Congratulations to the NCWE Student Scholarship Awards, in alphabetical order:
- Nicholas Klein
- Mitchell Knox
- Amber Smith
They are pictured here with Brendan Berghout of the Kuczera Symposium Organising Committee.
The organisers have locked in most of the speakers for the Kuzcera Symposium and its clear that this event is rapidly becoming the event to be at for Hydrolody theory and practice in Australia and New Zealand for 2019. Some of the highlights include:
- National Testing Model and Big Data
- Integrating drought risk and drought planning
- Urban systems hydrology
- Next generation stochastic data for water resource planning
- Applying an MCMC approach to pipe condition assessment
- Urban water planning methods: step change or trend
- Practicalities and learnings from 2 years of ARR
- Hydrological model development and parameter fitting
Early bird pricing closes at 5pm sharp Sydney time today (24th May 2019) and with the symposium a little over two weeks away there won’t be any last minute extensions.
In case you missed it the latest update to the ARR living document: ARR 2019 is now live in multiple formats: PDF; Web and ePub. Check it out online courtesy of GeoScience Australia.
Don’t forget the supporting projects either.
The presenters have been kind enough to post PDFs of their presentations:
- Iain Fairbairn: Nutrient Management and Offset/Trading Program
- Kefang Zhang: Green Technologies for Nutrient Management in Urban Stormwater
On 12-13 June 2019 we will be holding a symposium marking George’s formal retirement from The University of Newcastle and the start of George’s post-university career and lifestyle. This will be a symposium open to all George’s friends and professional colleagues to celebrate the myriad of contributions George has made to hydrology research and professional practice throughout his career, and to look forward to the future in these areas by identifying Grand Challenges in research, practice, and how to link the two.
Overview
Unprecedented growth in Sydney is putting pressures on the receiving waters. The increases in nutrients runoff and discharges affect the aquatic health and can influence the liveability of urban areas near receiving waters. Management of these nutrients will be critical in ensuring liveable healthy communities through maintaining aquatic health and supporting the economic activities on the rivers and creeks.
The Australian Road Research Board is hosting a two x two-day workshops on ARR2016 with a specific focus on Austroads Guide to Road Design Parts 5, 5a & 5b. They will be delivered by Mark Babister and Bill Weeks in Brisbane on 30 April/1 May and Melbourn on 4/5 June.
Content includes:
- familiarising road designers and civil engineers with current best practice in road drainage design;
- outlining application of “Australian Rainfall and Runoff” to road drainage design, and;
- describing how drainage conditions can influence road design, road location.
Full details at: https://www.arrb.com.au/workshops/drainage
There is a pre-conference workshop in front of the Floodplain Management Australia’s 2019 National Conference on Monday 13th May at the Hotel Realm, Canberra.
To quote:
This one day course will be presented by the editors and authors of ARR and will cover the philosophy and application of ARR in urban catchments. The course is aimed at practitioners, managers, town planners and council engineering staff. The workshop will provide an overview of ARR but will focus on the application in urban areas. This workshop will include practical application via examples, open discussion and answers to questions. Importantly, this workshop is an opportunity for council officers and practitioners to discuss the objectives, the application and challenges of the new ARR Urban Book. An important part of the course will be the current philosophical objectives of the urban book and how we design and manage urban system in the future.
Full details are available at: https://floodplainconference.com/preconfworkshops/
In this seminar we introduce the AWRA-L model and website; detailing outputs, performance and use. An in-house use case of how the Bureau of Meteorology is using AWRA-L to estimate antecedent soil moisture conditions for operational flood warning is presented. It is scheduled for:
8th April 2019
5:30pm Networking and Registration
6pm Start
Bureau of Meteorology
Level 15
300 Elizabeth Street Surry Hill
A printable flyer is available for download.
Pre-registration is mandatory to reserve your spot in this prime venue.
The details for the 2019 Stormwater NSW Conference are now live with full details at:
2019 Stormwater NSW Conference
27 – 29 August 2019
Pacific Bay Resort, Coffs Harbour, NSW
snswconference.com.au