Water New Zealand Conference & Expo 2021 (Rescheduled) - Part 1
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| 8.50 | Mihi Whakatau - Tainui |
| 9.00 | Conference Opening – Te Radar Welcome from the Water New Zealand President – Helen Atkin Message from Minister Nanaia Mahuta |
| 9.30 | Keynote: Bill Bayfield - Chief Executive - Taumata Arowai |
| 10.00 | Morning Tea Break |
| Three Waters Reform | |
| 11.10 | A DECADE OF INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND’S WATER SECTOR – LESSONSAND CONSIDERATIONS Abel Immaraj & Kate Lanskey – Aurecon |
| 11.50 | INCORPORATING CULTURAL CONTEXT INTO WATER MANAGEMENT: INDIA EXCHANGE Shannon Davies – AECOM |
| 12.20 | Lunch Break |
| 12.50 | MEASURING DROUGHT RESILIENCE: WATER SUPPLY SECURITY IN THE REFORM PROCESS Jonathan Reed – Beca & Charlotte Reed –Tonkin + Taylor |
| Climate Change - Adaptation and Mitigation | |
| 1.30 | CLIMATE CHANGE PRESSURES IN THE WASTEWATER SECTOR AND ADAPTIVE PLANNING Emily Diack – GHD |
| 2.00 | DAY END |
| 10.25 | Opening of Day 2 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| Drinking Water Quality and Source Water Management | |
| 10.30 | LAB WORK, PILOT TRIALS AND BRAINS TRUST DELIVERING FRESH SUPPLY FOR THRIVING TOWNS Will Jacobson - Stantec |
| 11.10 | MANAGING FUTURE UNCERTAINTIES USING IWM ANDTHE ADAPTIVE PLANNING APPROACH Vijesh Chandra - GHD |
| 12.20 | Lunch Break |
| 12.50 | NITRATE TRENDS IN GROUNDWATER: FROM KNOWN KNOWNS TO KNOWN UNKNOWNS Helen Rutter – Aqualinc Research Ltd |
| 1.30 | GROUNDTRUTHING A PFAS MODEL Aslan Perwick – Pattle Delamore Partners |
| 2.00 | DAY END |
| 8.30 | Opening of Day 3 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| 9.00 | Keynote: Associate Professor Huhana Smith – Massey University |
| 9.30 | Department of Internal Affairs Panel Session: Transforming our industry - Ian Cathcart |
| 10.00 | Morning Tea Break |
| Pipelines - New and Renew | |
| 10.30 | STAYING AHEAD OF THE CURVE – COST-EFFECTIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS INNOVATION Courtney Pratt – Fulton Hogan |
| 11.10 | WHEN THE PROBLEM IS SO BIG, WHERE DO YOU START? RENEWALS TO MEET YOUR BUDGET Nicola Whelan-Henderson & Rico Parkinson – Stantec |
| 11:50 | DALDY STREET OUTFALL David Pattinson – McConnell Dowell |
| 12.20 | Lunch Break |
| Wastewater Treatment | |
| 12.50 | EFFECTIVE POND-BASED, LONG-CHANNEL WASTEWATER TREATMENT AT OTOROHANGA Cliff Boyt – Cliff Boyt Consulting |
| 1.30 | PAIHIA WWTP, INNOVATIVE IN POND REMOVAL OF AMMONIA USING BIOSHELLS Andrew Springer – WSP & William Down – Far North District Council |
| 2.00 | DAY END |
| 10.25 | Opening of Day 4 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| Wastewater Operations | |
| 10.30 | A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO MANAGING A SMELLY AFTERTHOUGHT Becky Macdonald – Jacobs |
| 11.10 | DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-COST SEWER SAMPLING SYSTEM Cassandra Trent – Watercare Services Ltd, Brent Gilpin – ESR & Rosemary Sim – Watercare Laboratory Services |
| 11.50 | INCREASING WATER RETAINING STRUCTURES LIFE AND SAFTEY WITH HYDROGEL TECHNOLOGY Douglas Hamlin – Markham |
| 12.20 | Lunch Break |
| 12.50 | A CASE STUDY ON THE SEISMIC PERFORMANCE OF WASTEWATER PIPELINES FOLLOWING THE VALENTINE’S DAY EARTHQUAKE Melanie Liu – Beca |
| 1.30 | A LESSON IN RESILIENCE PREPAREDNESS - RETICULATION CRITICAL SPARES Tracey Mitchell – New Plymouth District Council |
| 2.00 | DAY END |
| 9.30 | Opening of Day 5 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| Science | |
| 9.45 | MICROPLASTICS IN THE WATER ENVIRONMENT – SHOULD WE BE WORRIED AND WHAT CAN WE DO? Bridget Rule & Garry Macdonald – Beca |
| 10.25 | MICROPLASTICS IN WASTEWATER IN NEW ZEALAND: CURRENT DATA AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS Helena Ruffell – University of Canterbury |
| 11.05 | THE IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ON RAINFALL IN NEW ZEALAND Jingxiang Shu – University of Auckland |
| 11.35 | Lunch Break |
| Workforce Development, Capability & Training | |
| 12.05 | HOW TO RECRUIT STAFF IN A TIGHT LABOUR MARKET Greg Steele - Downer |
| 12.45 | DEVELOPING ENGINEERING AS A CAREER PATH FOR MĀORI Jodie Hurley - Aurecon & Awhina Ngātuere – Toi Kai Rawa |
| 1.25 | WATER WORFROCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY Mike Grumball – Waihanga Ara Rau |
| 2.05 | INSPIRING THE FUTURE - WHERE THE STORIES WE SHARE BECOME A WORLD OF OPPORTUNITY Dina Demiri – Tertiary Education Commission |
| 2.45 | DAY END |
| 9.30 | Opening of Day 6 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| Sustainability | |
| 9.45 | CARBON ACCOUNTING GUIDELINES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT: CH4 AND N2O - AN IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION OF THE GUIDELINES FROM ITS AUTHORS Presenter to be advised |
| 10.25 | BIOGAS PRODUCTION WITH HIGH CALORIC VALUE FROM WASTEWATER VIA HYDROGEN ASSISTED ANAEROBIC DIGESTION Afrooz Bayat – University of Canterbury |
| 11.35 | Lunch Break |
| Procurement and Project Delivery | |
| 12.05 | WHAT IS SO EXCITING ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF A 60MLDFLOATING PUMP STATION? DURING A DROUGHT &PANDEMIC? WITHIN 12 MONTHS? Greg Cameron & Holger Zipfel – MTL & Sven Harlos –Watercare Services Ltd |
| 12:45 | RENEWALS – TURNING PROJECTS INTO PROGRAMMES Beth Parkin – Wellington Water & Stantec |
| 1.25 | MODULAR TREATMENT SOLUTION EFFICIENCIES FOR HASTINGS DISTRICT COUNCIL Ryan Hunt & Steve Cave - Filtec Ltd |
| 2.05 | SMALL COMMUNITY WIN BY SMART PROCUREMENT THATSAVES TIME AND PUTS MONEY BACK INTO THE LOCAL ECONOMY Simon Cartwright – Southern Cross Consulting & Harry Wilson – SWDC |
| 2.45 | DAY END |
| 9.30 | Opening of Day 7 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| Smart Water - Digital and Data | |
| 9.45 | BACKFLOW PREVENTION - FROM OLD ANALOGUE TO FULLY DIGITAL TESTING SYSTEM Wojtek Dziubek – Hastings District Council |
| 10.25 | APPLICATION OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING IN THE WATER SECTOR Farzam Farzadi – Beca Sven Harlos – Watercare Services Ltd & Matt Stanford – Fletcher Construction |
| 11.35 | Lunch Break |
| 12.05 | Smart Water - Digital and Data |
| 12.45 | LEVERAGING DATA TO OPTIMIZE WATER NETWORK OPERATIONS Diana Galindo & Heather Kikkert – Mott Macdonald |
| 1.25 | UTILISING INTELLIGENT ALGORITHMS TO OPTIMISE CAPITALINVESTMENTS AND ASSET REHABILITATION Joel Wilson – WCS |
| 2.05 | UNLOCKING THE BANGKOK RAIN RADAR NETWORK Luke Sutherland-Stacey – Weather Radar NZ & Nasrine Tomasi – Mott Macdonald |
| 2.45 | DAY END |
| 9.30 | Opening of Day 8 Welcome from Gillian Blythe - Chief Executive Officer – Water New Zealand |
| Asset Management | |
| 9.45 | THREE WATERS GROWTH PLANNING TO SUPPORT INTEGRATED INVESTMENT AND LAND USE PLANNING Katrina Murison & Olena Chan – Wellington Water |
| 10.25 | NANAKO STREAM: DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER SOLUTION Robert Kelly – Aurecon & Josh Hudson –Tonkin + Taylor |
| 11.35 | Lunch Break |
| Asset Management | |
| 12.05 | OVERFLOW CONSENTING AND DESIGN STORM SELECTION BASED ON HISTORICAL RAINFALL Joel Wilson – WCS |
| 12.45 | WAIPA DISTRICT METER AREA DESIGN Haiming Li – WSP |
| 1.25 | Water New Zealand Wrap Up |
| 2.45 | DAY END |