HomeAbout UsPast Conferences & PapersMembershipOperator ResourcespositionspublicationsWater Industry Links

Conference Papers | 2003 Conference Papers

Conference Program

Wednesday 3rd September, 2003

10.30 am Morning Tea
Registration Desk Open
12.00 pm Lunch
1.00 pm Welcome by : Mr Mijo Darveniza, Chairman - Goulburn Valley Water
1.10 pm Opening Address by: Mr Mick Bourke, Chairman Victorian EPA
1.30 pm Keynote Address by: Mr Frank Bishop, GHD
1.55 pm Technical Paper Session 1:
1. Dr Richard Jago - "Trials of a new Rapid Filtration Process"
2. Mr John Day - "Detecting Odour Potential at an Industrial Treatment Plant"
2.40 pm Trade Display Official Opening
2.50 pm Afternoon Tea and View Trade Exhibition
4.00 pm Technical Paper Session 2:
1. Mr Michael Naughton -"Aeration Systems - Diffused Chaos or Controlled Boiling?"
2. Mr Neil Healey - "Drought Management in Goulburn Valley Water's South West Area"
3. Mr Alex Dupleix - "Monitoring Wastewater Treatment Using an Ultrasonic Turbidity Probe"
5.00 pm End Paper Sessions - Day 1
6.30 pm Pre Dinner Drinks in the Trade Area Bar - Sponsored by KSB Ajax
7.30 pm

Meet the Trade Dinner - Sponsored by SNF Australia
Entertainment by Denise Drysdale - Sponsored by G-Tech

10.30 pm End Day One

Thursday 4th September, 2003

9.00 am Technical Paper Session 3:
1. Mr Malcolm Hill - "Leakage - More than Smoke and Mirrors"
2. Mr Michael Bonanno - "Filtration Back on Track"
3. Dr Therese Flapper - "S::CAN - Online Process Measurement"
4. Mr Alastair Griffiths - "Managing Drought Without Doubt"
10.20 am Trade Display Inspections plus Morning Tea
including demonstrations of equipment / products and competition
12.15 pm Lunch
1.00 pm Judging "Operator Poster Papers" for Water Industry Training Centre Prizes
1.40 pm Technical Paper Session 4:
1. Ms Michelle Colwell - "Managing the Risk - Water treatment Plant Chemical Quality Control"
2. Mr Brian Ashworth - "Geobags - The South Gippsland Water Experience"
3. Mr Mark Samblebe - "Manganese Removal using Chlorine Oxidation and PAC"
2.45 pm Presentation of Water Industry Training Certificates
(Certificates in Water Industry Operations)
3.15 pm Afternoon Tea
3.50 pm Technical Paper Session 5:
1. Mr Graeme Whelan - "Upgrading Jet Rodding at ActewAGL"
2. Mr Tim East - "From Snow to Bushfire - Servicing the High Country"
3. Mr Len Ablett - "Use of a Streaming Current Detector at Warragul WTP "
5.00 pm Close of Paper Sessions
6.30 pm Pre Dinner Savouries and Drinks
7.30 pm

Conference Dinner - Sponsored by ITT Flygt
MC - Mr Graeme "Pee Wee" Young
• Presentation of Hepburn Prize for "Best Paper Overall"
• Presentation of Actizyme Prize for "Best paper by WIOA Member"
• Presentation of Water Industry Training Centre Prize for "Best Operator Poster Paper"
• Presentation of "Operator of the Year" as judged by AWA.
Entertainment by Mr Martin Ralph - Sponsored by Acromet
After dinner port - Sponsored by Purac

11.00 pm End of Conference
Last updated on 12-Mar-2008
2008 WIOA - Water Industry Association of Australia | privacy | contact us