Water New Zealand Conference & Expo 2020 : Water New Zealand

MONDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2020
Pre Conference Workshop
TUESDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2020
7.30	REGISTRATION OPENS
8.3.0	CONFERENCE OPENING AND WELCOME: Water New Zealand outgoing President, Kelvin Hill
8.55	KEYNOTE: Minister of Local Government, Hon Nanaia Mahuta
9.25	GUEST SPEAKER: Nigel Latta
10.10	MORNING TEA
	THOUGHT LEADERSHIP [HEAPHY 1]	PROCUREMENT [HEAPHY 2]	DATA MANAGEMENT [HEAPHY 3]	WASTEWATER TREATMENT [BROOKLYN 1]	IWA / SCIENCE STREAM [BROOKLYN 2]	WORKSHOP STREAM [THE GRANDSTAND]
10.40	KEY IMPLICATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY REFORM FOR THE WATER SECTOR Allison Arthur Young – Russell McVeagh	DIA & THREE WATERS STEERING COMMITTEE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION Sarah Baddeley – DIA & Brent Manning – SOLGM	PUT DATA TO WORK – MAKE USE OF THE DATA YOU ALREADY HAVE. Nikk King – NZ Controls Ltd	CASE STUDY OF OBSERVED MAINSTREAM NITRITE SHUNT IN AN AMMONIA-BASED AERATION CONTROL REACTOR CLARIFIER Sela Maka – Watercare Services	UNDERSTANDING NOROVIRUS INFECTIVITY IN SEWER OVERFLOWS TO BETTER ESTIMATE HEALTH RISKS IN COASTAL WATERS Carlos Campos – Cawthron Institute	AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON JOURNEY Jon Reed, Tom Burkett, Rowan Dixon & Chris Thurston – Beca, WSP & Watercare Services
11.10	THE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER Amanda Singleton – Watercare Services	THE ENTERPRISE MODEL – A BOLD DELIVERY MODEL FOR NEW ZEALAND Anna Mogridge, Matt Findlay & Rob Burchell – Watercare Services, Fletcher Construction & Beca	WHO’S DOING WHAT IN WATER A.I. Michael Storey – Isle Utilities Pty Ltd	NITROGEN REMOVAL PILOT TRIAL USING ADVANCED WETLAND TECHNOLOGY Hui Ian Tan & Kate Simmonds – Watercare Services & Jacobs	MICROBIAL INDICATORS – WHAT STORIES DO THEY TELL? David Wood & Sarah Coxon – ESR
11.40	THE CHANGING PARADIGM OF DELIVERING INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONAL AREAS Peter Dennis Hunter – h2o	DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN A HIGHLY DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT Martin Dasler – GHD	WBOPDC SCADA/ NETWORK UPGRADESHOW-TO GUIDE Aubrey Liew – Thomson Group	OPTIMISING MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE THROUGH PLANT OPERATION BEST PRACTICES Charles Liu & Lisa Druke – Pall Water	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF COLORECTAL CANCER RISK AND NITRATE CONTAMINATION OF NEW ZEALAND DRINKING WATER Jayne Richards – Fluent Infrastructure Solutions
12.10	LUNCH
1.10	KEYNOTE: Bill Bayfield – Chief Executive – Taumata Arowai
1.55	NETWORKING
	THOUGHT LEADERSHIP [HEAPHY 1]	PROCUREMENT [HEAPHY 2]	DATA MANAGEMENT [HEAPHY 3]	WASTEWATER TREATMENT [BROOKLYN 1]	IWA / SCIENCE STREAM [BROOKLYN 2]	WORKSHOP STREAM [THE GRANDSTAND]
2.15	THE OCCUPATIONAL REGULATION OF ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS: WILL IT ADDRESS RISK? Helen Davidson – Engineering New Zealand	STRATEGIC REVIEW OF THE NEW ZEALAND WATER SECTOR PROCUREMENT PRACTICES Ross Waugh – Waugh Infrastructure Management Ltd	VISUAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT TOOL – FROM STREETS TO STREET VIEW David Ponting – Stantec	ROTOMA AND ROTOITI MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR WWTP Chris Knight – Mott MacDonald	OPTIMISING THE P-ADSORPTION CAPACITY OF A NOVEL MEDIA FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTEWATER: ALLODUST. Parsa Mohajeri– Lincoln University	MODELLING SIG WORKSHOP Peter Kinley – Arup NZ
2.45	STRESS AND WELLBEING IN THE WORKPLACE Gary Hewson – Umbrella	TAKAPAU WTP AND PORANGAHAU WTP UPGRADES – PROCUREMENT METHOD AND PROJECT OUTCOME Darren De Klerk – Central Hawke’s Bay District Council	WAIPA WATER LEAK DETECTION USING UAV & THERMAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY Mathew Dickey & Mark Walmsley – BTW Company & Waipa District Council	MEMBRANE PROCESSES FOR THE TREATMENT OF LEACHATE FROM LANDFILLS Miriam Weissroth – Wehrle Umwelt Gmbh	REMOVAL OF AQUEOUS BETRIXABAN BY ADSORPTION AND UV/H2O2 PROCESS Tahereh Jasemizad – The University Of Auckland
3.15	COVID-19 AND WASTEWATER Brent Gilpin – ESR	THE RISKS OF A COST DRIVEN DECISION MAKING CULTURE Mark Hall – New Plymouth District Council	USING AERIAL DRONES TO INVESTIGATE NEARSHORE COASTAL CURRENTS Ryan Abrey – Stantec	ASSESSMENT OF ADVANCED TREATMENT PROCESSES FOR SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN WASTEWATER Maryani Astuti – The University of Auckland	CONSTRUCTION IN SATURATED, PEATRICH MATERIALS – IMPLICATIONS OF DEWATERING ON INFRASTRUCTURE Jade McConchie & Zoe Pattinson – GHD
3.45	AFTERNOON TEA
	ASTT STREAM [HEAPHY 1]	WATER SAFETY [HEAPHY 2]	DATA MANAGEMENT [HEAPHY 3]	WASTEWATER TREATMENT [BROOKLYN 1]	IWA / SCIENCE STREAM [BROOKLYN 2]	WORKSHOP STREAM [THE GRANDSTAND]
4.15	MOA POINT – LARGE DIAMETER SEWER RENEWAL CASE STUDY Kirsten Woods & Saadia Ali – Stantec & Interflow	MANAGING THE RISK – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR WTP CHLORINE USE IN AN URBAN SETTING Mark Ellis – Pattle Delamore Partners	DATA DRIVES RESILIENT POND MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE Kirsten Norquay & Allan Jones – Stantec & Nelmac	ADVANCES IN GRIT CHAMBER VELOCITY CONTROL RESULTS IN HIGHER EFFICIENCY AND GRIT DEPOSITION PREVENTION Joe Gill – Smith & Loveless	PREVALENCE OF PATHOGENS IN NEW ZEALAND FRESHWATER Margaret Leonard – ESR	YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP YWP Committee
4.45	SNELLS-ALGIES OCEAN OUTFALL – ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING INNOVATION Paul Cooper, Brent Whiting & Dirk du Plessis – McConnell Dowell & Watercare Services	TOOLS FOR ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF DRINKING-WATER FILTER MATERIAL Peter Cressey – ESR	DIGITAL TWIN OF WATER TREATMENT PLANT Richard Porter – Yokogawa Australia & New Zealand	BIN THE FLOC, BOOST THE ROCK: USE OF INDENSE® TO IMPROVE SLUDGE SETTLEABILITY Nathan Brown – Stantec	ANAMMOX – THE JOURNEY FROM THE LAB TO THE PLANT Cassandra Billiau – Watercare Services	YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP YWP Committee

5.15	NEW TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PE100-RC/HSCR TO BETTER DEFINE MATERIAL & PIPE PERFORMANCE Alan Shore – Ravago	GROUNDWATER SUPPLY RESILIENCE – MANAGING THE RISK AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE Beth Parkin & Duheine Myburgh – Stantec & Wellington Water	FROM PLANNING INTO PRACTICE: DIGITAL ENGINEERING FOR A 50MLD UPGRADE AT NEERABUP WTP, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Iain Partington – GHD		IWA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
5.45	WELCOME FUNCTION

WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2020
7.15	REGISTRATION OPENS
8.45	KEYNOTE: Henk Ovink – Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Netherlands
9.30	MORNING TEA
	THOUGHT LEADERSHIP [HEAPHY 1]	CARBON & ENERGY [HEAPHY 2]	STORMWATER I [HEAPHY 3]	WATER SERVICES MANAGERS GROUP – STORIES FROM THE COAL FACE [ARENA LOUNGE]	OPERATIONS [BROOKLYN 1]	WATER SAFETY [BROOKLYN 2]	STORMWATER II [BROOKLYN 3]
10.00	WAI ORA CULTURAL MONITORING FRAMEWORK – MĀORI INNOVATION TOWARDS THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Puti Wilson – Auckland Council	IPCC EMISSIONS FACTORS – CHALLENGING A FORTYFOLD JUMP IN NITROUS OXIDE Evie Wallace & Mike Bourke – Beca & Christchurch City Council	UNDERSTANDING THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS Michael Arthur – Metis Consultants	RENEWAL PROGRAMME – PIPE SAMPLING PROGRAMME Cristina Conzalez – New Plymouth District Council	DAM SAFETY SURVEILLANCE – MANAGING AUCKLAND’S LARGE WATER SUPPLY DAMS Jessan Revalde – Watercare Services	TEMPORARY CHLORINATION IN CHRISTCHURCH – LESSONS LEARNT 2 YEARS ON John Porter & Ian Baker – Citycare & Christchurch City Council	OPENING BY STORMWATER360
10.00							10:15am INNOVATION SHOWCASE WINNER PRESENTATION – STORMWATER SYSTEMS Andrew Olsen – Stormwater Systems
10.30	ALL OPTIONS ON THE TABLE: GLOBAL LEARNINGS ABOUT PURIFIED RECYCLED WATER AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Danielle Francis – Water Services Association of Australia	USE OF CATCHMENT CARBON OFFSETS TO ACHIEVE ZERO NET EMISSIONS Alex Cheesebrough – Jacobs	INTEGRATED APPROACH TO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN PORIRUA’S CBD Alannah Clark – GHD	OTAGO/ SOUTHLAND WATER COLLABORATION Ulrich Glasner – Queenstown Lakes District Council	ASSET LIFE AFTER PROJECT HANDOVER – LESSONS LEARNT Clemence Carlinet – Watercare Services	INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICE CHLORINE GAS INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Craig Freeman – Filtec	TIME-LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR LOW-COST URBAN STREAM MONITORING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Mika Zollner – WSP
11.00	RECYCLED WATER AS A DRINKING WATER SOURCE FOR PERTH – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Nick Turner – The Water Corporation (Australia)	MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE CARBON IN NEW ZEALAND Hannah Edmond & Chris Thurston – Mott Macdonald & Watercare Services	AN ASSESSMENT OF STORMWATER DISPOSAL OPTIONS IN CHALLENGING HYDROGEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS James Botting – Beca	COVID19 ROUND 1 – WELL THAT WAS WEIRD A PERSONAL REFLECTION Martyn Cole – Kapiti Coast District Council	“THE ADIT’S HAD IT” – RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY WASTEWATER COLLAPSE IN WELLINGTON’S SUMMER OF WOE Kama Sliepen – GHD & Steve Hutchison – Wellington Water	PILOTING REMOVAL OF HIGH IRON AND MANGANESE FROM GROUNDWATER Diego Valenzuela – Beca	THE MAURI COMPASS – INTEGRATING MAURI INTO STORMWATER MANAGEMENT Wolfgang Kanz – Gisborne District Council & Ian Ruru – Mauri Compass
11.30	ENTERPRISE RISK AND RESILIENCE MANAGEMENT (ERRM) – PROVIDING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR A COMPLEX FUTURE Nigel Toms – Watercare	USE OF ADVANCED REAL TIME ANALYTICS TO OPTIMISE THE AERATION ENERGY USAGE AT CUXHAVEN WWTP Roberto Mascarenhas – Xylem Water Solutions	MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ACROSS 23 URBAN CATCHMENTS Vijesh Chandra – GHD	MAKING A CAREER IN THE WATER INDUSTRY Sophie McGuinness – Watercare Services	TEACHING AN OLD “GIRL” NEW TRICKS – RESTORING THE CAPACITY OF THE HUIA WATER TREATMENT PLANT Nikhil Susarla & Hamish Spence – Watercare Services	THE WASTEWATER SAFETY PLAN – PILOTING A QUALITY MANAGEMENT DOCUMENT Louis Ortenzio – Lutra	Q & A DISCUSSION PANEL Mika Zollner – WSP, Wolfgang Kanz & Ian Ruru – Mauri Compass
12.00	LUNCH
							STORMWATER II [BROOKLYN 3]
12.30	POSTER PRESENTATIONS						STORMWATER PAPER OF THE YEAR WINNER – DOES YOUR DETENTION MEET YOUR INTENTION Mark Groves – WSP
1.00							STORMWATER PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR WINNER – JOURNEY THROUGH WATER Clare Feeney – Environmental Communications Ltd
	THOUGHT LEADERSHIP [HEAPHY 1]	RENEWALS [HEAPHY 2]	DATA MANAGEMENT [HEAPHY 3]	WASTEWATER TREATMENT [BROOKLYN 1]	WATER SAFETY [BROOKLYN 2]	WORKSHOP STREAM [ARENA LOUNGE]	STORMWATER II [BROOKLYN 3]
1.30	CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL: A NEW APPROACH? Brian Brown – Backflow SIG	INTEGRATING WASTEWATER BLOCKAGE AVOIDANCE WITH CONDITION ASSESSMENT - THE TAUPO EXPERIENCE Paul Utting – ProjectMax	THE NZ PIPE DATA PORTAL – MAXIMISING THE VALUE OF OUR 3 WATERS DATA Greg Preston – Quake Centre	COST EFFECTIVE PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL Jack Feltham – Pattle Delamore Partners	STANDARDISING WATER TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS A DISTRICT Jessica Hamilton & Murray England – Jacobs & Selwyn District Council	INNOVATION WORKSHOP Rob Blakemore – Wellington Water	YOUNG STORMWATER PROFESSIONAL WINNER OF THE YEAR –– JOURNEY THROUGH WATER Matthew Lillis
2.00	CONSENTING AUCKLAND’S PUBLIC STORMWATER NETWORK – AN INTEGRATED AND FUTURE-FOCUSED APPROACH – WHAT CAN THE NATION LEARN Paula Vincent, Ian Mayhew, Gerald Lanning – Auckland Council, 4Sight Consulting, Simpson Grierson	THE INTRODUCTION OF SEISMIC RESILIENT DUCTILE IRON PIPE TECHNOLOGY Todd Randell – Hynds Pipe Systems & Norio Matsuki – Pino & Co New Zealand	3 WATERS ASSET DATA STANDARDS: A NEW CODE OF PRACTICE Greg Preston – Quake Centre	NZ MUNICIPAL WWTP EMISSIONS – DEMYSTIFIED Emily Sopers & Caroline Hope – Beca Evan Vaughters – Hamilton City Council	COMPLIANCE IN THE BACK BLOCKS – CHALLENGES FOR RURAL WATER SUPPLIES IN NEW ZEALAND Lisa Mace – Beca		PANEL DISCUSSION
2.30		DEVELOPING TRUST IN ASSET MANAGEMENT – A TOOL FOR PIPE RENEWALS PLANNING Michael Galambos – Christchurch City Council	VIBRATION SENSORS: LISTENING FOR NETWORK LEAKS Eddy Mofardin – South East Water	CORONET PEAK SKI AREA WWTP – THE ALPINE CHALLENGE Annika Grant – Stantec	TOWARDS QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF FUTURE WATER AVAILABILITY UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE Wageed Kamish – Tonkin+Taylor		PANEL DISCUSSION
3.00	AFTERNOON TEA
	THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS [HEAPHY 1]	INSTITUTIONAL & INDUSTRY CHANGE [HEAPHY 2]	ASSET MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS [HEAPHY 3]	ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY [BROOKLYN 1]	WATER SAFETY [BROOKLYN 2]	WORKSHOP STREAM [ARENA LOUNGE]
3.30	MANAGING FLOOD RISK IN THE FACE OF A CHANGING CLIMATE – LESSONS FROM THE UK Alex Cartwright & James Hughes – Tonkin + Taylor	WHAT FUTURE ECONOMIC REGULATION MIGHT LOOK LIKE – LESSONS FROM ELECTRICITY, GAS, TELCO AND AIRPORTS Mark Robinson – PWC	DEVELOPING A METHODOLOGY TO SET MINIMUM NIGHT FLOW TARGETS FOR RESIDENTIAL, RURAL AND INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS Taimur Rahman & Steve Broome South Taranaki –District Council	PREVALENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA IN SURFACE DRINKING WATERS Deborah Paull – University of Canterbury	WOMEN AND GIRLS AT THE CENTRE OF COMMUNITY WATER SECURITY PLANNING Katrina Bukauskas Murison – Wellington Water	SMART WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP- GETTING VALUE OUT OF DIGITAL SOLUTIONS Michael Howden & Steve Couper – Beca & Mott Macdonald
4.00	THOUGHTS ON SOME OF THE OVERLOOKED IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Helen Rutter – Aqualinc	WHY IS ONLINE LEARNING IMPORTANT? Carly Price – The Questioning Engineer	A HOLISTIC DECISION FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ANALYSIS ON 3 WATERS AND ADAPTATION OF WELLBEING Erik Barnes – University of Canterbury	MILKING METHANE FROM SLUDGE Dr Julia Valigore – Christchurch City Council	DECENTRALISED ALTERNATIVE WATER SUPPLIES: CATCHY NAMES DON’T GUARANTEE SUCCESS Sean Hinton & Michael Lawrence – Bligh Tanner
4.30	SEA LEVEL RISE, SHALLOW GROUNDWATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE VULNERABILITY: WHAT IS THE ISSUE? Simon Cox – GNS Science	IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER SUPPLY UTILITIES OF THE THREE WATERS REVIEW PROCESS AND CONSOLIDATION OF WATER SERVICES IN NEW ZEALAND Craig Thew – Hastings District Council	DYNAMIC MODELLING FOR THE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF PRESSURE SEWER NETWORKS Graeme Salmon – GHD	BEYOND BIOSOLIDS – HOW ORGANIC WASTES CAN ACHIEVE A CIRCULAR ECONOMY Becky MacDonald – Jacobs Group Australia	ONE COUNCIL, 30 WATER SUPPLIES; WHICH ONES TO CHLORINATE AND WHEN? Murray England – Selwyn District Council & Lisa Mace – Beca
6.30	“OUR SHOUT” – WATER NEW ZEALANDS PRE DINNER DRINKS
7.30	DOWNER CONFERENCE GALA DINNER

THURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2020
8.30	REGISTRATION OPENS
9.00	KEYNOTE: Raveen Jadarum	EXHIBITION VISITORS’ MORNING
9.45	KEYNOTE: Colin Crampton – Chief Executive – Wellington Water, President – Engineering New Zealand
10.15	MORNING TEA
10.45	KEYNOTE: Taswater Model and the Journey – Ailsa Sypkes - Taswater
11.30	WATER NEW ZEALAND TECHNICAL PROGRAMME: COVID-19 Response – Noel Roberts Training and Education Update – Mumtaz Parker Working for Water – Renee Butler
12.15	WATER NEW ZEALAND – THE NEXT YEAR: Water New Zealand President, Helen Atkins
12.30	CONFERENCE CLOSE

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Water New Zealand Conference & Expo 2020

Water New Zealand Conference & Expo

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