1^st Australian Young Water Professionals Conference

The Scientia, University of New South Wales

15^th – 17^th February 2006

The Program at a Glance

Updated Friday 20th January

Time

Day 1 (Wed 15^th Feb)

Day 2 (Thu 16^th Feb)

Day 3 (Fri 17^th Feb)

	Conference Registration
08.30			Travel to Malabar STP
	Tea and coffee	Tea and coffee
09.00	Introductory Session	Session 4	Technical Tour (Malabar STP)
09.30
10.00
10.30
	Morning Tea	Morning Tea
11.00	Session 1	Session 5	Travel to Sydney Olympic Park
11.30
			Technical Tour (Sydney Olympic Park)
12.00
12.30
13.00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
13.30
14.00
	Session 2	Session 6 (YWP Mentors)	Travel to Sydney Domestic Airport and UNSW
14.30
15.00
15.30
	Afternoon Tea	Afternoon Tea
16.00	Session 3 (Posters)	Session 6 (continued)
16.30
17.00
17.30
18.00		Networking and pre-dinner drinks
18.30	Conference BBQ
19.00 +		Conference Dinner

Conference Program

Wednesday 15^th February 2006
08.15	Conference Registration and Poster pin-up
08.40	Tea and coffee
Introductory Session
08.55	Introduction	Dr Michael Storey Dr Pierre Le Clech Chair, 1^st Australian Young Water Professionals Conference
09.00	Official Welcome to YWP2006	Darryl Day President, Australian Water Association
09.20	International Water Association in Australia	Professor Jürg Keller Chair, International Water Association (Australia)
09.30	IWA and the Young Water Professionals Program	Assoc. Professor Richard Stuetz Chair, IWA Young Water Professionals Committee
09.40	AWA and the Young Water Professionals Program	Chris Corr Chair, AWA Young Water Professionals Committee
09.50	Keynote Address	Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis AC MBE Chair, CRC Water Quality and Treatment
10.40	Morning Tea
Session 1  (Chair: Ross Young)
11.00	Topic to be advised	Ross Young Executive Director Water Services Association of Australia
11.20	YWP 1.1.  Gippsland Lakes Project: Benchmarking of Innovative Wastewater Systems for a unique Gippsland coastal town	Mandy Habener Maunsell Australia (Vic.)
11.40	YWP 1.2.  Recent developments in Pipeline Inspections in Western Australia	Garth Walter Water Corporation (WA)
12.00	YWP 1.3.  Sustainable Irrigation – Can quality reporting improve performance?	Demelza Brand Murray Irrigation Limited (NSW)
12.20	YWP 1.4.  How Does Recycling Fit in Sydney’s Water Cycle?	Philip Von Huben Sinclair Knight Merz (NSW)
12.40	YWP 1.5.  Capacity, Pricing and Politics of Northlakes Reuse Scheme – a case study of water recycling in the Northern Territory	Meg O’Mullane Power and Water Corporation (NT)
13.00	Lunch
Session 2  (Chair:  CH2MHill)
14.00	Topic to be advised	Presenter to be confirmed CH2MHill
14.20	YWP 2.1.  Ecological response in aquatic systems: coping with limits to predictability	Nicky Grigg CSIRO Land and Water (ACT)
14.40	YWP 2.2.  Water-energy nexus: a review of existing models	Debborah Marsh University of Technology (NSW)
15.00	YWP 2.3.  Smart metering: a significant component of integrated water conservation systems	Elisa Idris Energy Conservaton Systems (NSW)
15.20	YWP 2.4.  An Example of Industry Experience as a South Australian Water Corporation Young Water Professional	Katharine Ward SA Water (SA)
Session 3 – Poster session and short oral presentations (Chair:  Ian Law)
15.40	Afternoon tea and poster session
	YWP P.1.  Using mechanical thermal expression (MTE) to dewater sewage sludge	Khagendra Thapa Monash University (Vic.)
	YWP P.2.  Domestic wastewater management plan: An essential tool.	Lee Leong Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd, (Vic.)
	YWP P.3.  Behaviour of pharmaceuticals in sewage treatment plants	Francesco Pomati University of New South Wales (NSW)
	YWP P.4.  Surface hydrophobicity of particles and bacteria in Melbourne’s water storage system	Steven Tomlinson Swinburne University of Technology (Vic.)
	YWP P.5.  Estimation of oxygen demand levels using UV-Vis spectroscopy and artificial neural networks as an effective tool for real-time, wastewater treatment control	Shoshana Fogelman Griffith University (Qld)
	YWP P.6.  Column study of zinc sorption onto compost from synthetic stormwater	Othman Al-Mashaqbeh University of Technology (NSW)
	YWP P.7.  Pilot plant investigation of the MIEX^â DOC process as a pre-treatment for microfiltration and granular activated carbon	Mike Dixon Australian Water Quality Centre (SA)
	YWP P.8.  Effect of pre-treatments on microfiltration of natural organic matter	Eun Kyung Lee University of New South Wales (NSW)
	YWP P.9.  Developing a synthetic greywater for testing greywater technologies	Melissa Toifl, Grace Tjandraatmadja CSIRO Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology (Vic.)
	YWP P.10.  Advanced oxidation processes for the removal of humic substances	Sanly Lim University of New South Wales (NSW)
	YWP P.11.  Extending sustainable use of effluent disposal sites through policy inputs	Ajay Sharma Central Queensland University (Qld)
	YWP P.12.  Nitric oxide-mediated biofilm dispersal in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Nicolas Barraud University of New South Wales (NSW)
16.20	Topic to be advised	Presenter to be confirmed
16.40	YWP 3.1.  Corrosion Impact on Drinking Water Distribution Systems A Review and Future Research Direction	Jenna Castorina James Cook University (Qld)
16.45	YWP 3.2.  Effect of superoxide on redox chemistry of iron in circumneutral pH range (7-9)	Shikha Garg University of New South Wales (NSW)
16.50	YWP 3.3.  The use of on-line turbidity meters and particle counters for the investigation of particles within a drinking water distribution network	Kelly O’Halloran Griffith University (Qld)
16.55	YWP 3.4.  Assessing inter-relationships and decision support system for urban water sustainability assessment	Elizabeth Lai University of New South Wales (NSW)
17.00	YWP 3.5.  Deletion analysis of the microcystin synthetase bi-directional promoter from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 suggests a role for iron and nitrogen in transcription regulation	Hannah Root University of New South Wales (NSW)
17.05	YWP 3.6.  Adsorption and biological removal of microcystins in GAC filter	Haixiang Wang University of Adelaide (SA)
17.10	YWP 3.7.  The Effect of Lateral Gene Transfer on Cyanobacterial Toxicity and the Implications for Toxic Bloom Monitoring	Alexandra Roberts University of New South Wales (NSW)
17.15	YWP 3.8.  Towards a cryptosporidium proteome map and the search for a diagnostic	Quach Truong Macquarie University (NSW)
17.20	YWP 3.9.  New Strategies For The Detection of Pathogens From Industrial Wastewater Samples	Kate Stoner Macquarie University (NSW)
17.25	YWP 3.10.  Production of poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) copolymers from carbonaceous wastewater by Glycogen Accumulating Organisms	Yu Dai University of Queensland (Qld)
17.30	YWP 3.11.  Applicability of Generic Contaminant Fate Models to Analysis of Trace Metal Loadings from a Small Highly Urbanised Catchment of Sydney, Australia	Brett Davis University of Sydney (NSW)
17.35	YWP 3.12.  Degradation of 1,4-dioxane in water using advanced oxidation processes	Visapiri Vimonses University of New South Wales (NSW)
17.40	YWP 3.13.  Developing Sustainable Groundwater Supplies for Irrigating Parks	Alexandra Badenhop University of New South Wales (NSW)
17.45	YWP 3.14.  Querying institutional support for decentralised urban water: four Australian cases	Daniel Livingston University of New South Wales (NSW)
17.50	Session close and concluding remarks
18.30	Conference BBQ Kensington Colleges, UNSW
Thursday 16^th February 2006
08.40	Tea and coffee
08.55	Welcome to Day 2
Session 4 (Chair:  Carol Howe)
09.00	Topic to be advised	Carol Howe CSIRO Future Cities
09.20	YWP 4.1.  Impact of the Upgrade of the Cronulla Sewage Treatment Plant on Water Quality at Sutherland Beaches	Courtney May Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW)
09.40	YWP 4.2.  Urban stormwater pollutant loads and treatment success in three Sydney sub-catchments	Michael Galloway University of New South Wales (NSW)
10.00	YWP 4.3.  Decision making framework for selecting sustainable water reuse treatment technologies	Peter Holt Ecological Engineering (Vic.)
10.20	YWP 4.4.  A graduate’s perception of the water/wastewater industry.  Lessons from Project Manukau- New Zealand	Rajtha Herath CH2MHILL Australia (Vic)
10.40	Morning tea
Session 5  (Chair:  Nicholas Ashbolt)
11.00	YWP	Professor Nicholas Ashbolt UNSW
11.20	YWP 5.1.  Time-integrated large-volume sampling: collection and characterisation of particulate material in drinking water transport systems	Lisa Hamilton Griffith University (Qld)
11.40	YWP 5.2.  The Effect of Solar Radiation on the Treatability of Reservoir Water and its Subsequent Quality	Yeow Chong Soh RMIT University (Vic.)
12.00	YWP 5.3.  Effects of a Complex Mixture of Therapeutic Drugs at Environmental Concentrations on Human Embryonic Cells and Zebrafish Liver Cells	Francesco Pomati University of New South Wales (NSW)
12.20	YWP 5.4.  Verification of ballast water exchange by ships using organic matter fluorescence	Kathleen Murphy University of New South Wales (NSW)
12.40	YWP 5.5.  An Investigation into the Effects of Polyelectrolyte Charge Density on Silica‑Silica Interactions	Sineaid Lagan University of Melbourne (Vic.)
13.00	Lunch
Session 6 YWP Mentors Program
14.00	Introduction
14.05	A pathway to the water industry	Grant Leslie Ecowise Environmental
14.25	Emergency Water Support – Banda Aceh and East Timor	Paul Byleveld NSW Health
14.45	Getting the most out of conference networking	Christobel Ferguson Ecowise Environmental
15.05	Speed mentoring activity (including afternoon tea at 15.35)
15.50	Mentoring and Networking Tips	Linda McDonald Corporate Learning
16.10	Launch of the AWA YWP National Mentoring Program
16.15	Group Mentoring Activity
16.55	Session close and concluding remarks
18.00	Networking and pre-dinner drinks	Coogee Bay Hotel Arden Street, Coogee
19.00	Conference Dinner and Awards	Including address by Nicholas Apostolidis Water Business Stream Leader, GHD
Friday 17^th February 2006
Technical tour
08.30	Bus departs UNSW
09.00	Technical tour of the Malabar Sewage Treatment Plant
11.00	Bus departs Malabar Sewage Treatment Plant
11.45	Technical tour of the Sydney Olympic Park water recycling scheme
13.00	Buffet lunch at Novotel Hotel, Sydney Olympic Park
14.00	Bus departs Sydney Olympic Park
15.00	Drop-off at Sydney Domestic Airport
15.30	Drop-off at UNSW