Drinking Water Protection Conference 2023
The Parnell Hotel & Conference Centre, Auckland
Day One - Tuesday 1 August
8.00 am Registrations / Welcome Tea and Coffee 8.30 am Karakia - Ngati Whatua Orakei 8.45 am Opening Address - Gillian Blythe, CE - Water New Zealand 9.00 am Keynote Speaker - Peter Wood, Regulatory Team Leader - Taumata Arowai 10.00 am Morning tea 10.30 am Plumbing and Drainage 2023 Building Code Update - Ross Wakefield, MBIE 11.00 am Backflow Protection Compliance Challenges s - Peter Bahrs, Manager Water Services - Tauranga City / Implementation Council 11.30 am Panel discussion around compliance with Peter Woods, Bruce McLaren, Ross Wakefield and Peter Bahrs 12.00 pm Lunch 1.00 pm Pressure Management and Fire Supplies from a Network Perspective - Richard Taylor, Thomas Consultants 1.30 pm Designing a Plumbing System - Nick Fleckney, Principle Hydraulic-Public Heather Engineer - Mott MacDonald 2.00 pm Panel discussion around design with Richard Taylor and Nick Fleckney 2.15 pm Illustrating the use of metagenomic tools for characterising bacteria in drinking water: Case studies from working with councils - Will Taylor, Bioinformatician and senior scientist - ESR 2.45 pm Afternoon Tea 3.15 pm Training and Competency Structures - Richard Aitken, Telford Consulting 3.45 pm Unplugging the Plumber - Sam Wood - S J Wood Consulting
4.15pm Wrap up day 1
4.30pm Closing of Day 1 6.30pm Dinner and Awards
Day Two - Wednesday 2 August
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