22nd Queensland Water Symposium

Wednesday 24th - Friday 26th October

Your guide to the

& Michael Woodhouse Award

Welcome to the Symposium.

Now in its 22nd instalment, the Queensland Water Symposium is held every second year and provides a relaxed forum for the open exchange of ideas and learning. This tradition has been established through previous symposia and allows participants to share the most up-to-date information on current projects.

Featuring a cast of keynote speakers from within the water industry, the multi-day event provides a valuable opportunity to discuss future directions for the industry.

Queensland Water ManagementWater management is fundamental to our quality of life and implementing a successful water management plan is a key indicator of a developed society. As a State, Queensland faces a number of challenges, including:

• Risk mangement within the scope of public expectations and economic limits

• A lack of resilience to extreme weather• Difficulty planning for the future

With Queensland’s population predicted to grow some 2.4 million by the year 2036, supply and demand on wa-ter commodities are expected to face growing pressure. With the focus firmly on the sustainability of our most precious resource, the Queensland Water Management Plan was conceived.

Developed in 2017, the plan focusses on data collection, water quality monitoring and managment, drought and flood resilience, education of the public about the risks associated, how to manage water sustainability and how we can reverse the trend of de-skilling in the industry.

Throughout the few days of conferencing, students will vie for the Michael Woodhouse Undergraduate Award: an opportunity for the water industry’s next generation to present their academic research initiatives to industry pro-fessionals and be in the running for a cash prize.

Typically an informal proceeding with many students’ pre-sented projects as still works-in-progress, these sessions provide an ideal opportunity for the audience to learn from and provide feedback on such research.

Make use of the opportunities to network: we’re looking at you, both students and professionals... you never know what career prospects may be waiting for you around the corner.

The Michael Woodhouse Award

Timings

DAY ONE | WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER

Time Topic & speaker

8.00am Registration for AM Workshop | Hydrology 101

8.30am Workshop commences | Hydrology 101Terry Malone | Seqwater

10.00am Morning Tea; recommence session at 10.20am

12.20pm Workshop concludes | Hydrology 101

12.40pm Registration for PM Workshop | ARR2016: “Uncertain about uncertainty?”

1.00pm Workshop commences | ARR2016: “Uncertain about uncertainty?” Dr Fiona Johnson & Dr Lucy Marshall | UNSW Academics

3.00pm Afternoon Tea; recommence session at 3.20pm

4.40pm Workshop concludes | “Uncertain about uncertainty?”

AM | Hydrology 101 Terry Malone | Seqwater Targeted towards all levels of professionalism from entry-level graduate engineers to scientists and beyond, this workshop will provide an introduction to flood hydrology including terminology, types of measurements and how they are made, uncertainty and runoff routing.

Also a great refresher for the more experienced engineer, here’s what we’ll cover off:

• Introduction to hydrology• Rainfall data• Water level data• Ratings• Data sources• Runoff Routing• Calibration / validation• Ungauged catchments• Design hydrology

PM | ARR2016: “Uncertain About Uncertainty?” Dr Fiona Johnson & Dr Lucy Marshall | UNSW Academics Join UNSW academics and Doctors, Fiona Johnson and Lucy Marshall, for a discussion about the aspects of probability and statistical theory used throughout Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2016 (ARR2016).

The pair boast more than 15 years’ experience apiece as consultants for academia and government, with particular expertise in flooding, extreme events, climate change assessments of water resource systems, uncertainty analysis, hydrologic model optimisation and catchment modelling.

About the Workshops

DAY TWO | THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER DAY THREE | FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER

8.30am Registration Registration

9.00am Welcome addressQueensland Regional Flood Frequency | Using quartile regression

technique and 2016 IFDThomas Allingham | WMA Water

9.20amPractical Experience with Installation of Gauges and Warning

SignageEoghain O’Hanlon | Water Modelling Solutions

Rain on Grid Modelling | Techniques to represent changes to urbanisa-tion using the MIDIS Temporal Pattern

Nadia Guterres | Sunshine Coast Council

9.40am Rail Track Time of Closure AssessmentShabnam Saffarpour | KBR

How applicable are the Flood Stage Damage Curves used in recent flood management studies across Australia?

Hayden Guse | WRM Water

10.00am Morning Tea Morning Tea

10.20am Bruce Highway Link Flood StudyJennifer Eden | AECOM

Comparing Apples & Ensembles: Statistical tests for comparing pre and post-development ensemble statistics

Jonathan Scott Klaric | Innovyze

10.40am Keynote Presentation: Water Monitoring Scott McKie | DNRME

The Effect of Various Parametric Wind Models on Wave Modelling from Tropical Cyclones Moving Through the Great Barrier Reef

Cassandra Firman | University of Queensland

11.00amPractical Applications of Low-Cost Water Level Gauges in a Flood

Early Warning NetworkMitchell Redenbach | USQ, Toowoomba

An objective method for determining Hydrologic Model ParametersTerry Malone | Seqwater

11.20amCloud-Based, Fully Automated Flood Forecasting | An example from

Canberra Blake Boulton | Water Modelling Solutions

Using Synthetic Space-Time Rainfall Patterns for Flood Operations Training

David Pokarier | Seqwater

11.40amMicroplastic Abundance, Urbanised Dynamic Beaches and Coastal

WaterwaysMartin Luna Juncal | Griffith University, Gold Coast Keynote Presentation:

Leadership in the Water IndustryLeith Boully | SunWater Limited

12.00pmAdopting international approaches to develop new State-wide flood

risk and forecast-driven mappingDaniel Rodger | Jeremy Benn Pacific

12.20pm Lunch Lunch

1.20pmMeasuring Water Height within a Stormwater Collection Network

via Innovative Image Analysis Alex Caldwell | University of the Sunshine Coast

ARR 2016 | Critical Duration and Temporal Pattern Selection in an Urban Environment

Dan Morgan | WMA Water

1.40pm Isolating the Water Network | It’s more than turning valvesChristine Ruiz | Urban Utilities

Application of Aerial Reduction Factors for design rainfall in regional studies

Rob Stewart | Hydrology and Water

2.00pmLong-Term Continuous Modelling: More Computation, Fewer Judge-

ments (Third of Three)Martin Jacobs

1D Storm Impact Modelling to Assess the Breakthrough of Northern Bribie Island

Alex Chapman | University of the Sunshine Coast

2.20pm Keynote Presentation: Challenges in the Water Industry – Water as a resource &

Transformational OpportunitiesRichard Petterson | Queensland Urban Utilities

Implications of ARR 2016 in Hydraulic ModellingChristopher Delany | Water Technology

2.40pmDude, Where’s My Yard? | A Forensic Assessment of Flood Model

Results Andrew Thompson | Water Technology

3.00pm Afternoon Tea Afternoon Tea

3.20pm Evolution of the SBSMP Daniel Niven | Premise

Hydraulic Model Calibration using the Travel Times Between River Stations

Blair Filer | BMT Global

3.40pm Validation of Music Modelling Guidelines against Field Observations Himanthi Mendis | QUT Gardens Point Keynote Presentation:

Modelling of Hydrology and Hydraulics on the Assessment of Life Safety & Economic Risk

Barton Maher | Seqwater4.00pmImplications of recent research on Stormwater Quality Targets and

Practices Carlos Gambirazio | Bligh Tanner

4.20pm Coastal Flood Risk in Wales Pamela Wong | Jeremy Benn Pacific

Large Basins or Small Dams? Reducing Flood Risk to Communities through Design & Construction

David Cox | SMEC

4.40pm Tsunami Modelling along the East Queensland Coast Robert Wall | Department of Environment& Science Winner of the Michael Woodhouse Award Announced

6.00pm Registration for Networking Dinner and H20 Games

6.20pm Dinner Commences

Timings

With more than 30 years of water industry experience in the diverse fields of irrigation, research and urban and rural policy, Leith is the current Chairman of SunWater, Palgrove Management and is a non-Executive Director of Murrum-bidgee Irrigation and Isis Central Sugar Mill.

Leith’s wealth of experience is highlighted by her practical, pragmatic and open approach to dealing with the complex issues faced by decision-makers in the wa-

ter sector, particularly in relation to stakeholders and customer engagement.

With over 23 years’ experience in the dam industry plus an additional 11 with the NSW Department of Public Work and Service, Barton’s portfolio at Seqwater sees

him responsible for the capital planning for the 26 referable dams and 53 weirs owned and operated by the authority.

Officially joining Seqwater in 2008, Barton has worked on the delivery of key proj-ects such as the Hinze Dam Stage 3, Wyaralong Dam before transitioning to Flood

Operations Engineering roles responsible for direction of flood operations at gated dams during events between 2012-17, including ex-Tropical Cyclone Oswald in 2013.

Chairman | SunWater Limited, Brisbane

Leith Boully

Principal Storage Planning | SeqwaterBarton Maher

Keynote Speakers

A product of the University of Southern Queensland, Scott has spent the last eight years plying his trade with the Department of Natural Resources, Mines & Energy (DNRME) as a Project Officer.

Throughout his time at DNRME, Scott has been involved in the design of water reticulation systems for the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative amongst other projects within the Toowoomba science team such as a tree water use study and a turbidity and conductivity analysis for water quality during event flows.

Richard is responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of QUU’s opera-tions and services delivery, which includes the major projects and capital pro-

gram, network operations, infrastructure maintenance and reliability and treat-ment business.

Aside from his experience in national operations and senior management, Richard has experience in the design, build, operation and maintenance of water and waste-

water infrastructure across Australia.

Project Officer | Department of Natural Resources, Mining & Energy

Scott McKie

Executive Leader of Operations & Service Delivery | Queensland Urban Utilities

Richard Petterson

Keynote Speakers

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