Presentations

Wednesday 9 September

Mike Partlin - NSW Office of Water: Update from the Department of Water and Energy (1.29MB)
Sandy Leask - NSW Health Water Unit: Update from NSW Health (398KB)

Workshop
Dr Therese Flapper - Water Futures: Risk Management and the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines - The how to guide for local water utilities (1.21MB)

Drinking Water Brochure (1.52MB)
Recycled Water Brochure (1.77MB)
Risk_Management_Handouts (77KB)
Risk_Management_and_the_ADWG (35KB)

Thursday 10 September

Keynote address
Richard McLoughlin - Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Australian Government's policy priorities in the water area - water buybacks, environmental water and investment in irrigation efficiency (262KB)

Keynote address
Stewart Ellis - Murray Irrigation Limited: Irrigation in times of reduced water availability - Dealing with the impacts in partnership with Local Government, CMAs and other stakeholders (2.66MB)

Terry Hogan AM & Ray Stubbs - Jerilderie Shire Council/RAMROC: Councils' response to government buybacks - RAMROC's Water for Food campaign (337KB)

Panel discussion: Balancing Water Needs
Laurie Arthur - National Water Commission (1.08MB)
Hon Pam Allan - Phoslock Water Solutions (160KB)
David Harriss - NSW Office of Water (870KB)

Fred Spain - Department of Services, Technology and Administration: The Darling Anabranch Project - Saving water, improving supply security, and restoring environmental flows (1.13MB)
Colin Sandford - Deniliquin Council: Deniliquin's Water Supply Options (743KB)

Water Directorate Forum
Gary Mitchell - Water Directorate (87KB)

Friday 11 September

Keynote address
Rob Freeman - Murray-Darling Basin Authority: Sustainable limits of water use in the MDB - the role of the new MDB Authority (594KB)

Keynote address
Chris Davis - National Water Commission: COAG, the National Water Initiative and Urban Water Planning Principles - The federal vision for water utilities and urban water planning and delivery (1.67MB)

James Martin - Tasmanian Government: Local water utilities reform in Tasmania and Victoria - How should Local Government be involved? (677KB)

Breakout Stream 1: Implementation of the LWU Inquiry
Sascha Moege - LGSA: An update on the Local Water Utilities Inquiry and the implementation of the alliance model (134KB)
Stewart McLeod - Dubbo City Council: Case study: Lower Macquarie Water Utilities Alliance (290KB)
Ray Stubbs - RAMROC: Case study: The RAMROC Water Alliance (121KB)
Wayne Beatty - Orange City Council: Case study:The CENTROC approach - A comprehensive regional water study (633KB)

Breakout Stream 2: Water Conservation and Alternative Supply Solutions
Scott Wilson - NSW Department of Planning: BASIX - Outcomes from the first five years (773KB)
John Marshall -Orange City Council: New supply options - Orange City Council's stormwater harvesting scheme for potable use (3.97MB)
Colin Fisher - Aquacell Pty Ltd: Sewer mining, blackwater and greywater - Experiences in decentralised recycled water projects (3.17MB)
Ian Maggs - LGSA: Water loss management and beyond - the benefits of permanent flow metering (1.1MB)

Breakout Stream3: Climate Change and Water Availability
Peter Cloke - Department of Services, Technology and Administration: Assessing the impact of climate change on the secure yield of 11 urban water supplies in country NSW (6.65MB)
Sam Samra - NSW Office of Water: Climate change policy and guidelines for achieving appropriate security of urban water supplies in country NSW (257KB)
Brendan Moran - Bureau of Meteorology: Collecting and producing water resource information - The new role of the Bureau of Meteorology (822KB)
Debborah Marsh - ANU-UTS Climate Energy Water Links Project, University of Technology: The nexus between water and energy - Some implications for the water industry (510KB)