Program: Tuesday

8:30am–10:00am 10:00am–10:45am 10:45am–12:15pm STREAM 5 OPENING CEREMONY | KEYNOTE ADDRESS MORNING TEA

STREAM 6

SAFEGUARDING COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACHIEVING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY

MICROBIOLOGY PLANNING/STRATEGY

10:50am–10:55am 309

PUTTING “ENERGY’ INTO NAEGLERIA RISK MANAGEMENT Dr Abigail Morrow – Hunter Water

10:55am–11:20am LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF STAGNATION IN LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA CONTAMINATION OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS Dr Harriet Whiley – Flinders University

182

NO OPPORTUNITY WASTED: UTILITY COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERS TO REALISE A LOCAL CIRCULAR ECONOMY Joel Edwards – Icon Water

THE TRANSITION TO CIRCULARITY AND A LOW CARBON FUTURE IN SEVERN TRENT (UK) Pete Vale – Severn Trent Water

11:20am–11:45am

11:45am–12:10pm 421

FIGHT AGAINST ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN WATER SYSTEMS Jianhua Guo – The University of Queensland

12:10pm–12:15pm 153

A CIRCULAR BASELINE ANALYSIS FRAMEWORK FOR WATER UTILITIES Dr Lisa Ehrenfried – Yarra Valley Water Jodie Bricout – Lifecycles

277

TRANSITION TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING AND DRIVING PERFORMANCE AT RRC’S (WWTP’S) Peter Donaghy – Urban Utilities

200

THE PEOPLE-CENTRED APPROACH TO ACHIEVING A CIRCULAR ECONOMY Kyle Olsen & Jarrad Legg – Yarra Valley Water

12:15pm–1:15pm

LUNCH 1:15pm–3:15pm SAFEGUARDING COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DELIVERING AN OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT

PFAS REMEDIATION – KEY STRATEGIES AND CASE STUDIES FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL SITES 1 Dr Ali Farhat – GHD

1:20pm–1:25pm 358

1:25pm–1:50pm 157

DEVELOPING A RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE PRIORITISATION OF CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN (CEC) Dr Steven Melvin – Griffith University

1:50pm–2:15pm 109

MANAGEMENT OF DRINKING WATER SUPPLY WITH EMERGING CONTAMINANTS PRESENT Vicki Pearce – ECT2

2:15pm–2:40pm 404

RUBBER SEALING RINGS: HOW GOOD COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY LED TO POSITIVE CHANGE Margaret Whittle & David Cook – SA Water

2:40pm–3:05pm 339

MEDITPLAST: ASSESSMENT OF MICROPLASTICS OF FATE AND BEHAVIOR OF MICROPLASTICS ON A COASTAL TERRITORY Kathy Northcott – Veolia

3:05pm–3:10pm 63

WATER NIGHT 2020 – COMING FACE TO FACE WITH YOUR WATER USING AUTOPILOT Chris Philpot – Smart Approved WaterMark

154

CUSTOMER LED PRODUCT AND SERVICES: INTRODUCING DIGITAL WATER METERS Ash Walsh – Yarra Valley Water

210

HOW TO DRIVE CUSTOMER ADVOCACY, ENGAGEMENT AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE Dr Christoph Prackwieser & Monica Heinrich – Sydney Water

61

RESEARCHING CUSTOMER ATTITUDES TO WATER CONSERVATION IN THE HUNTER Kirsty Jones – Hunter Water Corporation Dr Sonia Vilches-Montero – University of Newcastle

209

MISSING VOICES: VICTIM-SURVIVOR PERSPECTIVES ON REFORMS TO THE VICTORIAN WATER BUSINESS CUSTOMER SERVICE CODES 2017 Eliza Venville – Monash University

3:15pm–4:00pm

4:00pm-5:30pm

WORKSHOP/PANEL 5

AFTERNOON TEA

PANEL 6 AWA Water Recycling Specialist Network presents: PURIFIED RECYCLED WATER FOR DRINKING: THE NEED FOR A NATIONAL APPROACH?

STREAM 7 DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & EQUITY OPENING CEREMONY | KEYNOTE ADDRESS MORNING TEA

275

NO OPPORTUNITY WASTED: UTILITY COLLABORATION WITH UTILITA WATER SOLUTIONS – CONTINUING TO LEARN ON, OFF & IN THE FIELD Chris McRae – Utilita Water Solutions

STREAM 8 STUDENT WATER PRIZE

SPONSORED BY

255

RIVERSENSE AND RUAHUWAI TAKIWA REMOTE MONITORING PROJECTS: INCORPORATING IWI STORIES AND WESTERN SCIENTIFIC INDICATORS Nic Conland – Eco Detection Pty Ltd Eugene Berryman-Kamp – Te Arawa River Iwi Trust (TARIT)

216

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION LESSONS LEARNT FROM RECRUITMENT Gemma Keane & Mary O’Keeffe – Aurecon

160

TRANSITION TO CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEASURING AND DRIVING GENDER EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND SDG GOAL 6: THE CRITICAL CONNECTION Melita Grant – Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

SWP01

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE OPTIMISATION AND EVALUATION OF SMART PONDS FOR SLUDGE MANAGEMENT Raveena Raju – The University of Western Australia (WA)

SWP02

AN INNOVATIVE WAY OF TREATING WASTEWATER AND SLUDGE EMPLOYING A NOVEL AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIA GENUS CANDIDATUS NITROSOGLOBUS Zhiyao Wang – The University of Queensland (QLD)

SWP03

THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL NANOFUNCTIONAL WASTEWATER REMEDIATION STRATEGIES: CREATING CLEAN WATER FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW Piumie Rajapaksha – RMIT University (VIC)

INDUSTRY SAFETY & WELLBEING LUNCH

161

WATER NIGHT 2020 – COMING FACE TO FACE WITH YOUR WATER THE SILENT ALARM - MANAGING THE RISK OF FATIGUE AT LOGAN WATER Michael Silke – WSP

95

CUSTOMER LED PRODUCT AND SERVICES: INTRODUCING DIGITAL WATER INDUSTRY MENTAL HEALTH FRAMEWORK Peter Gee – Water Services Assocation of Australia

381

ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING A TRANSITIONING WORKFORCE Edwina Chapman – Allwater

264

RESEARCHING CUSTOMER ATTITUDES TO WATER CONSERVATION THE PROCESS TRIAL: REMOVING THE CLUTTER OF SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CONTROLS Michelle Oberg & Ben Hutchinson – Downer

86

SCALABLE COMMUNICATIONS PRACTICES FOR A SAFETY-EMPOWERED WORKFORCE Ben Fitzgerald & Borjana Stazic-Mandi – SA Water

SWP04

NON-REVENUE WATER: THE EFFECT OF PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE SETTINGS ON A RETICULATED WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM Andrea Georgiou – Charles Darwin University (NT)

SWP05

STORM WATER CHANNELS IN A WATER SENSITIVE WORLD Kate Harriden – Australian National University (ACT)

SWP06

USE OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS AND FLUID TRANSIENT WAVES FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE INSPECTION OF WATER PIPELINES Jessica Maria Bohorquez Arevalo – The University of Adelaide (SA)

SWP07

CONTROLLING HYDROGEN SULPHIDE AND SILOXANES IN BIOGAS FOR ENHANCED COGENERATION EFFICIENCY Chris Skellern – The University of Sydney (NSW)

PANEL 7

AFTERNOON TEA

Melbourne Water presents: HOW A LEADING DIVERSITY PRACTICE ENABLES US TO ‘REIMAGINE OUR WATER FUTURE’

8:30am–10:00am 10:00am–10:45am 10:45am–12:15pm STREAM 1 OPENING PLENARY | KEYNOTE ADDRESS MORNING TEA

STREAM 2

EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS, ASSET MANAGEMENT & PROJECT DELIVERY EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS, ASSET MANAGEMENT & PROJECT DELIVERY

ASSET ANALYTICS OPERATIONS & WATER QUALITY

10:50am–10:55am 169

CRITICAL AND SMALL PIPE PREDICTION WITHIN 200M OF FAILURE Yang Wang – University of Technology Sydney

10:55am–11:20am 278

PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OF SEWER MAINS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Dr Quentin Bechet – Veolia Misharna Small – Western Water

11:20am–11:45am 178

ADVANCES IN LEAK PREVENTION TO MINIMISE UNACCOUNTED WATER Dammika Vitanage – Sydney Water

11:45am–12:10pm 70

REMOTE INSPECTION AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF HIGH-RISK ASSETS USING DIGITAL TWIN TECHNOLOGY FOR OPERATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT PROCESS Venkat Coimbatore – Water Corporation Ed Boxall – Sensorem

12:10pm–12:15pm 188

SMART SENSORS DEVELOPED FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF NEW LINING TECHNOLOGIES James Gardner – Water Services Association of Australia

180

WATER QUALITY PREDICTION IN A CHLORAMINATED SYSTEM DURING DROUGHT OPERATIONS Yang Wang – University of Technology Sydney Andrew Peters – Sydney Water

51

INCREASED CHLORAMINE DOSING SUMMER TRIAL: CHLORAMINE VS NITRIFICATION, A BATTLE FOR SE QUEENSLAND’S DISINFECTION RESIDUALS Dr Cameron Veal – Seqwater Charlene Wong – Engeny Water Management

415

TOTALLY RANDOM FORESTS; ASSESSING ALGAL RISK IN A CLIMATE OF DEEP UNCERTAINTY John Stanmore – Hunter Water Corporation

133

CLOSED LOOP OZONATED WATER MAINS CLEANING Scott Barnes – Grenof Chris McRae – Utilita Water Solutions

346

ONLINE ANALYSER WITHOUT SAMPLE FILTRATION FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING Linda Shi – The University of Adelaide

12:15pm–1:15pm 1:15pm–3:15pm EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS, ASSET MANAGEMENT & PROJECT DELIVERY LUNCH

EXCELLENCE IN OPERATIONS, ASSET MANAGEMENT & PROJECT DELIVERY

DIGITAL OPERATIONS

1:20pm–1:25pm 353

DIGITAL TWINS: PROBLEM SOLVING WITH DATA DRIVEN AND PHYSICS BASED MODELS FOR THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE STATE OF NETWORKS Patrick Bonk & Eland Afuang – Innovyze

1:25pm–1:50pm 330

USING MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT PLANT ASSET PERFORMANCE Aaron Gillett – KBR

1:50pm–2:15pm 271

ENHANCED SEWER NETWORK MONITORING DEPLOYMENT Jessie Huang & Charles Swain – South East Water

2:15pm–2:40pm 176

BUSINESS CONTINUITY THROUGH VIRTUAL SITE TOURS Glenn Harris – Western Water Tom Delaney – CH2M Beca

WATER TREATMENT

296

VALIDATION OF HIGH RECOVERY WATER TREATMENT USING AN INTEGRATION OF ION EXCHANGE AND REVERSE OSMOSIS Sivan Iswaran – Clean TeQ Water

5

MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH OF DUAL MEDIA FILTERS WITH LIVE DATA ANALYTICS Martin Harris – TRILITY

324

IN SITU DOC ANALYSIS ALONG WITH PIGMENT FLUORESCENCE FOR ADVANCED BLOOM MONITORING AT DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PLANT Dr Sara Imran Khan – WaterNSW

276

INNOVATIVE LOW-COST SOLUTION FOR THM REDUCTION AT ROSSLYNNE WTP Laura De Rango – GHD

2:40pm–3:05pm 22 329

ENTER THE MATRIX – USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND 360 DEGREE VIDEO TO IMPROVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT Anthony Domanti – WSP Andrew Stevenson – Logan Water

3:05pm–3:10pm 67

ELECTRO-GENERATION OF FERRATE: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR ORGANIC MATTER REMOVAL AND DBP CONTROL Dr Pablo Ledezma – The University of Queensland

281

3:15pm–4:00pm

INSIGHTS FROM CLEANING 46 FLOW DATA SETS Dr Gareth Williams – FSA Data

PANEL 8 AVOIDING PREMATURE REDUNDANCY OF WATER TREATMENT ASSETS – CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL’S MODULAR ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION SYSTEM Greg Mashiah – Clarence Valley Council

AFTERNOON TEA

PANEL 9

4:00pm-5:30pm

Aurecon presents: FROM PANELS TO PARTNERS – HOW AUSTRALIAN WATER UTILITIES ARE SEEKING TO FOSTER CLOSER, MORE EFFICIENT WORKING RELATIONSHIPS SA Water presents: ENERGY TRANSITION IN ACTION: CAPITALISING ON WATER ASSETS FOR A ZERO COST ENERGY FUTURE

STREAM 3 OPENING PLENARY | KEYNOTE ADDRESS MORNING TEA

EXTREME EVENTS: RESPONSES, RECOVERY & FUTURE PLANNING RESPONSE & PLANNING STREAM 4 COMMUNITIES OF THE FUTURE CITY SCALE PLANNING

102

WATER QUALITY PREDICTION IN A CHLORAMINATED SYSTEM ADAPTIVE PLAN FOR INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE GREATER PARRAMATTA AND THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA Lydia Aristuti & Kris Kumaran – Sydney Water

ACCENT SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED

284

TOTALLY RANDOM FORESTS; ASSESSING ALGAL RISK IN A CLIMATE CARE IN A CRISIS: UNITYWATER’S INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Rebecca Marshall – Unitywater

97

EXTREME DROUGHT PLANNING FOR URBAN WATER – THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL Russell Beatty – Hydrology and Risk Consulting

245

WATER LIVEABILITY NEXUS: HUNTER WATER’S NEW COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT PLANNING Dr Casey Furlong – GHD Tony McClymont – Hunter Water Corporation

236

INTEGRATING RESEARCH FOR IMPROVED WATER SENSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM INFILL DEVELOPMENT Mellissa Bradley – Water Sensitive SA

241

OUTCOME DRIVEN APPROACH TO BALANCE COST AND PERFORMANCE IN THE BOLIVAR NORTH WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN Vaibhav Sankey – WSP Paul Premnath – SA Water

RESILIENCE & WATER SECURITY WATER RESILIENCE PLANNING

106

VALIDATION OF HIGH RECOVERY WATER TREATMENT USING AN TRANSITIONING TO A WATER SENSITIVE REGENERATIVE CITY Amanda Chimkievitch & Raju Mangalam – Sydney Water Mark Wilton – Aurecon

LUNCH

COMMUNITIES OF THE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL

270

TOWARDS A METHODOLOGY FOR A GREEN RATING SYSTEM FOR WATER INDUSTRY PRODUCTS Tashdid Tahmid – City West Water

419

MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE AND HEALTH OF DUAL MEDIA NEW TOOL DRIVES INFORMED, DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS FOR MORE RESILIENT WATER UTILITIES Jeffrey Newman & Leon van der Linden – SA Water

410

PARTICIPATORY, ADAPTIVE AND INTEGRATED URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT: TENSIONS AND POTENTIAL Bao Anh Nong – Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

316

INNOVATIVE LOW-COST SOLUTION FOR THM REDUCTION AT COMMUNITY VALUES FOR WATER SECURITY IN URBAN SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND Dr Martin van Bueren – Synergies Economic Consulting

100

TANK TALK® SYSTEM AT AQUAREVO Ninad Dharmadhikari – South East Water

34

BACK TO THE FUTURE? DECENTRALISED ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES: A CASE STUDY OF INNOVATION VS. REGULATION Dr Michael Lawrence – Bligh Tanner

139

THE FUTURE OF AGILE PLANNING – GEOSPATIAL WATER PLANNING TOOL Andrew Foddy – GHD Suhanti Thirunavukarasu – Sydney Water

225

ELECTRO-GENERATION OF FERRATE: A NOVEL APPROACH FOR FLEXIBLE PLANNING FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE - APPLYING ADAPTIVE PATHWAYS THINKING TO THE WATER SECTOR Alexandra Humphrey Cifuentes & Rosemary Jones – Frontier Economics

254

GENDER AND SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE PARTICIPATORY DESIGN OF WATERSENSITIVE COMMUNITIES IN INDONESIA AND FIJI Dr Naomi Francis – Monash Sustainable Development Institute

PANEL 10

AFTERNOON TEA

WORKSHOP 11

WaterRA presents: NEXT-GEN WASTEWATER-BASED EPIDEMIOLOGY | COLOSSOS AND BEYOND (PART 2) *See Day 1 Program for Part 1 of this session Yarra Valley Water/Pride in Water presents: CHANNELING LGBTIQ+ CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN WATER INDUSTRY