Stormwater


The Stormwater Group's purpose is dedicated to sustainably improving flood resilience and enhancing social and cultural wellbeing by improving waterbody health within Aotearoa New Zealand.

Objectives

Our Principles

Our National Vision

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Member interests are represented by an elected management committee, who co-ordinate across the following workstreams:
  • Communicates developments in regional and national stormwater policies.
  • Review regional and national stormwater related policies for consistency and industry best practice.
  • Provide specialist stormwater expertise to participate in cross-discipline or cross-sector initiatives that influence the group.
  • Delivers an annual national Stormwater Conference.
  • Ensure high quality papers and presentations which reflect the current and future needs of the industry.
  • Engages keynote speakers with highly significant industry relevance.
  • Engages with members through feedback to continuously improve year-on-year.
  • Hold regional meetings for sharing industry best practice and to provide a forum for discussing regional issues.
  • Hold national webinars via Water New Zealand to share industry best practice
  • Provide support to the Water New Zealand Training and Development Manager in delivering the actions and recommendations in the Stormwater Education, Training and Sector Development Plan.
  • Provide contributions to SIG communications and media, including Water magazine, LinkedIn Group, Pipeline.
  • Improve cross-silo integration - provide quick uptake by other industry groups that perhaps aren't aware of such principles and values (architects, planners, civil contractors, urban designers, resource and building consent officers, transport service providers etc).
  • Giving effect to Te Mana o te Wai
  • Planning for urban growth and development (through the lens of Te Mana o te Wai?)
  • The protection and promotion of the environment, ensuring the health and well being of wai is the first priority.
  • Improving resilience of three waters system to respond to natural hazards
  • Adaptation to future challenges like climate change.
  • Increasing awareness of core principles of Te Mana o te Wai (what it is, how we recognise it, how we measure it, how we protect it)
  • Advocacy for the partnership of mana whenua with industry
  • Advocating for the role of matauranga in 3 waters management

Stormwater Training

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Terms of Reference

Stormwater Conference Newsletter

12 Apr 2024

Stormwater Events

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15 May

Wellington

Stormwater Conference 2024

Draft Programme Out Now!
14 May

Wellington

Ripple Effect: Exploring Stormwater Careers

Calling all high school students! Come meet some recent graduates to find out what a career in stormwater could look like.
14 May

Wellington

Stormwater Conference 2024 - Preconference Workshop

After the floods; looking backwards to go forward.

Stormwater Webinars

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Unveiling the Success of Green Rainwater Infrastructure: Insights from Vancouver's Monitoring Programme

12 Apr 2024

This webinar delves into the transformative journey of implementing Green Rainwater Infrastructure (GRI) in the vibrant City of Vancouver. Guided by the visionary Rain City Strategy, Vancouver has embarked on a mission to revolutionize rainwater management practices, setting ambitious targets for capturing and cleansing rainfall while mitigating urban runoff.

Sustainable Stormwater Management in Singapore: A Tropical Example

18 Jan 2024

Kai Tak River - Revitalising the Water into an Urban Green River Corridor in Hong Kong

24 Nov 2023

Stormwater Management in Brazil Webinar

05 Oct 2023

Advances in Stormwater Management: Fusion of Numerical Modelling and IoT

20 Sep 2023

Risks and Disasters: Knowing how much risk you have is one thing; having that risk become a reality is another

02 Jun 2023

A decade of flood recover and resilience the Queensland experience

27 Mar 2023

Stormwater Committee

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Peter Christensen

Water Resources Engineer

Stormwater Group Chair
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Wolfgang Kanz

4 Waters Strategy Adviser

Conference Chair
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Hannah Breeds

Senior Principal Civil Engineer | Technical Discipline Leader
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Kate Purton

Technical Director - Civil Engineering
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Kalyan Chakravarthy

Principal Water Quality Scientist
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Clare Feeney

Director
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Bruce Balaei

Senior Healthy Waters Specialist - Auckland City Council

Education, Engagement and Training Chair

Water New Zealand Board Member
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Thomas Nikkel

Principal Engineer - Water Resources

Deputy Chair
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Michael Arthur

Managing Director

Policy and Technical Chair
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Linda Norman

Civil Engineer
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Nathan Wall

Engineer
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Brad Tiller

Senior Water Resources Consultant
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Richard Wilson

Senior Water Resources Engineer | Team Leader
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James Armitage

Technical Director
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Frances Charters

Senior Lecturer
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Darren Tiddy

Senior Consultant
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Ajay Desai

Principal Three Waters Engineer

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Stephanie Dijkstra

Mātauranga Taiao Advisor
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Julia Watson

Research and Development Engineer
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Sarah Nolan

Senior Healthy Waters Specialist
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Ismail Hassan

Associate Director, Water Design Lead
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Hannah Ludlow

Scientist - Freshwater quality & ecology
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Rumana Sayyad

National Stormwater Category Manager

Young Water Professionals Chair - Wellington
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Belinda Cridge

Training Development Manager
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Dr Amir Montakhab

Environmental Engineering Lead
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Nicci Wood

Technical Advisor - Regulatory
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