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Water New Zealand Waterloss and Pressure Management Conference 2010
Overseas Speaker Profiles
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Tim Waldron - CEO, Wide Bay Water Corporation, Queensland
Tim is recognised as Australia's expert on water loss control, and has over 38 years experience in the water industry. His specialist knowledge in water demand management led to his secondments as the United Nations Technical Representative for the U.N.D.P. and the World Health Organisation. At the Vienna World Water Congress in September 2008 he was appointed Chairman of the International Water Association Water Loss Task Force. The author of 11 books and manuals on water loss management, over 20 countries have been able to reduce their water demand following Tim's influence on their government policies and actions. |
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Edgar Johnson - Service Line Leader, Water Efficiency, GHD, Adelaide.
Edgar joined GHD in 2005, and has over 30 years experience, in both international and Australian water management and water/wastewater engineering. Edgar’s experience in the water industry includes involvement in every facet of the life cycle of water and wastewater assets in a regional and urban context. Edgar has published more than 20 papers/research books in these related areas. His latest book addresses the management of non-revenue and revenue water data. He is also Leader of the International Water Association Water Task Force's Apparent Loss Initiative. |
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Dr Ronnie McKenzie - Director, Water Resource and Planning Conservation, Pretoria, South Africa.
Ronnie is a leading specialist in Water Demand Management, Hydrology, Water Resource Planning, Management and Operation, with more than 20 years of experience in these fields. He was a key member of the Vaal River System Analysis team which pioneered the water resources techniques now used throughout South Africa and many other parts of the world. He has developed and presented more than 100 papers, courses and workshops in many parts of the world, and was responsible for introducing the internationally recognised Burst and Background Estimate (BABE) water demand management techniques to South Africa and numerous other countries. |
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Pankaj Mistry, Manager, Water Demand Management, Wide Bay Water Corporation, Queenlsand.
Pankaj has more than 16 years experience in the field of Water Demand Management, Pressure and Leakage Control. He developed his skills, experience, knowledge and understanding through work in the UK with several water service companies. In particular, Pankaj was actively involved during the UK water shortage in 1995, to reduce water losses through leakage and pressure control. Pankaj also has extensive knowledge in the use of customised water demand management software used to predict water loss savings and applying international best practice methodology as promoted by the International Water Association. |
