At GHD we are helping clients imagine a new future for water and make it real.
Our commitment to unleash innovation will be on display at Ozwater21 – the largest water conference in the Southern Hemisphere, hosted by the Australian Water Association.
In preparation for this, GHD's D-Lab team facilitated five ideation workshops with Australian Water Association and industry leaders in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra.
Rod Naylor, GHD’s Market Leader – Water, Australia will share the outcomes from these workshops in a visual form at the Ozwater Water Leaders Forum for all conference participants to see and respond to.
Further, as part of our focus on the future of water we’re also proud to highlight our new whitepaper entitled Sustainable procurement in the water sector, an untapped opportunity for Australia, which coincides with the release of our latest Future Energy report The World of Energy Post-COVID.
You’ll also see our people presenting on the latest water innovations and industry trends in many other sessions, listed below:
Tuesday 4 May
Time: 1:20 – 1:25, Stream 5
Contaminants of Concern
PFAS remediation – key strategies and case studies for non-conventional sites, poster presentation
Ali Farhat, Process Engineer
Time: 2:15 – 2:40, Stream 3
Establishing Emergency Supply
‘It never rains but it pours’ – emergency water supply response following the Bega Valley bushfires
William Thompson, Civil Engineer | Water Technology (presenting with Bega Valley Shire Council)
Wednesday 5 May
Time: 10:55 – 11:20, Stream 4
Communities of the Future
Water liveability nexus: Hunter Water’s new collaborative approach to development planning
Casey Furlong, Senior Water Strategy Consultant (presenting with Hunter Water)
Time: 11:20 – 11:45, Stream 7
WWTP/Carbon/Energy
Upgrading biogas into gaseous gold, the future of biogas in Australia
Brandon Bloom, Process Engineer (presenting with Bega Valley Shire Council
Time: 2:15 – 2:40, Stream 2
Water Treatment
Innovative low-cost solutions for THM reduction at Rosslynne WTP
Laura De Rango, Process Engineer
Time: 2:15 – 2:40, Stream 4
Residential
The future of agile planning – geospatial water planning tool
Andrew Foddy, GIS Consultant (presenting with Sydney Water)
Time: 4:00 – 5:30, Workshop/ Panel 12
GHD presents: How Indigenous employees can be supported at work to ‘walk in two worlds’ authentically
Lindsey Brown, Water Market Leader – Victoria, and Andrew Olsen, Indigenous Engagement Lead
Thursday 6 May
Time: 11:25 – 11:50, Stream 5
Odour Control
Tackling pong from wastewater lagoons – the Whyalla WWTP story
Mitch Laginestra, Principal Engineer Water / Wastewater Process (presenting with SA Water)
Australian Water Awards, 2021 National Award Finalists:
- Busselton Water Filtration Plant No. 1 Busselton Water & GHD (WA), Infrastructure Project Innovation Award (Regional)
- Geospatial Planning Tool Sydney Water, Arup, Aurecon & GHD (NSW), Infrastructure Project Innovation Award (Metro)