The Paper of the Year Award recognises the best technical paper submitted for the Water New Zealand's Conference & Expo. Each eligible paper is marked against following five criteria:
The Gold Award winner receives a Trophy and a Mystery Weekend, plus a Framed Certificate. The Silver Award winner receives a cash prize and a framed certificate.
Water New Zealand thanks Hynds for its generous sponsorship of the award since 2002, and the Conference Technical Committee for its commitment and dedication in marking the papers.
Winner:
What if Allowable Drinking-water Nitrate Limits Are Reduced to Address Possible Chronic Health Effects?
Bridget O’Brien – WSP and Timothy Chambers – University of Otago
Runner up:
It is Water Conservation or Universal Water Metering – Applying the Kübler Ross Change Curve
David Taylor, Maria Buzzella and Justin Lundon – New Plymouth City Council
2020 | Eddy Mofardin, David Bergmann, Andrew Forster-Knight, Juan Londono, Jonathon Crook, Alan Bailey | Vibration Sensors: Listening for Network Leaks |
2019 | Stephen Grace, Watercare Services Ltd, Nigel Kay, Jacobs and Shannon Goff, McMillen Jacobs Associates | Developing a corrosion strategy to protect New Zealand's largest wastewater asset |
2018 | Lupe Suniula and Laurence Jenner (Watercare Services Limited) | Innovative energy opportunities for water utilities |
2017 | Luke Sutherland-Stacey, John Nichol and Geoff Austin (Weather Radar NZ); Tom Joseph (Mott MacDonald); Ken Williams and Nick Brown (Auckland Council) | Operational use of rain radar |
2016 | Gold : Salina Poudyal |
First Flush TSS and Heavy Metals from Urban Carparks Under a Low Intensity Rainfall Climate |
Silver : Chris Nokes |
Failing the Drinking-water Standards – Insights from the Annual Survey |
|
Bronze : Bram Beuger and Jess Daly |
Challenges and Innovations in Dairy Factory Wastewater Treatment |
|
2015 | Martin Neale (Golder Associates) | Re-Engineering Urban Streams: The Effects of Daylighting on Stream Ecology |
2014 | John Monro (Interflow Pty Ltd) | Design of Liners for Deteriorated Sewers - Latest Research to Make it More Efficient |
2013 | Iain Rabbitts, Nicky Smallberger and Mike Charteris | Conquering Extreme Turbidity |
2012 | Peter Browne | Overcoming Rotorua Lakes Ecological Challenges |
2011 | Paul Webber, et all | Addressing the Environmental Effects of Mining on the Ngakawau River |
2010 | Chris Nokes, Catherine Moore, Barry Loe, Murray Close, Liping Pang, Viv Smith and Susie Osbaldiston | Keeping Waters apart New Separation distance guideline for onsite wastewater systems and wells |
2009 | Kerry Newnham | Using a markov model to estimate pipe detoriation |
2008 | Megan Devane, Brent Gilpin, Beth Robson, Fariba Nourozi and David Wood | Decision analysis trees for identification of faecal sources in water |
2007 | Tracey Freeman and Garry Macdonald (CH2M Beca) | Buffer distances for odour producing infrastructure assets Planning for the future in Australia and New Zealand |
2006 | Matthew Sheppard, Peter Baudish and Gary Boot | Biological removal of manganese in a community water supply |
2005 | Deborah Pedly and A Davies (Watercare); P Roan (Tonkin & Taylor) | Large Scale Watermain Flushing |
2004 | Garry Macdonald, Stephen Priestley and David Papps (Beca Companies) | Project Manukau decommissioning and restoring Mangere Oxidation Ponds to Manukau Harbour |
2003 | Gene Browne (Kingett Mitchell and Associates) | Controlling nuisance flies: An old problem with recent solutions |
2002 | Brent Gilpin, Marion Savill (ESR); Robert van Duvenboden (Auckland Regional Council); L Franks (Manukau City Council); T James (West Coast Regional Council) | The identification of human faecal contamination in river waters using new chemical and molecular microbial indicators |
2001 | Jonathan Coakely (Ministry for the Environment) | Practical Tools for the Management of hazardous waste |
2000 | Peter Browne (URS New Zealand Ltd) | Small community and institutional wastewater treatment and disposal |
1999 | Louis Schipper and Maja Vojvodic-Vukovic (Landcare Research) | Denitrification Walls: A practical approach for removing nitrate from shallow groundwater |
1998 | Graham McBride (NIWA); Desmond Till (Consultant); Clare Salmond (Wellington School of Medicine) | National study of health effects of marine bathing and implications for new guidelines |
1997 | G Ionas, JJ Learmonth, SD Herd, EA Keys and TJ Brown (Dept. of Microbiology and Genetics at Massey University) | What is Cryptosporidium? Is it found in New Zealand Waters: Can we improve current methods of detection? |
1995 | Tracy Freeman (Beca Steven); Shiu Singh (Wiremakers Ltd) | Manufacture of chlorinated copperas adding value to by-products |
1994 | Bill Vant (NIWA); Mike Larcombe (Bioresearches) | What wastewater nutrient load should Manukau Harbour take? |
1993 | Garry Macdonald (Beca Steven, Auckland) | A regional Wastewater scheme for Hawkes Bay |
1992 | D & D McAven of Prebbleton | Pollution, a personal perspective from Prebbleton |
1991 | K Mackie (Forestry Research Institute) | Assessing the impacts of the Forest Industries on the Upper Waikato River: A report on a collaborative public good programme |
1990 | M Larcombe (Bioresearches) | Marine disposal of sewage into the Bay of Plenty: How much more or how much longer? |
1989 | G Bedford, J Whittaker and A Wilson (New Plymouth City Council) | An innovation sludge treatment process |
1988 | CBM Duncan (Consulting Engineer) | Land treatment and disposal of municipal wastewater on the Coromandel Peninsula |
1987 | JC Rutherford and RD Pridmore (DSIR Water Quality Centre, Hamilton) | The significance of phosphorus and nitrogen in the management of Lake Rotorua |
1986 | DJ Orbell (Fielding Borough Council) | Trials and tribulations associated with the treatment of waste discharges from a corn processing plant |
1985 | MJ Noonan (Lincoln University) | Sources and sinks of faecal coliform bacteria in a river system |