Vaughan Langford - Syft Technologies, Murray McEwan - Canterbury University, and Cassandra Trent - Watercare
Evaluation of the Efficacy of SIFT-MS for Speciation of Wastewater Treatment Odours in Parallel with Human Sensory
2020 | Rob Tinholt | The value of biosolids in New Zealand |
2019 | Martin Neale and Andrew Schollum of Puhoi Stou, Kris Fordham of CIVIX LTD. and Nick Brown of Auckland Council | Safeswim: A sea change in assessing beach water quality risk |
2018 | Nick Marquez, Beca (Sydney) | Challenges in developing a treatment solution for Poly-fluorinated Alkyl Substances—an emerging contaminant |
2017 | Hugh Ratsey, The Wastewater Specialists | Upgrading Waste Stabilisation Pnds: Reviewing the Options |
2015 | Rainer Hoffmann, MWH, Stuart Hildreth, Sicon Ferguson and Christopher Salkeld, Sicon Ferguson | New Zealand’s First Full-Scale Biosolids Solar Drying Facility |
2014 | Rob Fullerton | Full Scale Tubular Bioreactor for Hydrogen Sulphide Removal |
2013 | Peter Browne | Overcoming Rotorua Lakes Ecological Challenges |
2012 | Paul Weber, Mark Pizey, Fiona Crombie, Glenn Rutter, Phil Lindsay, Dave Thomas, Don Elder, Joe Wildy, Tony Cooper and Phil Rossiter of Solid Energy | Addressing the Environmental Effects of Mining on the Ngakawau River |
2011 | Chris Tanner, James Sukias and Charlotte Yates of NIWA Hamilton | Multiyear Nutrient Removal Performance of Three Constructed Wetlands Intercepting Tile Drain Flows from Grazed Pastures and NZ Guidelines: Constructed Wetland Treatment of Tile Drainage |
2010 | Jurgen Thiele of Waste solutions, a division of CPG (NZ) Ltd, Dunedin | Municipal sludge digester upgrade for biofuel production. |
2009 | Megan Devane, Brent Gilpin, Beth Robson, Fariba Nourozi and David Wood | Decision analysis trees for identification of faecal sources in water |
2008 | Giles Altner | |
2007 | No Award | |
2006 | John Moore, Cliff Tipler and Graham McBride | Comparing Human Health Risk Outcomes for the proposed Christchurch City Ocean Outfall: A quantitative Approach. |
2005 | Louis Schipper from the Dept. of Earth Sciences at Waikato University and Stewart Cameron from the Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences in Taupo | Denitrification Beds: Final Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater. |
2004 | Joint Award | |
David Ray, Editor and fellow co-authors for their authorship of: | New Zealand Municipal Wastewater Monitoring Guidelines. Published by the NZ Water Environment Research Foundation in October 2002 | |
Andy Shilton and Jill Harrison for their authorship of: | Guidelines for the Hydraulic Design of Waste Stabilistation Ponds. Published by the Institute of Technology and Engineering, Massey University in 2003. | |
2003 | No Award | |
2002 | Paul Barter of the Cawthron Institute | Investigation of pond velocities using dye and small drogues: A case study of the Nelson City waster stabilisation pond. |
2001 | Rob Davies-Colley of NIWA; Andrea Donnison of AgResearch and David Speed from the School of Chemistry, Queens University of Belfast, Ireland | Towards a mechanistic understanding of pond disinfection. The paper was presented to the 4 th International Conference on Waste Stabilisation Ponds held in Marrakech, Morocco in 1999. |
2000 | Chris Tanner and James Sukias of NIWA, Hamilton and Colin Dall form the Northland Regional Council | Constructed wetlands in New Zealand - Evaluation of an emerging Natural wastewater treatment technology. |
1999 | Humphrey archer and Stuart Donaldson | Low cost upgrading of oxidation ponds for public health protection |
1998 | Adrian van Niekerken and Doug Drinkwater of Rangitikei District Council | For the paper they presented at the NZWWA Annual Conference in 1996 titled Managing stressed oxidation pons by remote control. |
1997 | Taupo District Council | For their project which resulted in their sewage effluent no longer being discharged to the Waikato River, but sprayed across pasture which is then cut and sold, bringing in a substantial income. The article that described this process appeared in the September 1996 Journal. |
1996 | Paul Bickers (MIRINZ) for his research towards his M Tech | The aerobic treatment of reverse osmosis permeate and its reuse in the dairy industry. |
1995 | No Award | |
1994 | Ray Hedgland of Fraser, Thomas Ltd | Taumarunui Sewage: A culturally acceptable treatment solution. |
1993 | Joint Award | |
James Cooke of NIWA | Nutrient transformations in a natural wetland receiving effluent and the implications of waste treatment. | |
Bryce Cooper of NIWA | Coupling wetland treatment to land treatment: An innovative method for nitrogen stripping. | |
1992 | Graeme Keeley and John Skipper of Canterbury Frozen Meat Co Ltd | The use of aerobic thermophilic composting for the stabilisation of primary meat waste solids. |
1991 | Adrian Goldstone and David Peterson of Cyrus Gold (NZ) Ltd & Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd | Development of treatment and discharge strategies for the Golden Cross Mine. |
1990 | Ian Gunn, Public Health Engineer, Auckland University | Evapotranspiration for on-site residential wastewater disposal the New Zealand experience. |
1989 | Joint Award | |
Bryce Cooper, Scientist of DSIR Water Quality Centre, Hamilton | Developing management guidelines for river nitrogenous oxygen demand. | |
John Quinn and Paul McFarlane, Scientist for work they conducted while at Massey University, resulting in their paper. | Epilithon and dissolved oxygen depletion in the Manawatu River: Simple models and management Implications. | |
1988 | Joint Award | |
John Fitzmaurice of Humphrey Archer and Rob Fullerton of Steven, Fitzmaurice & Partners | Anaerobic contact Wastewater Treatment, Tirua Casein Complex, NZ Co-op Dairy Co.Ltd. | |
Martin Ferner, John Harding and Rob Green, Civil Engineers of Levin Borough Council and the others of BCHF Ltd, Wellington | Levin Borough Land Based Effluent Disposal System. | |
1987 | David Adamson, Civil Engineer of Taupo District Council | New technique for sewage treatment, describing the selection, design and commissioning of a sequential batch reactor sewage treatment plant at Acacia Bay on Lake Taupo. |
1986 | Cliff Tipler, Civil Engineer of Steve Fitzmaurice & Partners, Christchurch | The controlled discharge of chemically treated meatworks effluent to the Waimakariri River. |
1985 | Robert Wilcock, Scientist of DSIR Water Quality Centre, Hamilton | Describing studies on reaeration in selected New Zealand rivers using methyl chloride as a gas tracer. |