The leading provider of short courses for environment professionals in Australia
Sydney 20 - 24 February, 2012 NEW COURSES Chemical Contaminants in Water Managing Climate Change Risk in the Water Industry
Courses in Wastewater Treatment Water Recycling Drinking Water Treatment Membrane Processes Contaminated Site Assessment Coal Seam Gas Water Management
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IWES is the largest and most successful continuing education program for professionals responsible for industry environmental performance in Australia. Courses are taught by leading industry practitioners and designed to keep busy professionals abreast of the latest trends, technologies and practices. IWES is the training provider of choice with several large organisations, and we strive to continue to innovate in our course offerings and delivery. In 2011, we introduced several new courses such as ‘Coal Seam Gas Water Management’, ‘Decentralised Wastewater Treatment’, ‘Water Recycling: Design, Assessment and Optimisation’ and ‘Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation’. We look forward to continuing to provide a key service for environment industry professionals.
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Principles of Wastewater Treatment
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Trade Waste and Industrial Wastewater Treatment
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Decentralised Wastewater Treatment
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Pond Design: The Next Generation
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Drinking Water Treatment: Principles, Practice and Applications
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Membrane Plant Design and Operation
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Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
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Chemical Contaminants in Water: Significance, Monitoring and Interpretation
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Water Recycling: Design, Assessment and Optimisation
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Coal Seam Gas Water Management
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Managing Climate Change Risk in the Water Industry
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Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation
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Essentials of Water Auditing
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The Presenters John Ashworth, Kon. Athanasiadis, Damien Batstone, Reid Butler
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Cara Beal, Arran Canning, Heather Chapman, Daniel Deere
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Mary Drikas, Paul Durrant, Jeff Foley
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Ted Gardner, Mike Johns, Adam Jones, Ben Kele
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Jurg Keller, Stuart Khan, Andrew King, Paul Lant
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Greg Leslie, Chris Lund, Gayle Newcombe, Steven Pratt
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Paul Smith, Daryl Stevens, Simon Toze, Troy Walker
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Joe Whitehead, Herb Williams
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WaterAid
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Registration Form
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What do people say about IWES?
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Who will attend ?
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The Venue
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The Program
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Principles of Wastewater Treatment 1
The aim of this course is to teach the key enabling scientific and process engineering fundamentals which underpin wastewater treatment processes. These are taught via real wastewater treatment problems and case studies. This is the most popular wastewater fundamentals course offered in Australia. Now featuring site visits, real case study data and exercises, and state-of-the-art multi-media teaching resources.
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• Wastewater characterisation and sampling • Primary treatment technologies • Preliminary treatment and data audits • Workshop problem 1
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• Secondary treatment (aerobic versus anaerobic ?) • Biological treatment technologies - ponds, biofilm processes, aeration, high rate anaerobic and aerobic processes • Plant Visit 1
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• Aquatic chemistry - why is pH so important ? • Material balancing – a fundamental tool for analysing wastewater treatment processes • Activated sludge (incl. SBR, MBR, trouble-shooting) • Workshop problem 2 - Secondary treatment design exercise
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• Tertiary treatment - ion exchange, adsorption, membranes, disinfection • Biosolids Management • Plant Visit 2
day 5 • Water Reuse - municipal and industrial case studies • Biological Nutrient Removal • Workshop problem 3 Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? Engineers, scientists, managers and new staff who require an excellent introduction to the principles of wastewater treatment.
what do you get ? • Access to a world leading training resource • Access to world leading practitioners • Course notes • Two half-day plant visits • Three detailed workshop problem sessions based on real case study material • Core engineering skills and tools to take back to your workplace, which will enable you to analyse and troubleshoot your wastewater problems • Real plant data and exercises
Presenters: Paul Lant, Jurg Keller and Steven Pratt l
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Trade Waste and Industrial Wastewater Treatment 2
The whole landscape of industrial wastewater treatment in Australia has been rapidly changing over the last few years. In this course, you will be introduced to the state-of-theart in industrial wastewater treatment and reuse in Australia, you will learn how to specify appropriate technologies for treatment and reuse, and how to troubleshoot industrial wastewater treatment problems.
issues addressed day 1 Characterising the Problem
• Wastewater characteristics - COD; Solids fractions; N&P • Trade waste trends and practices across Australia • Impact of trade waste on council operations • Workshop 1: Trade waste costing and evaluation of options
day 2 Chemical and Physical Treatment • Understanding wastewater chemistry • Aggregation, flocculation and neutralisation • Advanced primary treatment (electrocoagulation, hydrocyclones) • Plant visit 1 day 3 Biological Treatment • Biological treatment mechanisms (aerobic vs anaerobic) • Treatment processes (e.g. ponds, activated sludge, SBR, MBR) • High rate aerobic and high rate anaerobic processes • State-of-the-art biological wastewater treatment systems • Workshop 2: Designing a biological wwtp day 4 Biological Nutrient Removal for Industrial Wastewaters
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? Engineers, scientists, and managers responsible for managing liquid effluents, and who require an excellent overview of the state-of-the art in industrial wastewater treatment technology and practice.
• Principles of BNR • BNR process configurations • Workshop 3: BNR process synthesis for industrial wastewaters • Plant visit 2
day 5 Tertiary Treatment and Industrial Water Reuse • Tertiary treatment technologies • Industrial water reuse • Managing by-product streams (e.g. RO concentrate) • State-of-the-art water reuse technology and practice • Workshop 4: Designing water reuse processes what do you get ? • Access to world leading practitioners • Understanding of best practice • Core skills and tools to analyse and trouble-shoot your industrial wastewater problems • Two half-day plant visits
Presenters: Jurg Keller, Damien Batstone & Mike Johns l
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Decentralised Wastewater Treatment 3
Learn about the characteristics of decentralised wastewater, and the importance of mass balance of nutrients, water and salinity. Types of decentralised technologies will be discussed in detail, and illustrated with case studies. Other important aspects that will be covered include national and state based guidelines and regulations, disinfection of effluent for various safe end uses, and the environmentally sustainable release of effluent at a catchment scale. The course will be taught by leading industry professionals engaged in the design, assessment and construction of decentralised wastewater systems.
issues addressed day 1 • Characteristics of decentralised wastewater • Mass balance principles (nutrients, water, salinity) • Overview of decentralised systems technologies • Regulations that govern the approval, management and inspection protocols of wastewater systems • Soils – what are their important characteristics for on site effluent disposal and how should they be measured • Septic trench absorption systems
day 2 • Greywater • Urine separating toilets • Disinfection of treated effluent • Application of wastewater systems at a building to neighbour scale • Integration of treatment technologies (e.g. septic tank + pumped sewer + ion exchange)
day 3
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? This course is designed for water industry professionals, engineers, urban planners, environmental consultants and regulators who are involved with the design, installation, operation, appraisal or regulation of decentralised systems.
• Management of decentralised systems • Sustainability of decentralised systems at a catchment scale • Auditing on- site systems • Methods to estimate risks of off-site export • Workshop - Sustainable effluent loading rates
what do you get ? • Access to several leading Australian practitioners in decentralised wastewater treatment systems • An excellent introduction to decentralised wastewater treatment principles, technology and the associated regulations • Core skills and tools to take back to your workplace which will enable you to specify, evaluate and audit decentralised wastewater systems • Course notes and resource material • Detailed workshop problem sessions based on real case study material
Presenters: Ted Gardner, Cara Beal, Ben Kele, Simon Toze and Joe Whitehead l
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Pond Design: The Next Generation 4
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This course moves pond design principles to a new generation, from simple volumetric sizing, to designs incorporating temperature process equations, non-smelly anaerobic ponds of one day retention, hydraulic design and algae removal in the final effluent. Recent work has shown that ponds are capable of producing a 5:10:5, BOD:SS:NH3 mg/L effluent whilst achieving less than 100 Escherichia coli per 100ml. Learn how to exploit this knowledge for your pond systems. This is a practical course, and participants will undertake design calculations, and work on real pond case studies for both municipal and industrial wastewaters.
• A short history of ponds • Why use ponds ? • Different types of pond systems • The World Bank sewage treatment selection by economics • The function of different ponds in sewage treatment • Overview of new pond design guidelines • Workshop 1: Pond and conventional treatment combinations
day 2 • Process design by temperature dependent equations • Pond hydraulic design parameters including thermistors • Algae removal by tertiary treatment • Pond design guidelines • Site Visit and debrief
day 3 • Pond operation • Pond monitoring • Commissioning, desludging and maintenance needs • Upgrading existing ponds to meet tight discharge standards • Workshop 2: Pond process designs
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
what do you get ?
who should Attend?
• A CD of the Waste Stabilisation Pond Design Manual (2010), developed by John Ashworth for the PWC (NT). This will include an Excel process spreadsheet and engineering drawings • Case studies in greenfield pond design • Case studies for upgrading an existing pond scheme • Case studies of pond failure – lessons learned • Course notes, and access to a leading international practitioner
Engineers and scientists who need to learn about the next generation of pond design and operation. Project managers who need sufficient knowledge to assess consultants recommendations. Presenters: John Ashworth l
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Drinking Water Treatment: Principles, Practice and Applications The aims of this course are to identify key water quality issues, describe the major water treatment processes currently used, and to outline new approaches for optimising water treatment. This is a practical course, and case studies are used extensively in teaching. The course concludes with an interactive design workshop to consider the issues and required treatment for a theoretical water source and water quality.
issues addressed day 1
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• Overview of the Australian Drinking Water Quality guidelines • Emerging water quality issues • Effective water quality management, including case studies • Disinfection processes and their advantages and disadvantages • Conventional water treatment technology • Variations to conventional treatment • Case studies from operating full scale plants • Introduction to membrane technology • Water Treatment Exercise I
day 2 • Causes and treatment of issues related to cyanobacteria • Treatment options for taste and odour compounds and algal toxins • Water Treatment plant visit
day 3 Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? The course is designed specifically for engineers, plant operators, scientists, consultants and researchers who do not have a strong background in water quality issues or water treatment processes. It aims to provide an understanding of the issues facing the potable water industry to assist in providing a better water quality outcome.
• Problems relating to inorganic contaminants • Oxidation and physical processes for removal of arsenic, iron and manganese • Impact of natural organic matter (NOM) and new approaches to characterise it • Removal of NOM - optimising coagulation and alternative treatments • Overview of desalination, including a case study • Water Treatment Exercise II
what do you get ? • Access to world leading experts • Advice with local issues • CD with the course resources and presentations • Relevant publications and websites to seek further information • Half-day plant visit
Presenters: Mary Drikas and Gayle Newcombe l
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Membrane Plant Design and Operation issues addressed day 1 Membrane hardware and drinking water
A comprehensive 5 day course on membrane plant design and operation, taught by two leading Australian membrane practitioners. Participants will work through design problems for water treatment, water recycling and membrane bioreactor applications, review operational data from membrane plants, learn how to identify membrane fouling and integrity problems, and participate in hands-on autopsies of failed membrane modules.
applications • Detailed description of membrane equipment and systems • Hands-on dissection of membrane modules • Overview of key water quality parameters and water chemistry issues • The effect of suspended solids and NOM • Design problem 1: Drinking water application
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day 2 Detailed water quality analysis and principles
of RO system design • Interpreting water quality data - achieving product water quality targets and identifying design limitations • The influence of sparingly soluble salts on RO systems • Using and understanding the limitations of membrane design software for desalination and water recycling applications • Product water and post-treatment conditioning • Design problem 2: Water recycling application
day 3 Operational issues: Managing performance data and integrity • Developing monitoring and control systems for membrane plants • Membrane integrity monitoring and product water quality issues • Site visit to an industrial water recycling plant day 4 Operational Issues: Fouling, cleaning and cost estimating • Fouling and membrane autopsy workshop • Techniques for identifying membrane fouling • Optimising cleaning and fouling control strategies • Hands-on membrane autopsy exercise • Workshop: Trouble-shooting membrane operating problems
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? Anyone who wants to know how to design and operate membrane plants for water and wastewater treatment, water recycling and desalination. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop computer. Participants will receive copies of design software for reverse osmosis and antiscalant chemicals.
day 5 Special applications: Membrane Bioreactors & decentralised systems • How do Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) compare with conventional wastewater treatment plants ? • Key design variables for MBRs • Design of ancillary facilities for MBRs, such as head-works, aeration systems, solids handling and chemical storage facilities • Design problem 3: Membrane bioreactor
Presenters: Greg Leslie and Troy Walker l
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Australian Drinking Water Guidelines Practical Implementation of the ADWG Framework
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issues addressed day 1
The aim of this course is to provide practical training in implementing the NHMRC/NRMMC Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (ADWG) Framework for the management of drinking water quality.
• History of water supply and origin of the Framework • Overview of water quality risk assessment management frameworks • Overview of ADWG Framework and related requirements • Formal requirements and standard of duty noting regulatory requirements [e.g. Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Qld); Safe Drinking Water Act 2003 (Vic); Operating Licences and Best-Practice Management of Water Supply and Sewerage Guidelines 2007 (NSW)] • Stakeholders and risk assessment team • System description and system flow diagrams • Water quality data analysis and presentation • Methodologies for drinking water hazard analysis and risk assessment • Identifying hazards, assessing risks and setting management priorities
This is a practical course, structured around a series of sessions that illustrate each of the principles and concepts of the Framework using illustrative examples. Each of the short lectures is followed by small group exercises, and opportunities for participants to apply the concepts to their own situations. A case study of the implementation of the Framework will be given using local examples.
day 2 • Identifying critical control points and key control programs • Developing specifications for proportional control of risks • Management of incidents and emergencies • Technical validation of system capability • Verification of system performance • Supporting programs underpinning the risk management system
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
what do you get ?
who should Attend?
• Practical understanding of the ADWG Framework • Access to experienced water quality management system facilitators • Course notes and CD summarising key points from the Framework • Exercises and pro forma’s to assist with Framework implementation • Peer contacts working in water quality management
• Individuals wanting a practical understanding of the Framework • Professionals using the Framework in operational, regulatory or service provision roles
Presenters: Daniel Deere and Arran Canning l
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Chemical Contaminants in Water Significance, Monitoring and Interpretation This new course has been designed to provide the practical skills necessary to commission, manage, interpret and respond to chemical water quality monitoring data. The issues of chemical contaminants in water have rapidly escalated in importance and profile throughout the last decade. Chemicals including pesticides, dioxins, hormones, pharmaceuticals, cyanobacterial toxins and disinfection by-products have been associated with diverse environmental and public health concerns in drinking water, wastewater and environmental waters. Accordingly, it is increasingly important for water quality practitioners to possess the knowledge and skills to enable them to identify key issues associated with chemical contaminants, design monitoring programs, collect valid samples, select suitable laboratories for analysis and interpret chemical analytical data.
issues addressed day 1 Understanding the issues • What types of environmental and human health risks do trace chemicals pose? • What evidence is there for these risks? • How are ‘safe’ concentrations and exposure levels determined? • Australian water quality guidelines and safe levels of exposure • Analytical methods for extraction and detection – knowing what to request • Understanding basic principles of advanced analytical methods • Learn to speak the language of an analytical chemist !
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? This course is designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of people responsible for commissioning, interpreting and responding to chemical water quality monitoring data. It is relevant for people working in catchment management, drinking water quality, wastewater characterisation, environmental water quality and risk assessment.
day 2 Practical skills for chemical water quality monitoring • Sampling technique to ensure meaningful representative sample collection • Statistical requirements and minimum sample numbers • Sample preservation techniques • Selecting and assessing laboratories to undertake your analysis • Understanding laboratory techniques to ensuring accurate quantitation and quality control • Interpreting chemical monitoring data • Statistical analysis and reporting • Responding to media questions and issues what do you get? • Practical skills to design, manage and interpret chemical water quality monitoring programs • Access to a national expert in chemical water quality monitoring • Several Australian case studies and benchmarking data
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Water Recycling: Design, Assessment and Optimisation
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Water recycling has become an important component of industrial and municipal water management in Australia. This course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the key issues associated with water recycling. You will learn the underlying principles and logic behind the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling (AGWR), how the AGWR can be applied, how to identify opportunities to improve the efficiency of water recycling operations, how to rationalise sampling and water quality analyses and how to assess chemical and microbial risks. It will also identify the state-of-the-art in water recycling technology and practice in Australia and overseas.
issues addressed day 1 • Overview of Australian and International guidelines for recycled water • Key principles, concepts and definitions used in the new AGWR • The approach used to derive the microbial health-based targets • Estimating the level of risk and establishing the appropriate log reduction requirements • Design of challenge tests for validation and verification studies • Workshop 1
day 2 • Selecting treatment processes for removal of suspended solids, pathogens, organics and salts in municipal and industrial applications • Using HACCP principles to establish control and monitoring protocols for water recycling schemes • The management of chemical risks in the AGWR • Advanced analytical techniques for trace organics analysis • Assessment of on-line water quality analysis techniques • Site visit to an industrial water recycling scheme
day 3
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? The course is designed for water industry professionals working with recycling projects in industrial and municipal applications that need to know the latest information and trends in water quality analysis, chemical and microbial risk assessment, centralised and decentralised treatment options and on-line water quality monitoring.
• Deriving the environmental targets, key hazards and trigger values • Industrial water recycling case studies from agriculture, horticulture, dairy, food and beverage, pulp and paper manufacture • Municipal water recycling case studies involving recycling for groundwater recharge and wetlands • Indirect potable reuse: treatment processes, regulations, health effects, cost and public perception • Workshop 2
what do you get ? • Practical skills to design, optimise and evaluate water recycling projects • Access to world leading experts in water recycling • CD with course notes • Several Australian case studies and benchmarking data • Site visit
Presenters: Greg Leslie, Daniel Deere, Heather Chapman, Daryl Stevens and Stuart Khan l
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Coal Seam Gas Water Management
The rapid upstream development currently underway to support CSG projects involves a significant effort on associated water management, including both treatment and beneficial use plans. This comprehensive course provides an overview of the wide range of specialties involved in the management of coal seam gas associated water. You will learn about the full CSG water cycle, and how to achieve better overall water outcomes to support the growth of this critical Australian industry. The presenters are some of Australia’s leading CSG water practitioners and designers, and the course is structured around real-life challenges and solutions encountered in some of Australia’s largest and most demanding CSG water management projects.
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
issues addressed day 1 • Industry overview including CSG in Australia and global activities • The natural environment - surface water and hydrogeology • Field development • Hydrogeology • Field infrastructure design (gathering system) • Design Exercise 1: Water curve estimation and field infrastructure design
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day 2 • The regulatory and social environments • Water Quality: Key water quality parameters for plant design • Treatment: System configurations; RO membrane desalination; Chemical and physical treatment technologies • Design Exercise 2: Design a CSG water treatment facility
day 3 • Overview of beneficial reuse options and key drivers • Dams - Regulation, design principles and operational challenges • Overview of brine management • Case studies from operating full scale plants • Design Exercise 3: Design a beneficial reuse scheme
what do you get ?
who should Attend? The workshop is designed specifically for engineers, field operators, scientists, consultants and researchers who require a strong grounding in CSG water quality issues and water treatment processes
• Access to leading CSG water process experts • Course notes and resource material • Workshop sessions based on real case study material • Analysis and design skills to take back to your workplace • Design exercises and real-world case studies
Presenters: Andrew King, Konstantinos Athanasiadis, Greg Leslie, Paul Smith l
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Managing Climate Change Risk in the Water Industry Accounting, Accountability, Abatement & Adaptation
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The aim of this course is to provide water industry practitioners with the skills and knowledge to: 1. Understand the risks posed by climate change to their organization 2. Calculate and reduce their greenhouse gas footprint 3. Assess and develop strategies for reducing their exposure to physical climate change risk. The course will also assist participants to better understand the adaptation risks their organisation face due to climate change; help them to take the first steps in developing a climate change adaptation plan; and will identify tools that will support them in implementing their plan. This is a practical course with real-world Australian case studies and “hands-on” workshops. Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? Any water sector professional that requires an understanding of climate change risk and greenhouse gas emissions assessment and reduction in the water industry. This includes: • Climate Change / Protection Officers • Managers responsible for greenhouse gas emissions • Government enforcement agencies • Engineers and technical managers • System designers
issues addressed day 1 • Climate change science and its relationship to the water sector • Climate change policy: NGERS; Clean Energy Future • Workshop: Developing a climate change risk assessment & response strategy • Calculating GHG and energy inventories
day 2 • Fugitive GHG emissions (CH4 and N2O) from wastewater systems • Workshop: Calculating a GHG and energy inventory for a water organisation • Strategies for reducing GHG emissions in the water industry • “Carbon neutrality” and generating accredited offsets
day 3 • Climate change mitigation and relationship to adaptation • Climate change impacts and risk assessment • Developing a business case for action • Workshop: Creating a credible climate change abatement and adaptation plan
what do you get ? • Access to two leading practitioners in the field of climate change risk in the water industry • Tools and plans to directly apply in your workplace • Course notes and CD-ROM • Detailed Australian case studies and “hands-on” workshops
Presenters: Jeff Foley and Chris Lund l
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Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the required processes for managing contaminated or potentially contaminated sites. The course explains what steps need to be taken when you encounter soil or water contamination, what options are available, and the regulatory requirements that need to be satisfied. Participants will also gain an understanding of the protocols and processes undertaken in order to investigate and remediate soil and ground water contaminated sites.
issues addressed day 1 What do you do when a site might be contaminated ? • How to determine if the site is known or suspected of being contaminated • Guidelines and investigation thresholds • Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) • Regulatory Considerations • Workshop 1: Contaminated site assessment
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day 2 Tools for Site Investigations • Contamination in soil: Overview of soil science; Soil sampling and analysis; Interpreting results; Techniques for remediation • Contamination in water: Overview of ground water (hydrogeology) and surface water (hydrology); Water sampling and analysis; Interpreting results; Techniques for remediation • Determining whether to implement a SMP, RAP or remediate • Workshop 2: Contaminated site analysis day 3 Site visit & site remediation case studies
Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? The course is specifically designed for anyone who is dealing with issues related to contaminated land or ground water. The course will provide insight and understanding to assist people to work with environmental consultants or local councils, and will be invaluable for environmental scientists, engineers, consultants, town planners or developers wishing to enhance their knowledge of contamination issues and processes.
• Assist in an environmental site assessment • Site visit debrief • Contamination issues related to various industries • Chain of custody and analytes of concern • Workshop 3: Site remediation
what do you get ? • Access to leading practitioners in contaminated land & hydrogeology • An understanding of the fundamental steps required to investigate, remediate and validate contaminated sites • A good introduction to the relevant guidelines, investigation thresholds and regulatory requirements for contaminated land • Course notes on CD • A visit to participate in a real site assessment
Presenters: Paul Durrant, Paul Smith and Herb Williams l
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Essentials of Water Auditing Learn how to perform a rigorous water audit. This is a practical course which will teach you how to prepare hydraulic diagrams for a site, calculate usage and baseflows, prepare a site water balance and calculate savings and payback periods for a range of water efficiency options. By fully understanding the hydraulic system in a facility, steps can be taken to improve the process and then supply fit-for-use water where required in a cost effective way. Auditing is an important first step in achieving water efficiency. Governments in most states are requiring large water users to conduct audits of their properties and this course will enable the practitioner to conduct an audit according to these requirements.
Issues addressed day 1 • Introduction - case studies and regulatory requirements • Understanding a site hydraulic system • Meter reading, description of the different meter types and features • Analysing billing data and current usage to establish a baseline • Monitoring water use using datalogging equipment and remote data analysis • Measuring flow rates of a range of water using fixtures • Workshop
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day 2 Go to www.iwes.com.au for the extended course outline
who should Attend? • Any industrial users of potable water • Council and water utilities staff wanting to improve the water efficiency of their properties • Consultants wishing to conduct water audits for clients • Facilities and property managers aiming to get a better understanding of applying water efficiency to their sites • Anyone needing to comply with government regulations to prepare water management plans
• Site visit including water audit • Preparing a water balance • Common fixture and equipment improvement measures • Calculating costs, savings and payback periods • Industry best practice benchmarks
what do you get ? • Skills to perform your own rigorous water audit • Access to real Australian case studies • Course notes and CD-ROM • Access to a leading Australian practitioner in water auditing • Hands-on training
Presenters: Reid Butler and Adam Jones l
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The Presenters John Ashworth
John is a civil engineer with almost 40 years specialisation in water and sanitation across the globe. He developed a passion for waste stabilisation ponds in the 1970s whilst on a construction project in the Saudi desert. This has extended to a large number of projects involving pond design, construction and trouble-shooting in a variety of places. Recently, John has advised on many pond projects across Australia. This included the development of the Pond Design Manual for the NT PWC, with Professor Duncan Mara (UK), the worlds leading pond expert. The manual reflects the problems and benefits
of the Australian climate, and provides pond designs for the 21st century. In addition to his vast array of work on waste stabilisation ponds, John has spent a lot of his career working in developing countries, on water, sewage, hygiene and emergency programmes. He was recently the project manager for the Rural Hygiene and Sanitation Project in Kyrgyzstan, seconded to the UNHCR in Pakistan to develop camps for Afghan refugees, and seconded to UNICEF on hygiene promotion for the South Asia earthquake.
Konstantinos Athanasiadis Konstantinos leads the Brisbane Office Industrial Water and Waste at GHD. He has 15 years professional experience as an engineer with a particular emphasis on industrial water and wastewater management. This covers option studies, troubleshooting, pilot plants, concept and detailed design, specification, tendering, installation and commissioning. Konstantinos has an international reputation
and is an invited reviewer for several leading international scientific journals. He was recently awarded the Lord Mayor’s Leaders of Innovation 2010 Award for demonstrating a high degree of leadership in Product Innovation contributing towards the long term economic growth of Brisbane.
Damien Batstone
Dr Damien Batstone is an Associate Professor at the Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland. Previously, he was an Associate Professor in Environment and Resources, Technical University of Denmark. He has a very strong international presence for his work in a wide range of areas, including industrial wastewater treatment, biofuel
production, process optimisation and control, modelling of anaerobic digestion, biosolids treatment and removal of organic pollutants. Damien is an experienced teacher, and he has also consulted extensively in Europe and Australia.
Reid Butler Reid is the Manager of the BMT WBM Water and Environment Office in Sydney and has over fifteen years experience in sustainable water management. For the past seven years he has been conducting water audits and has achieved significant water savings through improved efficiency and innovative water reuse ideas for government, commercial and industrial clients.
Reid has been one of the key developers of water auditing and monitoring methodology and regular service provider to Sydney Water’s Every Drop Counts Business Program. He is active in promoting water auditing as an effective means to save water and money in high water use industries.
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The Presenters Cara Beal Cara Beal is a Research Fellow at the Smart Water Centre, Griffith University where she manages research into urban water end use analysis. Prior to this appointment Cara worked in Qld DERM on various aspects of sustainable urban and decentralised water management including the development of a pilot project
for urine separation toilets at the Currumbin Ecovillage. This followed on from her PhD work on the hydrogeochemistry of septic absorption trenches, on which she became an acknowledged world expert.
Arran Canning Arran is the Water Quality Product Manager for Seqwater, responsible for the overall drinking water quality management for the organisation which includes 47 water treatment plants. A part of this role includes the implementation of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (2004) for the whole system in the context of the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Qld). He has extensive experience in the practical implementation of risk management
frameworks in South East Queensland. Previously, Arran worked for Gold Coast Water as the Coordinator of Product Quality, where he was responsible for the risk management systems, including HACCP, for a catchment to tap water supply, recycled water systems, wastewater systems and trade waste management.
Heather Chapman
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Dr Heather Chapman has been involved with urban water research and management for the last 12 years with significant experience in water recycling R&D. She is an Associate Professor and Program Leader for the Health and Environment Program in the Smart Water Research Facility located at Griffith University in Brisbane. From 2003 – 2008 she was the program leader for the Sustainable Water Sources program in the
CRC Water Quality and Treatment. She was a member of the working group who developed the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling, Phase 1 and contributed significantly to the supporting work behind the Phase 2 guidelines, Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies (EPHC/ NRW/NWC, 2008).
Daniel Deere Dan Deere is a water quality scientist with Water Futures Pty Ltd, specialising in quantitative and water cycle risk assessment and risk management planning. He also works part - time for the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment as the Catchments Research Program Leader. He has worked in scientific roles in the UK, Sydney and Melbourne as an academic research fellow and consultant, specialising in microbial water quality monitoring and process validation. More recently, he has worked in technical management roles in water utilities
in Melbourne and Sydney. Dan has provided training in the ADWG Framework, Water Safety Plans (WHO), the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling Framework and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) across Australia, Asia and in Europe. He holds Lead Auditor status and is an Auditor Skill Examiner under the RABQSA Drinking Water Quality Management System (DWQMS) certification scheme.
The Presenters Mary Drikas Mary Drikas has been the Principal Research Chemist of the Water Treatment Unit in the Australian Water Quality Centre (AWQC) since 1987. She was appointed Program Coordinator of the Water Technology Program within the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment (CRCWQT) which was formally established in July 1995, with responsibility for managing water treatment projects nationally. In her role at the AWQC, Mary leads one of the most influential and respected water
treatment research groups in Australia. She has over 25 years experience in water treatment and has personally led projects researching a variety of processes. She has also been involved in the development of innovative processes such as biological activated carbon using ozonation and UV irradiation, methods for determining assimilable organic carbon and is a co-patentor of the magnetic anion exchange resin (MIEXÂŽ) for the removal of natural organic matter.
Paul Durrant Paul Durrant is Manager Environmental Services at Waste Solutions Australia Pty Ltd. Paul is an engineer and has spent the last 16 years working with large corporate organisations world wide. Paul’s interest lies in contaminated land, where he has worked on projects specialising in contaminated land management, providing contaminated land assessments and consulting on contaminated land remediation and site management plans. His regular clients
consist of civil developers, utility suppliers, town planners and land owners through to local and federal government. Paul came to WSA from his own successful environmental consulting firm. Using his diverse background, Paul endeavours to implement environmental services to clients based on his personal understanding of business needs and commercial pressures.
Jeff Foley Jeff is a principal process engineer, with over ten years’ experience in the areas of wastewater treatment, odour control, life cycle assessment and greenhouse gas emissions. He is the Manager of the GHD Western Australian Water and Wastewater Services Group. He holds a PhD from the Advanced Water Management Centre (UQ) on the Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Systems, with a special focus on fugitive methane and nitrous oxide greenhouse gas emissions.
For the past four years, Jeff has acted as the technical advisor to the Water Services Association of Australia, in their negotiations with the Department of Climate Change on industry concerns regarding measurement and liability issues under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System (NGERS). He is also the principal author of the recently released National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System: Guidelines for the Water Industry (WSAA, May 2011).
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The Presenters Ted Gardner Ted Gardner is a part-time Senior Research Fellow at Central Queensland University where he works on a broad range of water issues. He recently retired as a Principal Scientist from DERM (Qld. Department Environment & Resource Management) and CSIRO where he led research into the urban water cycle,
focusing especially on alternative water sources. He has published extensively in the area of decentralised water & wastewater systems. Ted was awarded the Australia Day Public Service Medal in 2005 for his work on urban water recycling.
Mike Johns Mike is the Director of Johns Environmental – a specialist environmental consulting company focussed on industrial wastewater treatment and recycling issues. He has 25 years experience consulting on water and wastewater issues of concern to Australia and New Zealand. His speciality is providing innovative process design and troubleshooting for wastewater plants discharging to rivers, land and sewer and quality reuse. Mike worked for 15 years at the Department of Chemical Engineering,
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The University of Queensland conducting research into biochemical processes and crystallisation technologies including struvite. Mike continues to provide technical advice for the environmental R&D program for Australian red meat processors under contract to Meat & Livestock Australia. Mike has been a regular lecturer at IWES courses, and he is regarded as an engaging and inspirational speaker.
Adam Jones Adam is an Environmental Engineer in the BMT WBM Water and Environment Group Office in Sydney. He has been involved in more than 100 individual site water audits in Sydney and throughout New South Wales – many of these with the ‘Water Savings Section’ of the NSW Department of Commerce and Sydney Water’s ‘Every Drop Counts’ Business Program. His skills range from hydraulic system analysis to flow monitoring and detailed flow data analysis. He has extensive experience in
auditing industrial plants, hospitals, shopping centres, office buildings, universities, TAFE’s, entertainment facilities, stadiums, hotels, swimming pools, parks and a range of other unique sites – and he has managed to achieve average savings of more than 40% of potable water use. He has also been involved in training Council, TAFE and university staff in water efficient management of sites under their control.
Ben Kele Ben Kele is the Principal of Midell Water, a consultancy company that specialises in the design & operation of decentralised water & wastewater technologies at cluster scale or larger, particularly those located in environmentally sensitive environments. Midell Water recently designed & constructed the
sewage treatment facility at the Woodford Folk Festival which successfully treats the effluent from 150,000EP over a 6 day period. Ben is completing his PhD thesis on the use of zeolites for wastewater treatment, and also lectures part time for Central Queensland University.
The Presenters Jurg Keller Jurg is the Director of the Advanced Water Management Centre and Professor in Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He has a strong international reputation in environmental biotechnology and wastewater process engineering with particular emphasis on biological nutrient removal and novel process technologies. He has made valuable contributions in process
design and optimisation in wastewater treatment processes for optimal nutrient removal and energy recovery, most recently focussed on nitrogen removal processes and microbial fuel cells. Jurg has consulted widely in the Australian water industry and has taught IWES courses for many years.
Stuart Khan Stuart Khan is a Senior Research Fellow at the UNSW Water Research Centre where he leads the research stream on trace organic contaminants in water. Much of his recent research has been focused on the presence and fate of trace chemical contaminants in wastewater and recycled water systems. Stuart currently holds a Fellowship from the National Water Commission to investigate
techniques for the quantitative assessment of chemical risks in water recycling schemes. He is also a member of the Water Quality Advisory Committee appointed by the National Health and Medical Research Council to advise on issues including indirect potable water recycling.
Andrew King Andrew has twenty five years of engineering experience, primarily in the oil and gas and wastewater sectors. He has worked in industry, government and as a consultant – where he is currently a director of the consulting company EECO. During the last ten years he has worked with Origin and has been intimately involved with the development of their Coal Seam Gas
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Paul Lant Paul is Professor and Head of the School of Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He has an international reputation for his research in biological wastewater treatment. His formal qualifications include a MEng and PhD from Newcastle University (UK) and an MBA from The University of Queensland. He was a co-founder of the Advanced Water Management Centre, which is widely
acknowledged as the leading R&D group in biological wastewater treatment in Australia. He is also a Director of Wastewater Futures Pty Ltd, a wastewater technology company which specialises in wastewater treatment solutions for industrial applications. Paul is an experienced lecturer and he has been the recipient of national teaching awards. Paul is the Director of IWES.
The Presenters Greg Leslie Greg Leslie is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at The University of New South Wales. Greg was previously the Membrane Technology and Water Reuse Leader for CH2M Hill in the Asia Pacific Region. Recent CH2M Hill experience includes process design lead for two dual membrane reclamation plants for the Singapore Public Utilities Board, project manager for stormwater reuse project at Singapore Changi Airport and project manager for an international survey of membrane bioreactors for the South Australian Water Corporation.
Prior to joining CH2M Hill he was employed with the Orange County Water District in Fountain Valley, California as a Sr. Engineer working on the Groundwater Water Replenishment System, a US$350M indirect potable water reuse project. His involvement in this water reuse project spanned six years and included project planning, pilot and demonstration plant studies, environmental review process, health risk assessment and preliminary design studies.
Chris Lund
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Dr Chris Lund is Principal and Director of Climate Change Response. Until recently he was Principal Sustainability Consultant with GHD where he coordinated the company wide climate change and greenhouse gas management services. He has 20 years multidisciplinary experience in the areas of sustainable energy and greenhouse gas management including teaching, research and consulting. More recently he has
experience in eco-efficiency and triple bottom line corporate sustainability. Chris is also a research leader in the Centre for Sustainable Resources Processing and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Centre of Excellence in Cleaner Production at Curtin University of Technology.
Gayle Newcombe Gayle Newcombe is the Research Leader of the Applied Chemistry Unit of the Australian Water Quality Centre and holds an Adjunct Associate Professor position at the University of South Australia. Dr. Newcombe completed two research degrees (M. App. Sci., PhD) in the area of surface chemistry. Her PhD thesis described surface chemistry involved in the adsorption of natural organic material onto activated carbon.
Gayle has worked in the drinking water industry for 18 years, leading, research projects investigating activated carbon treatment and ozonation of taste and odour compounds, NOM and algal toxins. She is the author or co-author of over one hundred publications on different aspects of drinking water treatment.
Steven Pratt Steven is a Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at The University of Queensland. He is a chemical engineer with a PhD in wastewater engineering, and has expertise in industrial wastewater treatment and environmental biotechnology. Prior to working at UQ, Steven worked as a Lecturer at Massey University, NZ, where he consulted to local government and the dairy industry on sustainable wastewater treatment, focusing on passive wastewater
treatment systems and energy recovery from domestic and agricultural wastes. Steven is driving a variety of exciting research projects, including producing algal biodiesel and biodegradable polymers from industrial effluents. He is a co-developer of the TOGA Sensor, an innovative high-tech instrument which enables greater insight into biological processes.
The Presenters Paul Smith Paul is Director and Principal Consultant of Waste Solutions Australia Pty Ltd. Paul established WSA in 1988 to provide services in key environmental management disciplines including hydrogeological assessment, waste management and contaminated land remediation. He has worked throughout Australia and South-East Asia in a variety of service sectors. Paul has over 30 years of experience in
hydrogeology and the assessment of groundwater resources, and is regularly sought as an expert witness. Some current projects include monitoring and assessing the impact of a clients borefield on a sub-basin of the Great Artesian Basin, assessing final void monitoring for a coal mine, and monitoring and reporting annually on the groundwater resources under a hazardous waste treatment facility.
Daryl Stevens Daryl is one of Australia’s leading experts in the use of recycled water in amenity and production horticulture. He is a Principal Scientist with Atura Pty Ltd, and he provides project coordination and scientific services for the Environmental Risk Component of the National Guidelines on Water Recycling, and is the National Coordinator for Recycled Water Development in Horticulture. He was also an advisor to the World Health Organisation.
His research has won several industry and university awards for excellence, and his expertise in the area of recycled water is recognised nationally and internationally. During his research career, Daryl has contributed significantly to more than 100 scientific papers, conference proceedings, technical reports and books.
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Simon Toze Simon Toze is a Research Group Leader with CSIRO Land and Water in the Urban and Industrial Water Research Theme. He also leads the Indirect Potable Recycling research area for the CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Flagship. He obtained his PhD in Microbiology from The University of Queensland in 1992 and has been working
with CSIRO since 1994 on a range of water based topics. His current principal research focus is on the reuse of water in urban environments, in particular involving Indirect Potable Reuse and Managed Aquifer Recharge.
Troy Walker Troy Walker is the Technical Manager for Veolia Water Australia/New Zealand. Prior to this, Troy has worked as the Technical Manager for Veolia Water in Qld which oversaw operations of the Western Corridor Recycled Water and Gold Coast Desalination Plant operations. Troy has worked for the Veolia group of companies for over 12 years and has experience in the
design, commissioning and operation of membrane plants in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Singapore. Prior to this Troy worked for 5 years with a membrane filtration technology company based in Australia. Troy is an experienced presenter and has taught at IWES for several years.
The Presenters Joe Whitehead Joe Whitehead is an Environmental and Engineering Geologist with over 35 years experience in ground related problems, wastewater and waste management in Europe, North America and Australasia. He has wide experience in the design and management of decentralised wastewater systems and has prepared and delivered in excess of
100 professional short courses in on-site and decentralised wastewater management in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Joe is Principal of Whitehead & Associates Environmental Consultants Pty Ltd, Director of the Centre for Environmental Training and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle.
Herb Williams Herb is the Principal Consultant for AEG Environmental, and over the last 18 years he has been the principal consultant for over 400 contaminated land projects covering audits, assessments, preparation of site management plans (SMP’s) and remediation programs. He is experienced in industrial petroleum chemistry, agricultural and soils chemistry, water quality chemistry and environmental chemistry. Clients have included national and international corporations, government departments, major
development groups and a wide range of smaller commercial, agricultural and industrial clients. Some examples include contamination audits and management protocols on 4 major shopping centres, 6 North Queensland sugar mills, over 60 quarries, batching plants, transport depots, bitumen plants, timber treatment plants, sand mining and crusher plants, explosives plants, and heavy metal contamination.
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WaterAid WaterAid Australia’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation. IWES is a corporate member of WaterAid. We are promoting the work of WaterAid to our clients, and there is an opportunity to forward your contact details to WaterAid on the Registration Form. WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people. WaterAid works by helping local organisations set up low cost, sustainable projects using appropriate technology that can be managed by the community itself. WaterAid is independent and relies heavily on voluntary support.
Registration Form Sydney 2012, February 20 - 24 Course no.
No. of days
1 Principles of Wastewater Treatment
5 days
2 Trade Waste and Industrial Wastewater Treatment
5 days
3 Decentralised Wastewater Treatment
3 days
4 Pond Design: The Next Generation
3 days
5 Drinking Water Treatment: Principles, Practice and Applications
3 days
6 Membrane Plant Design and Operation
7 Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
5 days 2 days
8 Chemical Contaminants in Water: Significance, Monitoring and Interpretation 2 days
9 Water Recycling: Design, Assessment & Optimisation
3 days 3 days
10 Coal Seam Gas Water Management
11 Managing Climate Change Risk in the Water Industry
12 Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation
3 days 3 days
13 Essentials of Water Auditing
2 days
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4 $2800
5 $3150
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What do people say about IWES? “This is my third IWES. It gives a great opportunity not only to get the best technology training but to speak to experts in the field. It’s great!” “it’s been fantastic because it’s been really practical knowledge that’s been shared. It’s great just being here and it’s well organised.” “I’ve been able to make a few changes already that have improved our effluent quality.” “This course will pay for itself in about 1 hour on monday !” “I thought the course was excellent. Both the course content and the professionalism of the presenters were of a high standard. I would definitely be interested in doing more IWES courses.” “The stuff on the web site was correct...this course did pay for itself on Monday morning...” “Thanks again for the Principles of Wastewater Treatment course ... it really was great. I had no idea I was so interested in wastewater! “ “Excellent, Well done!”
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• ACTEW AGL • Air Liquide Australia • Aquatec Maxcon • Australian Antarctic Division • Australian Paper • Bluescope Steel • Brisbane City Council • Castlemaine Perkins Ltd • Central Highlands Water • CH2M Hill • Coca Cola Amatil • Country Energy, NSW • Dairy Farmers
• Enviroquip • EPA • Ergon Energy • Ford Motor Company • GHD • Gippsland Water • Gladstone Port Authority • Gold Coast Water • Holden Ltd • Hydro Tasmania • James Hardie • Kellogg, Brown & Root • Kimberly Clark Australia • Masterfoods Aust NZ
• Melbourne Water • Norske Skog • NSW EPA • SA Water • Shell, Clyde Refinery • South West Water Authority • Syskill International • SunWater • Sydney Water • Tarong Energy Corp • Veolia Water • Water Corporation of WA • Woodside Energy Ltd
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The Venue Citigate Sydney Ideally located in the heart of Sydney’s entertainment and theatre district, this leading 41⠄2 star hotel has recently had a multi-million dollar refurbishment on its 251 oversized rooms and 11 conference rooms. How to book accommodation ? IWES delegates qualify for a discounted room rate. Contact Jenny at Event Solutions if you would like to book accommodation: Phone: 61 7 3550 3100 Email: jenny@eventsolutions.com.au Hotel Details 169 - 179 Thomas St, Sydney, NSW Ph: + 61 2 9281 6888 Fax: + 61 2 9281 6688
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