We would like to thank all our presenters who shared their experiences through case studies and personal experiences. Some of the presentations are provided as PDF documents - please contact qldwater if you would like to get in touch with any of our presenters and we will forward any requests on to them.
| Venue | Speaker | Presentation |
| Maroochydore | Partha Susarla, Strategic Planning Manager, Strategic Planning and Asset Management, Infrastructure Services Division, Unitywater | Case study on Total Water Cycle Management Planning at Unitywater including an overview of the joint project between Unitywater, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Sunshine Coast Council that recently won a Storm Water Industry Award. |
| Peter McTaggart, SunWater Project Manager, Connors River Dam and Michael Grosser, Partner, Holding Redlich | An overview of the Connors River Dam project | |
| Ben Goodall, Strategic Planner, Unitywater, Infrastructure Services Division | Case study on Unitywater and DERM innovatively pushing the traditional sewage treatment plant (STP) licencing/ upgrading boundaries including traditional licensing triggers to plant upgrades; costs of recent upgrades; drivers pushing Unitywater to think “outside” the norm including wetlands; cooperation between DERM and Unitywater; and the way forward. | |
| Dr Helen Stratton, Smartwater Research Centre | Overview of Rural and Regional Water Security project. | |
| Charleville | Russell Hood – Director of Engineering Services, Murweh Shire Council | Overview of Murweh Shire water and sewerage schemes. |
| Neil Judd, CEO, South West NRM | Progress on Healthy Waters Management Plans in the SW catchments and across the Queensland Murray Darling Basin and Carp management work in the Warrego River | |
| Graham McKeon, Coordinator Management Systems, Water Operations, Toowoomba Regional Council | Overview on Toowoomba Drinking Water Quality Management Plans | |
| Emerald | David Karrol, Manager - Water & Sewerage, Central Highlands Regional Council | Water Management from a New Zealand perspective |
| Peter McTaggart, SunWater Project Manager, Connors River Dam and Michael Grosser, Partner, Holding Redlich | As per Maroochydore presentation above. | |
| Longreach | John Roworth, Director of Infrastructure Services, Longreach Regional Council | Longreach Mains Replacement Project: An ECI Model |
| Mike Donald, Manager Engineering Services, Barcaldine Regional Council | Watering the Outback | |
| Thomas Bean, Manager, GABSI, Department of Environment and Resource Management | Update on the GABSI program | |
| Bowen | Ian Clarke, Director of Engineering Services, Etheridge Shire Council | Case Study: Is 'User Pay' possible for a remote town water supply? |
| James Stewart, Whitsunday Regional Council | Whitsunday Regional Council's Challenges in Water and Sewerage Management | |
| Michael Lever – Leveredge | Safe Water | |
| Cairns> | Lynne Powell, Sustainability Coordinator, Water and Waste, Cairs Regional Council | Indigenous Partnerships - Obstacles and Opportunities |
| David Karroll, Manager - Water & Sewerage, Central Highlands Regional Council | Disinfection by Chlorination |