Stormwater Conference 2024

INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

FRAMEWORKS

FLOOD MODELLING CASE STUDIES

WORKSHOP 1

GREEN FINANCE FOR BLUE WATERS: A GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF INNOVATIVE ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS AND INCENTIVES

Brad Tiller – Tonkin + Taylor

HOW TO STOP BUILDING IN

NATURAL HAZARD AREAS

Shelley Wharton – Whangarei District Council

RAPID FLOOD INUNDATION MAPPING AT

LARGE SCALE USING A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH

Jeff Albee – Stantec

HOW TO GUIDE TO BE A GOOD PARTNER TO TANGATA WHENUA

• Facilitated by Sarah Nolan – Auckland Council
  

STORMING AHEAD: WATER

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GROWTH

Mark Hooker – Tonkin + Taylor

SEEING THE UNSEEN – OPPORTUNITIES FROM A HOLISTIC NATIONAL VIEW OF STORMWATER ASSETS AND FUNCTIONS

Alistair Allan – Storm Environmental

STREAMLINING MINIMUM FLOOR

LEVEL ADVICE DIGITALLY

Ivan Kholodov – Wellington Water

BALANCING ACTS: STORMWATER

MANAGEMENT AMID BREAKNECK GROWTH

Danika Ferguson – Beca

EMBRACING CHANGE: INSIGHTS FROM WELLINGTON WATER'S FRAMEWORK

Uki Dele – Wellington Water

FLOOD CHALLENGES AND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS: COMPREHENSIVE STORMWATER MODELLING ON EASTERN BUSWAY

Tom Newman – AECOM

TE MANA O TE WAI

PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE

CLIMATE CHANGE

GIVING EFFECT TO TE MANA O TE WAI - A KAUHAU FOR STORMWATER PROFESSIONALS

Troy Brockbank – Beca

IS IT A 'WETLAND'? IS IT A ‘RIVER'?

NO… IT'S A GREY AREA

Justine Quinn – Tonkin + Taylor

CARBON FOOTPRINT OF OPEN CUT

PIPELINES (NZ CONTEXT)

Kevin Manalo – Massey University

LESSONS FROM CO-DEVELOPMENT OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT

PLANS – ENHANCING OUTCOMES

Liam Foster – WSP

HARMONY IN BROWNFIELD REVITALISATION: A HOLISTIC NATURE-BASED APPROACH

Bidara Pathirage – Woods

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: GROUNDWATER, CLIMATE CHANGE, URBAN DEVELOPMENT,

AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE

Dr Helen Rutter – Aqualinc Research

BRIDGING INDIGENOUS AND ENVIRONMETNAL SCIENCE: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF MĀTAURANGA MĀORI IN ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

Mapihi Martin-Paul – Boffa Miskell

A REHABILITATION JOURNEY– THE EVOLUTION OF STORMWATER TREATMENT DESIGN AT WHANGANUI PRISON

Reuben Ferguson – Tonkin + Taylor

THE POTENTIAL EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ON STORMWATER TREATMENT

Matthew Murdock – WSP

WATER QUALITY

KŌRERO, ATUATANGA AND TE TAIAO, AND SW STORIES

WATER QUANTITY

WORKSHOPS 4 & 5

WILL WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN RESULT IN MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF URBAN STREAMS?

Dr Elizabeth Graham – NIWA

TE MANA O TE WAI - INDUSTRY KŌRERO

Sarah Nolan – Auckland Council

SPONGIFYING OUR CITIES - WHAT CAN

WE LEARN FROM CHRISTCHURCH’S

TWENTY YEAR "EXPERIMENT"

Liam Foster – WSP

WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? - ADDRESSING SHARED MANAGEMENT OF WATERCOURSE AND STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR URBAN AND RURAL STORMWATER

• Facilitated by Alistair Allan – WSP
  

PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING A METAL

ISOTOPE TOOLKIT FOR IDENTIFYING METAL SOURCES IN THE ENVIRONMENT

Dr Jenni Gadd – Hydrotoxy Research

ATUATANGA AND TE TAIAO: A TE TAI TOKERAU WORLDVIEW ON WATER MANAGEMENT AND ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING

Troy Brockbank – Beca and April Nordstorm - Northland Regional Council

WHAT DO WE DO WHEN ADDING CAPACITY MIGHT NOT ADEQUATELY REDUCE FLOOD RISK?

Dr Laura Robichaux – Beca

ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF

STORMWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN SUBURBAN CHRISTCHURCH

Ingrid Cooper – Pattle Delamore Partners

EMBRACING INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE TO TRANSFORM AOTEAROA’S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT – LESSONS FROM A WINSTON CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP

Josh Irvine – WSP

RECENT EXPERIENCES PLANNING FOR STORMWATER VOLUME TARGETS

Dr Alex Sims – Alluvium Consulting

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION - IDEAS AND INNOVATION TO ENABLE MORE RESILIENT STORMWATER OUTCOMES

Facilitated by Deborah Lind – Aurecon & Gillian Blythe – WaterNZ

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF STORMINATOR™ BARREL: A DISSOLVED METAL TREATMENT SYSTEM

Frances Charters – University of Canterbury

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN THE WAIKATO: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Stu Joyce – Morphum Environmental

COULD SOMEONE PLEASE TURN DOWN THE VOLUME? UNPACKING MYTHS, MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH STORMWATER RETENTION

Stu Farrant – Morphum Environmental

SYSTEMS, SEDIMENT AND SKILLS

RENEWED AND REFRESHED

INFRASTRUCTURE

WORKSHOP 6

FIXING WATER WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK

David Norman – GHD

RED ZONE RENAISSANCE: ŌTĀKARO/AVON RIVER CORRIDOR REGENERATION - LEARNINGS FROM THE WAITAKI STREET STORMWATER PROJECT

Zoe Evans – GHD

REGENERATIVE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT: A SYSTEMS THINKING APPROACH

Josh Hodson – Tonkin + Taylor

INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE - GLOBAL AND NEW ZEALAND RESPONSES

Facilitated by Hugh Blake-Manson – Waugh Infrastructure

Including: Assoc. Prof. Theuns Henning, Prof. Asaad Shamseldin and Dr. Colin Whittaker – University of Auckland

DON’T LANDFILL! STORMWATER POND

SEDIMENT MAY BE BENEFICIALLY USED AS

SOILS AND SOIL AMENDMENTS

Dr Robyn Simcock – Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research NZ

FROM ASSUMPTIONS TO FACTS, SHIFTING THE CONVERSATION TO BETTER MANAGE TIME, EFFORT, AND MONEY

Abi Croutear-Foy – AquaWatch Solutions

EMBRACING CHANGE THROUGH INNOVATION:

THE PIPE-I ROBOT

Marcus Hall – Beca

ORPHAN CHILD, INVISIBLE GORILLA, DUNG

BEETLE …? THE POWER OF ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR ASSOCIATIONS TO SAVE THE WORLD

Clare Feeney – Environmental Communications

THE $GREEN BENEFITS OF WATER

SENSITIVE DESIGN

Linda Norman – ACH Consulting

CASHMERE VALLEY, APPLYING DAM

PRINCIPLES TO STORMWATER

Marcus Burrows and Petra O'Bery – Stantec

AUCKLAND CASE STUDIES

NETWORK PERFORMANCE

FLOOD DEBRIS

URBAN SW INTERACTIONS

MAXIMISING THE BENEFITS OF AUCKLAND COUNCILS FISH PASSAGE REMEDIATION PROGRAMME THROUGH A REGIONWIDE GLOBAL CONSENT

Jenny Vince – Beca

CONNECTED WATERS: UNLEASHING THE POWER OF DIGITAL TRACKING IN WATER QUALITY/NETWORK IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES

Hana Judd – Morphum Environmental

CONSIDERATIONS FOR DYNAMIC FLOOD-BORNE DEBRIS IMPACT LOADS

Reza Shafiei – Beca

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF WET WEATHER OVERFLOWS USING EFFECTS-BASED ASSESSMENT

Kalyan Chakravarthy – DHI Water & Environment

BEST FOR AUCKLAND STORMWATER OUTCOMES FOR EASTERN BUSWAY

Paul May – Jacobs

MONITORING & EVALUATING STORMWATER NETWORK PERFORMANCE IN TĀMAKI MAKAURAU (AUCKLAND)

Gemma Chuah – Auckland Council

ROOM TO MOVE: ACCOMMODATING WOODY DEBRIS IN STREAM CHANNELS AS FISH AND INVERTEBRATE HABITAT

Brendan Hicks – Morphum Environmental

URBAN STOCK WATER RACES AND THE DILEMMA OF OBLIGATIONS

Stephen Stern – AECOM