marty Hancock and Kathy Northcott
- Innovation To Operations – Biological Control Of Blue Green Algae – Scott Lowe, Luisa Magalhaes and Robin Cherry
- Recovering Brisbane’s Second Largest Wastewater Treatment Plant After The 2022 Floods – Cait Pauling
- Veolia Remote Switching Finger – George Bellizia and Aaron Burke
- Wellbeing Through The Floods – Matthew McNamara and Kimberlee Pithers
- Rainfall and its impacts on Water Treatment Amid Alkalinity Changes – Alexander Blanch
- Supplying Reliable Safe Water In A Flood – Elise O’Keeffe
- One Size Does Not Fit All: A Case For Different Learning Programs – Janice Wilson, Reagan Whitehouse and King Intrapaiboon
- Backflow Prevention – Keeping our drinking water safe – Jeff Parsonage
2022
- Iron And Manganese Issues In The Mundubbera Water Supply – Tim Merrett
- The State Of Safety Culture In Utilities: Lessons From Industry – Anthony Gibbs
- Trial Of New Algaecide For Blue Green Algae (BGA) Control – Brendan Murray and Paul Sharp
- Winneke Filters: The Road To Better Backwash – John Deboer
- Bloomsbury Bore: Remote Supply Challenges, One Bore With Iron & Manganese – Mark Vairy and Brad Richards
- Proactive Water Service Connection Replacement Pilot Project – Roxie Luo
- The Difficulties Faced By Small Regional WSPS – Shaun Johnston
- Reliable Raw Water Quality, Don’t Take It For Granted – Shawn Charlton
- Pumping Down Emissions By Reducing Life Cycle Cost – Troy Leyden
- Practical Guide For The Optimisation Of Coagulation-Flocculation Through
- Jar Testing – Andrea Gonzalez and David Bartley
- Unsuitable Outcomes Top 10…and Still Counting – David Barry
- Geosynthetic Barriers For PFAS Containment: Current Options, Historical Precedents, and New Materials – Gus Martins
- RO Membrane Loader for the Replacement at Seqwater’s Gold Coast Desalination Plant – Jonathan Jo and Peter Schuster
- Free Chlorine Residual Improvement in the Parkes Shire Council B-Section
– Lucy Parsons - Safe And Healthy Drinking Water In Indigenous Local Government Areas Program – Rod Dedman
Victoria
2024
- Floating Wetlands Pilot Project: A cleaner and greener approach to wastewater – Shaun Ratten
- Lessons Learned From 20 Years Of Bac Filter Operations – Rachel Russell, Luke Mccormick and Kathy Northcott
- Utilising The Power Of Technology To Enhance Operational Monitoring Capabilities – Nerida Campbell
- Research Undertaken To Improve Sustainability And Reduce Costs Of BNR Plants – Liam Tamplin and Craig White
- Highlights From The Technical Competency Benchmark Project – Kathy Northcott, Marty Hancock and Sallyanne Bartlett
- One Size Does Not Fit All: A Case For Different Learning Programs – Janice Wilson, Reagan Whitehouse and King Intrapaiboon
- Effective Control Of Problematic Weed And Algae In Sewer Open Channel System – James Pither and Joe Chiocci
- Why Your Wastewater Treatment Plant Needs A Risk Management And Monitoring Program – Hilary Hall
- Best Practise Drinking Water Sampling for Microbial Testing – Ehsan Farno, Anthea McManemin, Paul Jones and Dan Deere
- Replacing Operational Work Management Software – Daryl Bennett
- Bendigo CWS Liner Replacement Project – Connor Darroch and Luke McCormick
- Cohuna WTP – How to treat the untreatable? – Angus Bowles and Cameron Kervin
2023
- High Pressure Water Jetter Incident Causing Serious Injury – Fred Sadler and Mick Mahoney
- Enabling Regional Water Supply With Ceramic Membranes – A Case Study – Doug Moorby and Jon Wright
- Bypassing a Critical Sewer Pump Station For Major Upgrades: Challenges and Learnings – Curtis Biggs
- Relining a Section of the MT Cole Pipeline – Innovative Solution to a Challenging Project – Chris Baker
- Iron and Manganese Issues in the Mundubbera Water Supply – Tim Merrett
- Supplying Reliable Safe Water in a Flood – Elise O’Keeffe
- Pumping Down Emissions by Reducing Life Cycle Cost – Troy Leyden
- Mixer Installation at Ballarat South Wastewater Treatment Plant – Steven Kugele
- Chlorine Residual Vs Ct, Using Operational Data To Determine Real World Trends – Shawn Charlton
- Lessons From Wannon Water’s Maximo (Works Management System) Journey – Sally Obst
- Merrigum Community Fishing Lakes – Rick Bertoli
- Monitoring And Quality Assurance Of Esc Indicators – Michael Crothers
- Innovation in trenchless rehabilitation of potable water lines – SAERTEX-LINER® H2O – Katharina Helming
- Rain, Rain, Go Away – The Operational Challenges Of Using Recycled Water In South West Victoria – Kath Coughlan
- Wonga Wetlands, A Living Example Of Recycled Water Management – John Hawkins
- Network Operator Development Program There’s nothing else like it! – Bailey Andersen and Gavin Overy
2022
- Using Riparian Protection To Offset Treated Wastewater Discharge – Kirsten Hogan and Kirsten Roszak
- Key Performance Indicators For Improved Coating Selection In Wastewater System – Stephen Bowditch and Michael Wachinger
- Enhanced Concrete Performance With Use Of Carbon Nanotube Liquid Additive – Tasha Eagle and Robert W Cavaliero
- Cedar Grove Commissioning from An Operators Point of View – William Smith – Michael Gow
- Enter The Matrix: Using Virtual Reality And 360 Degree Video To Improve Stakeholder Engagement – Anthony Domanti, Marlon Pritchard and Andrew Stevenson
- Trial Of New Algaecide For Blue Green Algae (BGA) Control – Brendan Murray and Paul Sharp
- What The Changes To The Chlorine Gas Standard As 2927 Mean For You – Christopher Howard and Nathan McCluskey
- Technology Driven Maintenance Optimization – How Digitalization Increases Productivity In Water – Chris Krincevski
- Ensuring Recycled Water Compliance During The Victorian Covid-19 Lockdowns – Rebecca Rees and Darren Pearson
- The Loombah Project – Grant Waite
- PFAS And Wastewater: What Can Be Done? – Hilary Hall and Gemma Wakefield
- Improving Reliability And Operator Confidence In Total Suspended Solids Sensors- James Portlock
- Anaerobic Digestion – Revival And Survival – Jarrah Feather and Taylah Tice
- Winneke Filters The Road To Better Backwash – John deBoer
- Reliable Raw Water Quality, Don’t Take It For Granted – Shawn Charlton
Call for papers 2025
Abstracts for presentations at the WIOA conferences are currently being accepted.
All water industry personnel involved in the operation and maintenance of urban, rural and industrial water related infrastructure for the management, conveyance, treatment, discharge and reuse of water and trade wastes are invited to submit an abstract for consideration.
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