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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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