Message from the Secretary, Charlotte Beresford
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As we wrap up our Easter holidays and return to a sea of emails and looming deadlines, we find ourselves barrelling towards the end of financial year. Through the busy-ness, I continue to be amazed and humbled by our industry – an industry of collaboration, curiosity, generosity and determination.
Some of us are relatively new to the industry, some are 5, 10, 20+ years in and collectively, we deliver an enormous portfolio of work that continues to drive better stormwater practices.
Every bit of it counts and all that effort is building momentum for the next big shift in the stormwater industry, it’s an exciting time to be a stormy!
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Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence - Submissions close tomorrow!
If you have yet to start putting your awards submission together, now is the time with only 1 day left to submit your entry into the 2022 Awards for Excellence.
The Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence encourage and celebrate excellence in the innovation, development, completion and management of stormwater projects and the people involved.
The 2022 Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence will be presented at the Awards Gala Dinner to be held in conjunction with the 2022 Stormwater Victoria Conference at The Pier, Geelong on the evening of Tuesday, 7 June 2022.
Entries are now invited for the below award categories:
- Excellence in Strategic or Master Planning
- Excellence in Infrastructure
- Excellence in Asset Management
- Excellence in Research and Innovation
- Excellence in Policy or Education
- Excellence in Integrated Stormwater Design
Submissions close at midnight tomorrow (Thursday, 28 April 2022), so be sure you start your application now!
Why You Should Enter
There are many benefits of winning a Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence Award but you do need to submit an entry to enjoy the following benefits:
- Industry recognition of the project's excellence
- Showcasing and promoting the project, people and organisations involved
- Demonstrating to all stakeholders that your organisation is a leader in its field
- Recognising the personal achievements of your staff involved in the project
- Ongoing promotion including media coverage (promotion on Linkedin, Stormwater Victoria and email marketing)
- Having the award proudly on display within your organisation
- Providing an example of excellence that can be advocated and promoted elsewhere
- Elevation to a Finalist into the National Stormwater Awards for Excellence.
Award Entry Information
The 2022 Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence Information Kit provides potential entrants with award category entry criteria, eligibility requirements and award submission information. Click the button below to download the '2022 Awards for Excellence Information Kit'.
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Awards Submission Portal
All award submissions must be submitted electronically via the Awards Submission Portal. To assist entrants in putting together their submissions the portal allows you to save your entry as a draft to complete by the deadline. You can also download a Submission Template in word format from the submission portal to be used in preparing your submission.
Submissions close: Thursday, 28 April 2022
Please ensure you have downloaded the above entry kit and have met all award entry criteria prior to starting your submission. All entries must be submitted via the Awards Submission Portal by the deadline to be considered for judging.
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Entry Fees
For Members, it's free of charge for submissions. For Non-members, an entry fee of $330.00 will apply, per submission.
Upon receipt of your completed submission form, a tax invoice for the entry fee will be sent to the primary contact by email for payment. Please note payment for your submission must be received before your submission can be considered for judging.
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Music Modelling Guidelines Update
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Stormwater VIC held a free online webinar on April 1 2022 to discuss the Melbourne Water MUSIC Guidelines which are currently being reviewed and updated.
This webinar featured Melbourne Water Senior Stormwater Technical Advisor, Birgit Jordan along with Dale Browne & Stephanie Brown from E2Designlab and formed the second step of Part A of the updated guidelines industry consultation strategy.
The update to the guidelines includes new guidance as well as updated guidance for MUSIC Modelling and is based on Industry feedback received as well as information gaps identified since the 2018 release of the guidelines as well as new information and technologies since the previous release date. New guidance includes:
- Modelling high flow bypasses and overflows
- Estimating design flows
- Modelling wetlands with multiple inlets
- Updated guidance focuses on:
- Rainfall templates
- Source nodes including pollutant concentration data
- Modelling sedimentation basins connected to wetlands
- Wetlands online or in series
- Defining custom outflow and storage properties for wetlands
- Hydrologic routing and drainage links
- k values for standalone sedimentation basins
- GPTs and proprietary stormwater treatment devices
What’s the next steps?
Melbourne Water will be distributing Release A of the MUSIC Guidelines for a 4 week review via news channels. Following this review phase, feedback will be collated and assessed for inclusion to Release B of the MUSIC Guidelines, which will be presented at the Stormwater Victoria Conference and be distributed for a 4 week review period via news channels. If missed the webinar and would like to view the recording, check it out below.
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Join your Stormwater colleagues at the Geelong Conference
2022 Stormwater Victoria Conference: Reconnecting, Reflecting & Reshaping is to be held on Tuesday, 7th and Wednesday, 8th June 2022 at the Novotel Geelong.
With so many leaders in stormwater and urban water management already participating at the conference as either a speaker or attendee, we are hoping to stage the largest gathering of stormwater professionals at the 2022 Stormwater Victoria Conference than ever before.
As the first in person event to be held in the industry since the beginning of Covid-19, our attendee line-up is already gathering momentum. Join us in Geelong to learn from leaders across many disciplines who are all working towards an improved water future and network including our 2022 Keynote Speakers!
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Rachael Robertson
Antarctic expedition leader, bestselling author, leadership expert
Rachael Robertson is a dynamic leader and superbly strategic thinker under the most challenging circumstances. She successfully led the 58th Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition to Davis Station – only the second female to lead a team at the Station and one of the youngest-ever leaders. Rachael is also a best-selling author, Australia’s pre-eminent authority on extreme leadership and Australia’s most booked female speaker. Her talents are in great demand from leading organisations around the globe. As a keynote speaker and facilitator at over 700 national and international conferences and events, Rachael Robertson shares what it was like to be a leader in such an intense and unique situation – and the many valuable leadership lessons she learnt during her time of exploration and discovery.
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Tracey Slatter
Managing Director, Barwon Water
Tracey is highly regarded by her peers for her distinctive ability to disrupt and innovate in traditional sectors, leveraging off a ‘learning lens’ to identify and act on new opportunities and challenges. She enjoys leadership challenges and is committed to achieving excellent outcomes and improved value for the community. Tracey uses commercial disciplines to deliver community outcomes. She has a strong track-record in solving complex problems and achieving financial and customer improvements, by putting community needs at the heart of the organisation and re-designing processes accordingly. Under Tracey’s guidance, Barwon Water developed and launched Strategy 2030, marking the start of a paradigm shift from a utility provider to an enabler of regional prosperity. Prior to joining Barwon Water, Tracey held a number of senior roles within the health, community and public sectors including Chief Executive Officer at the City of Port Phillip, Head of Claims at the Transport Accident Commission, and Chief Executive Officer at Colac Otway Shire. Tracey is proud to be a Board Director of G21 and an active member of the Committee for Geelong. Tracey holds postgraduate qualifications in business leadership and a Master of Commerce. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Associate Professor Chris Walsh
Principal Research Fellow, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
Chris Walsh has been working and writing on the effects of land use (particularly urbanization) on the ecology of streams for over 25 years. He is a senior and founding member of the Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, and the Melbourne Waterway Research Practice Partnership with Melbourne Water. Both groups aim to optimize urban (and other) land and water management for the protection and restoration of running waters. The Little Stringybark/Dobsons Creek project has been a major project for much of his career: a world-first experiment, that aimed to restore the ecological health of streams through catchment-scale retrofit of urban stormwater drainage. This project and his research more broadly have led to many high-impact publications that have recast the problem of urban stormwater runoff, influencing reforms to urban water management internationally.
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Mayor Stephanie Asher
Mayor of Geelong, Victoria
Stephanie Asher is a management consultant, best-selling author and Mayor of the City of Greater Geelong since 2019. As mayor of one of the largest regional councils in Australia, Stephanie has led the City’s health and economic response to COVID-19. Stephanie has worked to deliver essential services, safer roads and fund vital local facilities such as the north Bellarine pool in Drysdale. With her strong focus on the community, Stephanie has been actively involved in a number of volunteer and community organisations. She is a former director of Barwon Regional Waste Management Group, Committee for Geelong, Bethany Community Support, Geelong Library Corporation, Kids Plus Foundation and a former vice president of Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club. Stephanie earned her degree at Monash University and started her career in public relations and corporate communications. At age 27, she established her own management consultancy business, which is still going strong more than two decades later. As managing partner of Geelong Consulting Group, Stephanie leads a team of professionals who deliver project outcomes across greater Geelong and Melbourne. This includes programs and projects for a broad range of Australian companies in the retail, mining, financial and education sectors. Stephanie is also the author of the authorised biography The Trailblazing Story of Susan Alberti - The Footy Lady. This is now into its third reprint.With a record of delivering for regional communities, Stephanie wants to represent Corangamite as a strong, positive voice and get results across the region.
For more information, check out the conference website link below.
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Key Dates
Early Bird Registration Closes - Thursday, 31st March 2022
Standard Registration Opens - Friday, 1st April 2022
Full Program Released - Available Now
Conference Registration Closes - Wednesday, 1st June 2022
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Integrated Water Management in Practice (ONLINE)
Host: Clearwater
1st Session: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
10am-12pm
2nd Session: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
10am-12pm
3rd Session: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
10am-12pm
*4th Session: Tuesday, 12 July 2022
2.00pm - 4.45pm
*Facilitated in-person session to consolidate learnings and discuss your implementation/action plans. The event will be held in CBD Melbourne location.
Location: Online and In-person
Speakers: Dr Brian S. McIntosh, International Water Centre (IWC) ||
Celeste Morgan, E2Designlab ||
Jessica Gigliotti, Moonee Valley City Council || Tony Belcher, Barwon Water
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Ozwater'22
Host: Australian Water Association
Date: Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Time:8.30 am - 5.30 pm AEST
Location: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Stormwater NSW Operations and Maintenance Manual Training
Host: Stormwater NSW
Date: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Time: All Day
Location: Canada Bay Club, 4 William St, Five Dock NSW 2046
Speakers: Murray Powell
2022 Stormwater Victoria Conference
Host: Stormwater Victoria
Date: Tuesday, 7 - Wednesday, 8 June 2022
Time: All Day
Location: Novotel Geelong
Speakers: Various
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