Water New Zealand Conference & Expo 2023

Water New Zealand Conference & Expo 2023

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16-19 October | Tākina, Te Whanganui-ā-tara Wellington

Conference Programme

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER

Pre conference Workshop

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

9:25	Opening Guest Speaker: Helmut Modlik, Chief Executive, Te Runanga o Toa Rangatira Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 2)
9:55	Guest Speaker: Maree Lang, Managing Director – Greater Western Water Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 2)

	Thought Leadership Environment and sustainability	Surfing the Tides of Vulnerability	Wastewater Nitrogen Removal & GHG	Pipelines	New Drinking Water Technologies	Workshop
11:15	ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS – DECARBONISING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN PANEL SESSION Chris Thurston – Watercare and Barbara Nebel – thinkstep-anz Dene Cook – Concrete Divisional Technical Manager – Fletcher Building Facilitated by: Geoffrey Mason – Brian Perry Civil	NATURAL HAZARD RISKS: STATE OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE AND ITS PLACE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE ASSETS Mark Hooker – Tonkin and Taylor	NITROUS OXIDE MEASUREMENTS ON A PILOT SCALE MABR Kevan Brian – Watercare	SEWER SYMPHONY: AN INVESTIGATION OF HYDRAULIC PHENOMENA IN A FALLING MAINTHROUGH ACOUSTICS. Joseph Allen – Jacobs New Zealand	CERAMIC MEMBRANE PILOT PLANT FOR DRINKING WATER APPLICATION Andreas Fischer – Lutra	DRIVING DOWN WATER LOSS WORKSHOP Host: Water Efficiency Conservation Action Network (WeCAN)
11.45	^	CLIMATE CHANGE FLOOD IMPACT ESTIMATION ON A NATIONAL SCALE Alida Van Vugt – Pattle Delamore Partners and Camilla Read – Z Energy	HYDROGEN-DRIVEN AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION OF WASTEWATER USING A MEMBRANE BIOFILMPROCESS Marc Russenberger – University of Auckland	POLYETHYLENE PIPE STANDARDS ARE CHANGING – WITH CRITICAL IMPLICATIONS TO ASSET OWNERSAND CONTRACTORS Alan Shore – PIPA NZ (PEIG)	USING FLUORESCEIN AS A FLUOROPHORE TO TEST UVAND LIGHT PENETRATION OF FLOCCULATED PARTICLES Asanka Nilakshi Dissanayake – University Of Waikato
12.15	WATER SECTOR & SUSTAINABILITY Rod Naylor – GHD and Kerry Griffith – Infrastructure Sustainability Council	ASSESSING HAZARDS! FILLING THEHOLES IN OUR RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY Simran Bassan – Woods	THE ROLE OF SULFUR-DRIVEN AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATIONIN SUSTAINABLE WASTEWATER TREATMENT Jiabao Qi – University of Auckland	GIS BASED ROUTE AND ASSET OPTIMISATION FOR THE WESTERN DAMS: RAW WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE Nick Holden – Aurecon, and Tom Scott – Watercare	COST AND CARBON REDUCTIONS THROUGH ALTERNATIVE PH CONTROL Andrew Wong – Stantec

12:45	Lunch – Exhibition Areas Women in Water – Room: Whātaitai (Level 2) A discussion with Lorraine Kendrick (Head of Technical, National Transition Unit and Water NZ President), Laura Fluck (Director Water, AECOM), Helen Davidson (Chief Executive, ACE NZ) and Fraser Clark (Wellington Water) facilitated by Dr. Deborah Lind (Water New Zealand Board)

	Thought Leadership: Public Health	From Crisis to Unity	Rethinking Wastewater Ponds	Drinking Water Optimisation	Risky Business	Workshop
2:00	RIDING THE WAVES OF CHANGE: NAVIGATING GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTHTHREATS AND CLIMATE CHALLENGES FROM REGULATIONS TO OPERATIONS Nicole McLellan – Stantec Canada	COMMUNICATING TO STAKEHOLDERS AND CUSTOMERS CRITICAL IN STORMY TIMES Rachel Hughes - Watercare Services	WASTEWATER CODESIGN FOR SMALL COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY FROM TE TAI TOKERAU / NORTHLAND Garrett Hall and Jolanta Gussenhoven - Beca	WATER WATCHERS – WATCHING TAURANGA’S WATER FOR GOOD Ryan Orr – GHD and Peter Bahrs – Tauranga City Council	CONFRONTING THE TSUNAMI – A NEW APPROACH TO RENEWAL PLANNING Eric Skowron – ProjectMax	EMBODIED EMISSIONS IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE WORKSHOP: EXPLORING APPROACHES TO DECARBONISATION Host: Climate Change Group
2:30	AN UPDATE ON PFAS TOXICITY AND SCIENCE Andy Pearson – Tonkin + Taylor	A FLOOD TWO MONTHS IN – A WAIĀRI RESILIENCE STORY Chris Olivier – Beca and Rodney Clark – Tauranga City Council	POND UPGRADE OR PLANT REBUILD? – A GUIDE TO NAVIGATING THE PROS AND CONS Reuben Bouman – Beca	FAST-TRACKING SERVICE CONNECTION RENEWALS TO REDUCE WATER LOSS Cedric Papion – Stantec and Julian Fyfe – Wellington Water	OUR CRITICAL ASSETS ARE AGING – ASTORY OF RENEWAL OVER REPLACEMENT Anna Gibbs – Stantec
3:00	NITRATES – ARE THEY AN EMERGING RISK Tim Chambers – University of Otago Q&A PANEL SESSION (30 MIN) Facilitated by: Belinda Cridge, Toxicologis	THE CASE FOR INVESTING IN CLIMATE RESILIENCE: APPLICATION OF A DYNAMIC DECISION TOOL Abhi Ganugapati – Adaptus	MEMBRANE AERATED BIOFILM REACTOR(MABR) – FIRST FULL SCALE PLANT INNEW ZEALAND. Nadine Oschmann – Veolia	OPTIMISING WATER TREATMENT PLANT COMMISSIONING: STRATEGIES FORSUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION Scott Pearson – Beca and Claude Lewis – Marshall Projects	RISKY DECISIONS CREATING BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE OUTCOMES Jo Preston and Daniel Alexander – Beca

	Thought Leadership: Customers and Communities	Emission Eradicators	De-Centralised Wastewater	Drinking Water Risks	Policy Changes and Framework	Workshop
4:00	WATER STEWARDSHIP Ken Macdonald – Tonkin + Taylor	SETTING WELLINGTON WATER ON A PATHWAY TO NET ZERO EMISSIONS Sam Friggens- Mott Macdonald and Uki Dele – Wellington Water	PINPOINTING UNKNOWN ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS IN CANTERBURY REGION Rachel Qiu – ESR	PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES – WHERE ARETHEY AND WHAT ARE THE RISKS? Ed Burry and Greg Offer – Beca	DRINKING WATER ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT – A HAWKE'S BAY CASE STUDY Bridget O'Brien – WSP	ACCELERATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION WORKSHOP Host: Smart Water Infrastructure Group (SWIG)
4:30	EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES THROUGHWATER LITERACY: UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF OUR MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE Priya Thurai – Watercare	MANAGING CARBON EMISSIONS THROUGH COLLABORATION AND EMPOWERMENT Nadia Nitsche - Wellington Water	ON-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS – RISKS AND INSIGHTS INTO THEIR FUNCTION Bronwyn Humphries – ESR	AQUIFER COMMUNITIES – CAN THEY PREDICT CHANGES IN AOTEAROA’S SOURCE (GROUND)WATER Judith Webber – ESR	NETWORK DISCHARGE CONSENTS FOR WELLINGTON – KEY CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED Zeke Hudspith – Dentons Kensington Swan, Angela Penfold – Wellington Water and Richard Peterson – Stantec
5:00	WATER AID Mark Trembath – WaterAid	THE FUTURE OF BIOGAS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT David Hume - Mott MacDonald and Chris Thurston – Watercare Services	ENHANCED ENERGY RECOVERY FROM CO-DIGESTION OF TOILET WASTEAND KITCHEN WASTE USING WATERCONSERVING TOILETS Farideh Jamalibehnam - ESR	DEVELOPING SOURCE WATER RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS: NATIONAL CASE STUDIES Hannah Ross – Tonkin + Taylor	NAVIGATING THE COMPLEXITIES OF THREE WATERS MANAGEMENT: INSIGHTS FROM WELLINGTON WATER'S FRAMEWORK Uki Dele – Wellington Water and Jane Hancock – Holmes NZ

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER

8:30	Keynote: Ziena Jalil, Inspirational Speaker Tāwhirimātea Plenary
9:15	Keynote: Erin Brockovich (Virtual Address) Tāwhirimātea Plenary

	Thought Leadership: Economic Regulation, Climate Reporting and Innovation	Digital	Workforce	Te Ao Māori	Learnings from Near and Far	Workshop
11:00	UNPACKING THE BENEFITS OF ECONOMIC REGULATION. PANEL SESSION Petra Carey – Russell McVeagh Sarah Robinson – Stantec Georgina Mills – Commerce Commission Eugene Doyle – Owhiro Bay Conservation Group	NON-REVENUE WATER SAVINGS, ACHIEVED THROUGH VIBRATION SENSOR INTEGRATED DIGITAL METERS David Lo Jacono – Jacobs	EVACUATION & RESCUE FROM A DEEP TANK Jonathan Piggot – Watercare Services	BEYOND CONSENTS: WATERCARE’S JOURNEY TO HONOURING TE TIRITI O WAITANGI Te Tuanui Paki – Watercare	DELIVERY STRATEGY FOR NZ'S LARGEST WTP REPLACEMENT – GLOBAL LESSONS Nikhil Susarla – Watercare, Michelle Morris and Mia Thompson – Aurecon	NATIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN STANDARDS (AKA THE CODE OF PRACTICE) WORKSHOP
11:30		SUPPORTING BETTER PUBLIC RESPONSE BY ENHANCING WASTEWATER MONITORING WITH MACHINE LEARNING Nasrine Tomasi – Mott MacDonald	WATERCARE'S NEW MULTI-PURPOSE TRAINING FACILITY – ENHANCING TRAINING ACROSS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Jane Kubala – Watercare Services	LEVERAGING EXISTING ‘CATCHMENT COMMUNITIES’ TO IMPLEMENT TE MANA O TE WAI Eliza Cowey – Aecom	5 PRACTICAL STEPS FOR A SMOOTH PROJECT HANDOVER TO OPERATIONS Gillian Woodward – Morrison Low and Dugall Wilson – Stantec
12:00	HOW CLIMATE REPORTING OBLIGATIONS MAY IMPACT THE WATER SECTOR Mark Baker Jones – University of Auckland	DIGITAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION TO IMPROVE MAINTENANCE RESPONSE TIMEAND KPI METRICS Ian Hardcastle – Jacobs	HOW DID I GET HERE? ENHANCING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION IN THE WATER INDUSTRY. Joan Jolly – Morrison Low	RESTORING THE MAURI OF THE WAI –USING CO-MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL Brigette Priestley – Beca	DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE PATHWAYS PLANNING FOR A WATER RESOURCE INVESTMENT STRATEGY Geoff Williams – Wellington Water and Jon Reed – Beca
12:30	FUTURE FOCUS: GLOBAL PATHWAYS TO RESILIENCE, GROWTH AND INNOVATION Kelly Hill – Isle Utilities	DIGITISATION AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE – SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE WATER REFORM Peter Brooks – Aecom	WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT – A WAIHANGA ARA RAU PERSPECTIVE Mike Grumball and Mark Williams – Waihanga Ara Rau	FACE TO FACE ENGAGEMENT WITH MANA WHENUA: WAIKŌUAITI WATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE James Taylor – Beca, Korako Edwards – Aukaha, and Merchen Naidoo – Dunedin City Council	ASSET MANAGEMENT OF BROWNFIELD RESERVOIRS – A COMPREHENSIVE CONDITION ASSESSMENT Stephen Molineux – WSP

	Thought Leadership: Te Ao Māori	Green Horizons	Wastewater & Sustainability	Drinking Water Operation	IWA / Science	Workshop
1:45	MAORI PROCUREMENT Kahurangi Malcolm – Puna Awarau	A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY FOR WAIMAKARIRI'S 3 WATERS ASSETS Hugh Blake-Manson – Waugh Infrastructure Management	WASTEWATER REUSE FROM CONCEPT TO PLANT: RECYCLING AUCKLAND’S WASTEWATER FOR NON-POTABLE AND POTABLE APPLICATIONS Hamish Spence – Watercare	PUTTING OPERATORS FIRST: INSIGHTS FROM WAIĀRI'S DESIGN JOURNEY Scott Pearson – Beca and Rodney Clark – Tauranga City Council	THIRTY YEARS OF REFORM IN ENGLAND AND WALES – WHAT CAN NEW ZEALAND LEARN FROM THAT EXPERIENCE ? Jo Parker – Team WRc / ProjectMax	NATIONAL URBAN STORMWATER MODELLING GUIDELINES WORKSHOP
2:15	TE MANA O TE WAI Lara Taylor – E Oho!	GREEN WALLS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT AND REUSE GREYWATER IN NEW ZEALAND Moeen Gholam – University of Canterbury	FACTORING GHG EMISSIONS INTO OPTIONEERING – 90% REDUCTION FOR CAMBRIDGE WWTP Derek Anderson – Pattle Delamore Partners	MANGANESE CONTAMINATION INCIDENT AT TIMARU WATER SUPPLY Peter Callander – Pattle Delamore Partners	EMERGING CONTAMINANTS MONITORING: WHERE DO WE START? Tom Davies – Beca and Clemence Carlinet – Watercare Services
2:45	MAORI PARTNERSHIPS – PORIRUA KAINGA ORA PROJECT Rawiri Faulkner – Te Wai Māori	FROM INCEPTION TO IMPLEMENTATION: HOW PRAGMATIC DESIGN IMPROVES WATER SUSTAINABILITY Scott Pearson – Beca	RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN TO IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY AND COSTS OF BNR PLANTS Liam Tamplin – Beca	SMALL RURAL DRINKING WATER SYSTEM CONSOLIDATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT: LESSONS LEARNED FROM CALIFORNIA Susan Willis – GHD	THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF“FOREVER CHEMICALS”: AN UPDATEON GLOBAL PFAS REGULATIONS AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES Silvia Vlad – Jacobs

	Thought Leadership: Customers, Contracts and Planning Laws	Emission Eradication	Mixed Wastewater	Drinking Water Delivery	IWA / Science	Workshop
3:45	THE CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN, THE BALL’S IN THE STRATEGY COURT Chris Allen, Arash Farjood and Dr Jenny Wigley – Watercare, and Abel Immaraj – Aurecon	TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SCOPE 1 EMISSIONS, WHERE TO START, PROGRESS AND EXCEL? Aprilia Vellacott – Jacobs	USING MODERN TECHNOLOGY (ROV)TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. TAURANGA TE MAUNGA WASTEWATER OCEAN OUTFALL Christopher Thomas – Tauranga City Council, Matt Mooney – Bay Dynamics	HIBISCUS COAST BOOSTER PUMP STATION – ACCELERATED DELIVERY WHILE REDUCING COST AND CARBON Waldo Strydom – Watercare and Gabby Ip – WSP	ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE INAOTEAROA: OCCURRENCE ANDTRANSPORT THROUGH WASTEWATER Louise Weaver – ESR	INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS INTO WATER SERVICE PLANNING Host: Deep South Science Challenge
4:15	AFFORDABLE WATER REFORMS: GOODBYE RATEPAYER, HELLO CUSTOMER Padraig McNamara – Simpson Grierson	PROGRAMME – WIDE EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS – A SUSTAINABLE WAY TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY Alex Medich – Beca	TREATING LANDFILL LEACHATE –IMPACTED STORMWATER WITH A NITRIFYING TRICKLING FILTER – NOT A LOAD OF RUBBISH Liam Allan – Pattle Delamore Partners	THE IMPACT OF EXCESS WATER USE CHARGES IN CHRISTCHURCH Michele Mcdonald – Christchurch City Council	MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO SELECTING WATER MICROBIOLOGY TESTS Neil Leat – Watercare
4:45	GOOD, BAD, UGLY OF PLANNING LAWS Helen Atkins- Atkins, Barrister/ Commissioner	NITRATES IN GROUNDWATER AND IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Helen Katherine Rutter – Aqualinc Research Ltd	PUMPING OUT THE PROBLEMS: WASTEWATER TREATMENT INHIBITION FROM PORTALOO PRODUCTS Cady Burns – The Wastewater Specialists	RAPID DELIVERY OF FLUORIDATION SYSTEMS UPGRADES AND RENEWALS Mark Wollina – Stantec and Julian Fyfe – Awa Environmental	USING NEXT GENERATION METAGENOMIC TOOLS FOR THE MICROBIAL CHARACTERISATION OF DRINKING WATER Megan Devane – ESR

THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER

8:30	Sponsor videos: HYNDS, CITYCARE, WATERCARE	Exhibition Visitors’ Morning	TEC – Inspiring the Future Room: Matiu (Level 1)
8:45	Regulator’s Panel – facilitated by Bill Bayfield Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 2) Allan Prangnell, Chief Executive, Taumata Arowai Andy Burgess, General Manager Infrastructure, Commerce Commission Fiona MacTavish, Chief Executive, Bay of Plenty Regional Council
9:30	Keynote: Karlene Maywald, former Minister of Water, South Australia Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 2)
10:15	Morning Tea – Exhibition Areas
10:45	Keynote: Dallas King - Hokianga, Ngāpuhi Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 2)
11:30	Keynote: Jon Lamonte - Chief Executive, Northland & Auckland - Water Services Entity, Challenges andOpportunities across Aotearoa Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 2)
12:30	Water New Zealand – The Next Year: Water New Zealand President Lorraine Kendrick and Gillian Blythe Water New Zealand Chief Executive Officer Tāwhirimātea Plenary (Level 1)

12:45

Conference Close

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0955 Keynote Tues, Maree Lang.pdf

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920 Helmut Modik Keynote.pdf

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0830 Ziena Jalil.pdf

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0915 Erin Brockovich.pdf

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1230 Mike Grumball & Mark Williams.pdf

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1200 Mark Baker Jones.pdf

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1115 Mark Hooker.pdf

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1400 Nicole McLellan.pdf

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1600 KenMacdonald_V2.pdf

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1700 Mark Trembath.pdf

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1345 Jo Parker - 30 years of reform presentation v2.pdf

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A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY FOR WAIMAKARIRI'S 3 WATERS ASSETS.pdf

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MANGANESE CONTAMINATION INCIDENT AT TIMARU WATER SUPPLY.pdf

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1600 SWIG Workshop.pdf

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final 1415-Thought Leadership-Lara Taylor.pdf

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0930 WaterNZ Conference 2023 - KM.pdf

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