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Kwatye Prize
 Applications for the 2012 Kwatye Prize NOW OPEN
- Proudly Sponsored by Thermo Fisher Scientific
 2012 Kwatye PrizeApplication Form (76kb)
Kwatye Prize Brochure (1.35mb)
The term ‘Kwatye’ means water to the aboriginal Arrente people
from theNorthern Territory. For many people in Australia, water
is a resource more precious than gold.
Participating in the Kwatye process provides an opportunity to help the Australian water industry. This award has been designed to encourage creativity, recognise innovation and celebrate passion within the water industry. We want to encourage lateral thinking by giving individual WIOA Members an opportunity to increase their knowledge and pursue a water related idea.
The Kwatye Prize is open to ALL financial INDIVIDUAL WIOA Members. There is up to $6,000 annually available for the winner to use on air fares (International or within Australia), accommodation or other expenses in collecting information etc, or it may be used to develop an idea from inception to a proto-type, lab scale or demonstration stage. There are no hard and fast rules on what sort of project would be acceptable. Ideas need not be limited to treatment plants but can be ideas based on education, community awareness, human resources, research, you name it.
Applications are accepted from any WIOA member regardless of their location. The entries will be judged by an independent panel with the winner announced at the WIOA Victorian Conference Awards Dinner in September.
The Prize: to be awarded annually, will provide up to $6,000 to be used for the most outstanding proposal. The Prize recipient and the activity undertaken will be recognised at the WIOA Annual Conference in Victoria and in various water industry publications.
Selection Criteria:
• Creativity / Innovation
• Practicality
• Benefit to the personal development of the Applicant/Nominated person/s
• Benefit to the water industry, community and/or employer
Applicants are asked to:
• Describe an issue or project related to the water industry of interest to you and how it can
benefit the water industry, if funding was available. (Maximum 4 pages)
• Outline the personal benefits expected from being awarded the Prize. (Maximum 1 page)
• A personal profile on the applicant/nominated person/s should be included in the
submission; this should include skills, qualifications, work experience, interests and hobbies.
Important: Please read before submitting the application:
• The application must be received by the WIOA Secretary via email or post marked no later
than 20th July anuually.
• The declaration found under the Prize Conditions on the application form, must be signed
and accompany the application.
• Whilst not compulsory, it is suggested Applicants discuss the Prize and its conditions with
your employer.
Contact WIOA to find out more info@wioa.org.au or phone 03 5821 6744.
2011 Kwatye Prize Winner - Rod Curtis
Pictured: Rod Curtis (L) with Rohan Latham from Thermo Fisher Scientific.
WASTE RECOVERY – NOT JUST SLUDGE STABILISATION
Congratulations to Rod Curtis who was announced as the winner of the 2010 Kwatye Prize at WIOA's Victrorian conference held in Septemebr 2011..
The project will investigate anaerobic digestor plant operating practices in Europe, specifically to look at digestion optimisation to improve biogas generation and recovery for energy reuse.
European countries have a long history on optimising sludge digestion. With the recent concern about climate change, these efforts are increasingly focussed on maximising energy recovery to lower carbon emissions. This is now an important area for focus in Australia and many of the European learnings can be transferred to Australia.
Processes such as gas capture from released sludge, optimisation of the calorific value of the biogas, cell lysis technologies, co-digestion of other waste products and digestor stability operating parameters will all be investigated.
The applicability of these processes to the new micro-turbine energy recovery technology will also be investigated. The outcomes of the investigation should have wide applicability to Australian treatment plants and operational staff.
Kwatye Prize Winners
Last updated on
30-Sep-2011
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