MWH Australia Pty Ltd - Technical Papers

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ENVIRO 08

Enviro 08 is the premier national conference in Australia dealing with Environmental and Sustainability issues. This year MWH were Bronze Sponsors of this event that offered a Conference and Exhibition as well as a Leadership Summit targeted towards senior management.

Below are some papers that were presented by members of MWH at the event.

"The importance of periodic auditing of foul air ventilation systems to reduce life cycle costs" - Joseph Otter, MWH NSW.
"Reducing costs of wastewater treatment infrastructure using process simulation software" - Joseph Otter, MWH NSW.
"Facilitating change: Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture and benfits of alliance behaviour" - Nikki Kilpatrick, MWH QLD.
"First clean your own house: MWH's commitment to the Clinton Global initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions starts at home" - Nikki Kilpatrick, MWH QLD.
"Reduction of water losses through proactive leakage management - The Scottish Experience" - Stuart Stapely, MWH VIC.
"Irrigation of active playing surfaces as a drought and long-term management measure for south east queensland" - Tom Moore, MWH QLD.
"Brooklyn and Dangar Island sewerage scheme - bringing new technologies together" - Ciara Kennedy, MWH NSW.
"The benefits of combining Australian and North American olfactometry methods" - Jeff Mann, MWH NSW.

INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEERING (IPWEA) CONFERENCE, CAIRNS 2007

Dubbo Council Embraces New System for their Strategic Business Plans, By Max Anderson, Leader Asset Management, MWH Melbourne.

WATER EFFICIENCY CONFERENCE - KOREA

Integrated Water Resources Planning in Australia

SEQ Regional Water Supply Strategy

OZWATER 2007

March 2007 proved to be a busy month for the Australian business with the Ozwater Conference taking centre stage from the 4^th – 8^th. The biennial convention (organised by the Australian Water Association) was held in Sydney with the focus on a wide spectrum of issues currently facing the Australian water industry. Areas of particular interest included major national reforms, climate change and its possible impacts, advances in technology, water resume, desalination, water accounts, monitoring and much more.

MWH was a silver sponsor of this event and as a result enjoyed valuable industry exposure and recognition. In addition to this we also had five staff presenting papers and one poster presentation. Please follow the links below to download a copy of the MWH papers presented at Ozwater 07;

Commercial Water Efficiency in the South East Queensland Context by Toby Gray, MWH Sydney

The Future of International High Tech Biosolids Treatment Technologies in Australia by Gillian Hand-Smith, MWH Melbourne

Reliability of Hydraulic Models as Planning Tools for Sewerage Systems by Kelly Devrell, MWH Melbourne

New Asset Criticality Model Delivers Improvements to the Management of Risk at City West Water by Max Anderson, MWH Melbourne

Sustainable Urban Water Cycle Management - Building Capacity in the Australian Water Industry by Russell Beatty, MWH Sydney

Wacol WWTP: Maximising Nitrogen Removal in Existing Tankage by Cameron Staib, MWH Brisbane

ENVIRO 06

In May 2006, Melbourne hosted the Enviro 06 Conference and Exhibition. This conference was the biggest environment
industry event in the Southern Hemisphere, with over 6000 delegates, trade visitors and exhibitors in attendance.

MWH were key sponsors of this event, and also have a number of staff presenting technical papers. Please follow the links
below to view the papers presented at Enviro 06.

Applying MBR Technology for Nutirent Removal, the Issues and Solutions by Susan Kitching, MWH Sydney

Maximising Energy Production at Sydney's Second largest STP: Selection of Design Criteria for Successful Co-Generation by Mark Bruzzone and Susan Kitching

Fifteen Years of Drought, Demand Management and Pricing Reform in Urban Water. What's Gone Right, What's Gone Wrong and What's Needed for the Future? by Russell Beatty, Shane O'Brien and Kate Beatty

Reducing the Cost of Odour Control on Sensitive Sewage Treatment Plants by Ian Evanson and Bryan Pickering

Team Efforts in Odour Management on the Gold Coast by Chris Mumme, Ian Wallis, Brett Lawrence and Michael Simms

OZWATER 2005

MWH continued to show its industry diversity at the National AWA Oz Watershed Conference in Brisbane last year. MWH had several presenters who covered topics including sustainability, wastewater process, project value for money and project delivery models and innovation. Please follow the links below to view the papers presented at the conference.

The True Cost of Recycled Water–Richmond STP by Mark Bruzzone, MWH Sydney

Opportunities for Innovation in the Two Alliance Models by Darrell Whitt, MWH Nerang

Integrated Water Cycle Management–Getting the Economics Right by Russell Beatty, Leader Water Sustainability,
MWH Sydney. Shane O'Brien, Manager Planning, MWH Brisbane. Brett Stewart, Senior Planning Engineer,
MWH Brisbane.

Additional Technical Papers

Pipes Wagga Wagga, 2007 - "NSW Sewer Overflow PRP100 Reports Drive Asset Management Improvements" By Max Anderson, Leader Asset Management, MWH Melbourne.

The Future for Per Capita Water Use and its Implications for our Demand Management Efforts
by Russell Beatty, Leader Water Sustainability, MWH Shane O’Brien, Manager, Planning,
MWH Brett Stewart, Senior Planning Engineer.

IWCM Planning and Policy Abstract by Russell Beatty, Leader Water Sustainability,
MWH Shane O’Brien, Manager, Planning, MWH