Updated: 18-Sep-18

FINAL PROGRAMME THE 2018 WATER NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE & EXPO

WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2018

7:30 Registration Opens

8.50 Conference Opening and Welcome from the Water New Zealand President [Heaphy 1 & 2]

9.15 Opening Keynote: Hon Nanaia Mahuta, Minister of Local Government [Heaphy 1 & 2]

9.45 Plenary Keynote: Thierry Witkowicz, Senior Vice President Business Development - Smart Cities, Veolia; Towards Smart & Resilient Cities [Heaphy 1 & 2]

10:30 Morning Tea – Exhibition Area

Thought Leadership 1

[Heaphy 1]

Asset Condition

[Heaphy 2]

Safe Drinking Water [Heaphy 3]

Trenchless Technology [Brooklyn 1]

IWA/Science Stream [Brooklyn 2]

Young Water Professionals [Arena Lounge]

11.00 Water New Zealand Update

John Pfahlert

Chief Executive

Technologies to Assess Condition of Wastewater Rising Mains

Jonathan Morris Wsp Opus

The Battle Of Waterloo Laurence Edwards Wellington Water

CIPP A North American Perspective: Assessing the Performance of 40 Years of

CIPP Lining Rehabilitation in Winnipeg, MB Canada

Chris Macey, AECOM

WHO drinking-water quality programme: updates and emerging issues

Batsi Majuru World Health Organisation

Young Water Professionals

Ten bright Young Water Professionals will give 2-minute presentations on an

assigned ‘Hot Topic’.

Prizes will be awarded for the Best Presentation and a People’s Choice

Award.

Special guest speaker is Clive Rundle, General Manager Water for Beca

11:30 Water Services Association Australia Stuart Wilson

Deputy Executive Director, WSAA

Operations optimisation at Wellington Water – innovation that lead to world-

wide change

Simon Bunn

SUEZ Smart Solutions

Applying international best practice in drinking water supplies. Lessons learnt

from Hastings District Council. Carly Price

The Questioning Engineer

So, you’re building a Tunnel! A stakeholder’s perspective on the

construction of a major infrastructure project in Melbourne

Chris Frangos University of Melbourne

Campylobacter Survival In Groundwater: Comparison Of Two Strain Types And Two

Groundwater Types Louise Weaver

Institute of Environmental Science & Research

12.00 Drinking Water & 3 Waters Governance Todd Krieble

Chief Strategy and Policy Officer Ministry of Health

Modelling The Risks And Resilience Of Water Supplies And Water Infrastructure

Using Goldsim James Blyth

Jacobs

Re-assessment of the Risks of Protozoa in New Zealand's Natural Waters

Kathryn Jessamine Beca

Deep, Large Diameter CIPP Case Study Chris Macey

AECOM

Fate and transport of nitrogen from wastewater irrigated to land adjacent to a

sensitive harbour Jim Cooke

Streamlined Environmental

12:30 Lunch – Exhibition Area

Thought Leadership 2 [Heaphy 1]

Asset Condition [Heaphy 2]

Drinking Water Technology [Heaphy 3]

Trenchless Technology [Brooklyn 1]

IWA/Science Stream [Brooklyn 2]

Big Data [Arena Lounge]

2:00 Green Stormwater Infrastructure - Seattle

Tracy Tackett

Seattle Public Utilities

Renewals – Spend Some Money On Investigations Or Just Do Like-For-Like

Replacement? James Hopgood

Stantec

Protozoan Removal Efficiencies In Rapid Sand Filtration Processes Using Micro

Mimics Annabelle Tham

Institute of Environmental Science & Research

Don't Tear Down This Wall – Renewal Of

A U Shaped Sewer

Andrew Owen

Stantec

E. Coli Transgressions - Learning From The Past

David Wood Institute of Environmental Science &

Research

Facilitated by Digital Water Group and Steve Couper

Auckland Council safe swim campaign

Upgrading legacy SCADA systems to meet current industry demands

Operational risk reduction, efficiency gains and performance optimisation

Immediately following the workshop will be a presentation and discussion by the Smart Water Networks Forum (SWAN)

2:30 Freshwater Policy Update

Cheryl Barnes

Deputy Secretary

Ministry for the Environment

Digital Radiography Condition Assessment Of Valves,A Fire Plugs, And

Pipes Mason Erkelens

Detection Services Pty

Uv Peroxide – A New Zealand Approach Daniel Stevenson Harrison Grierson

Rehabilitation of Stormwater Culverts –

Unique Aspects to be Addressed During

Design and Specification Jonathan Morris

Opus

Developing A New Class Of Pathogen Surrogates For Water Applications

Liping Pang Institute of Environmental Science &

Research

3:00 Te Waiora Joint Institute for Freshwater Management

University of Waikato & NIWA

Dr Chris Tanner, Director

Restructuring A Renewals Programme To Deliver Long Term Value

Peter Evans Harrison Grierson

Sand Removal: Past Industry Operation In Present Water Treatment Process

Rebecca Upton-Birdsall Watercare Services

Renewal of Deteriorated Sewers – What Can and Can't be lined?

John Monro Interflow

A Pilot Scale Evaluation of Membrane Aerated Biofilm Reactor technology for

BNR Process Intensification Sandeep Sathyamoorthy

Black & Veatch

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THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2018

8:00 Registration Opens

9.00 Plenary Keynote: Cindy Wallis-Lage, President, Black & Veatch - Prioritising Water to drive Sustainable, Resilient Communities [Heaphy 1 & 2]

10:00 Morning Tea – Exhibition Area

Thought Leadership 4 [Heaphy 1]

Challenging Conventional Pipeline Solutions

[Heaphy 2]

Odour/Smart Wastewater Management [Heaphy 3]

Protecting Receiving Waters [Brooklyn 1]

Asset Planning [Brooklyn 2]

Natural Disasters and Resiliency [Arena Lounge]

10.30 Water Sector Reform Program in Ireland – Process, Challenges and Achievements

Jerry Grant MD of Irish Water

Smart Pressure Sewer and the Development of South West Christchurch

Helen Barclay GHD

Preventing The ‘Pong’, Whanganui’s Five Year Journey Brett Eaton

Cardno

Microbial Diversity At Two Geographic Locations – Developing A Database Of

Species With Water Chemistry Louise Weaver

Institute of Environmental Science & Research

Master Plan Implementation - Challenges and Lessons Learnt

Julie Plessis (Mott Macdonald NZ) & Evan Vaughters (Hamilton City

Council)

Delivering Wellington's Emergency Water Network

Ashley Rideout Cardno

11:00 How Drinking Water Regulation has improved the quality of water

Ken Hutchison MD of Scottish Water

Maida Vale And The Tale Of The Throttle Pipe - Passive-Control To Eliminate Foul

Pumping

Hannah Breeds

Stantec

Magnesium Hydroxide Dosing For Septicity Control: The Benefits Of A

Catchment Wide Approach Ralph Lloyd-Smith

Calix

Dealing with SIN: A Novel Solution Jared Mayes

Cardno

Smart Sewer Networks – Lessons From Overseas And Their Application To New

Zealand Philip Mcfarlane

WSP-Opus

Funding a Disaster Paul Reed

Beca

11:30 Canada’s Walkerton Water Contamination Event: Impact on Drinking

Water Regulations David Pernitsky

Stantec

Lessons Learnt From Retrofitting Existing Wastewater Catchments With Vacuum

Sewer Systems Post-Earthquake Pete Dawson

Beca

Moving Towards Smart WWTP's Through Advanced Aeration Control

Jennifer Dreyfus Suez ANZ

Optimisation Of Membrane Bioreactor Nutrient Removal Performance – Some

Practical Examples Damien Sharland

Jacobs

Wastewater Planning Driven By Environmental Effects

Kirsten Norquay & Ian Evans Stantec

An Innovative Approach to Measuring Resilience Based on Post-Earthquake

Water Demand Behrooz Balaei

WSP-Opus

3:30 Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Area

Thought Leadership 3 [Heaphy 1]

Climate Change [Heaphy 2]

Using Water Wisely [Heaphy 3]

Trenchless Technology [Brooklyn 1]

IWA/Science Stream [Brooklyn 2]

Water Services Managers Group [Arena Lounge]

4:00 Local Government NZ

Stuart Crosby

Vice President, LGNZ

Cape Town's Day Zero - Lessons for New Zealand

Wageed Kamish Tonkin + Taylor

Virus Transport Through Soil From On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems

Hazel Clemens

University of Canterbury

Avoiding Interference - a Unique Approach to Dealing with a Common

Problem in HDD Installations

Chris Dowd

Potential Impacts On Groundwater Quality Caused By Earthquake Induced

Vertical Permeability Enhancement Helen Rutter

Aqualinc Research

Presentations from Water Services Managers Group

Queenstown Challenge Ulrich Glasner, Queenstown Lakes DC

Ex-cyclone Gita – the day the tree fell Mark Hall, New Plymouth DC

4:30 Engineering a Better New Zealand

Neil Miller

Engineering New Zealand

Responding To Climate Change Challenges Facing The Water And

Wastewater Industry Olivia Philpott

Watercare Services

Adding Clarity To The Murky World Of Greywater Re-Use And Risk To Human

Health. Amber Garnett (BRANZ)

& Seinalyn Villanueva (ESR)

When "Too Hard" Is Not Acceptable – Marine Parade Wastewater Upgrade

Jekabs Rozitis

Veolia

Extending ASM1 to Model a Tubular Biofilm Reactor Caroline Hope

Beca

5:00

Head over to the Water New Zealand AGM in the Arena Lounge

Green Square: Enabling Urban Renewal Through Effective Flood Risk

Management Nick Taylor

WSP- Opus

60 Years of Migratory Bird Management on the Manukau

Chris Garton

Watercare Services Ltd

Improving The Resilience Of Key Pipelines

Leigh John

Aquapipe Solutions

IWA/Science AGM

Water New Zealand AGM

5.30 Project Max Welcome Reception – Exhibition Area

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12:00 Protection of Drinking Water Sources post Havelock North

Tony Cussins (Tonkin & Taylor) & Brett Chapman (Hastings DC)

Rigid and Flexible Pipe Design, Installation and Whole Life Cost

Tony Gordon WSP Opus

Kawana Stp Upgrade: Using Bim And Virtual Reality For Design, Construction

And Operations Dean Maguire & Simon Smith

WSP-Opus

Consenting Of The North East Sub-Regional Wastewater Scheme

Nick Berry Beca

Wastewater Strategy: Planning for many uncertainties, now called Wastewater

Strategy: Uncovering Secrets Jan Heijs

Morphum Environmental

Resilience Assessment Guideline For Three Waters: A Technical Resilience Prospective

Melanie Liu Beca

12:30 Lunch – Exhibition Area

Thought Leadership 5 [Heaphy 1]

Energy [Heaphy 2]

Wastewater [Heaphy 3]

Protecting Our Customers [Brooklyn 1]

Metadata [Brooklyn 2]

Workforce Capability [Arena Lounge]

1:30 WHO Guidelines for Small Drinking-water Supplies

Batsi Majuru World Health Organisation

Trade “Waste Of Time” – Craft Brewery Wwtp Simplification And Improvement

Ming Heng Beca

A Utilities’ Guide To Starting Up Anammox Octavio Perez-Garcia Watercare Services

Using Ami Technology To Reduce Non-Revenue Water, Improve Resiliency, And

Enhance Customer Satisfaction Eric Skowron

Jacobs

Providing A Concrete Implementation Of National Metadata As-Built Standards

Scott Ferguson A2k Technologies

Water New Zealand Workforce Capability Project Update

and

Aligning Environmental Engineering

Education With National Needs Mark Milke

Dept. Civil And Nat. Res. Eng./Univ. Canterbury

2:00 Why a chlorine residual? Facts and Uncertainties. Laith Furatian

City of Kamloops, Canada

Boosting Energy Production Through Co-Digestion

Jennifer Dreyfus Suez ANZ

Establishing nitrite shunt at full scale Hui Ian Tan & Clemence Carlinet

Watercare Services

The Future Of Wellhead Protection Mike Thorley

Beca

Draining the asset data backlog through automation

Peter O'Regan Beca

2:30 National Performance Review Issues Lesley Smith

Water New Zealand

Energy Management In Allwater: 5 Years On - Watts Worked?

Jennifer Dreyfus Suez ANZ

Advances In Wastewater Treatment - Reducing Energy Use While Improving

Effluent Quality Aprilia Vellacott

Jacobs

Fluoridation: The Gleaming White Tooth About Cost Lisa Mace

Beca

Application Of New Zealand Metadata Standards – Overcoming Potential

Shortcomings Dan Johnson

WSP Opus

3:00 Afternoon Tea – Exhibition Area

Thought Leadership 6 [Heaphy 1]

Delivery [Heaphy 2]

Wastewater [Heaphy 3]

National & Local Issues [Brooklyn 1]

Operations [Brooklyn 2]

Protecting Receiving Waters

[Arena Lounge]

3:30 Resilience Bonds Thierry Witkowicz

Veolia

Project Shotover - What Did We Learn? What Did We Achieve?

John Crawford & Simon Mason Beca

Mbnru: Progressive Safety In Design – Concept Design Through Design Build

Sven Harlos

Watercare

Environmental Consents – How We Might Improve Them In New Zealand

Garry MacDonald Beca

Pathways to Sustainability through Process Intensification and Implications

for Plant Operations Sandeep Sathyamoorthy

Black & Veatch

Water Clarity-Based Prediction Of Faecal Bacterial Density In New Zealand Rivers

Christopher Ayokunle Dada Streamlined Environmental

4:00 Climate Change and Stormwater & Wastewater Systems

Belinda Storey The Deep South Science Challenge

Effective And Innovative Partnership Model For Delivery Of Major Treatment

Programs Anthony Korbel

WSP-Opus

Keep Your Effluent Pond – Bio-Shells/Mf – Case Study To Improve Quality

Tom Marshall Marshall Projects

Land Treatment Optimisation - A Collaborative Journey

Amy Smith Cardno NZ

Ice Pigging: A New Approach To Cleaning Pressurised Pipelines

Graeme Berriman Suez ANZ

The Gap Between Ideas And Delivery Roselle O'Brien

Downer

4:30 Danish Climatorium Sarah Lund Denmark

Emerging Organic Contaminants: What Are They and Should We Be Concerned?

Becky Macdonald Beca

Emerging Technologies For Nitrogen And Phosphorus Removal, And Brine

Management Kate Simmonds & David Austin

Jacobs

Waiāri Water Supply Scheme : Planning The Water Supply For A

Growing City Chris Olivier

Beca

Innovative Energy Opportunities For Water Utilities

Laurence Jenner Watercare Services

Anaerobic Treatment Of Cream Cheese Whey

Alzbeta Bouskova BPO

6:00 “Our Shout” – Water New Zealand Pre-Dinner Drinks

7:00 Downer Gala Dinner

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FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2018

8:30 Registration Opens

Thought Leadership 7 [Heaphy 1]

Thought Leadership 8 [Heaphy 2]

9.00 Water Complaints Scheme

Utilities Disputes / Watercare

Joe Cruden (Utilities Disputes) &

Amanda Singleton (Watercare)

Million Metres Streams Project

Georgina Hart

Sustainable Business Network

Exhibition Visitors’ Morning

9.30 Growing Up in New Zealand (health research project)

Assoc Prof Susan Morton

Auckland University

Challenges & opportunities to reduce agricultural waterway nitrate loads with stream rehabilitation tools

Brandon Goeller

PhD Candidate - School of Biological Sciences

University of Canterbury

10.00 Morning Tea

10.30 Plenary Keynote: Scottish Regulatory Framework; Alan Sutherland, Water Industry Commission for Scotland [Heaphy 1 & 2]

11.00 Plenary Keynote: Sam Johnson; Student Volunteer Army/Community Guardian Scheme, Christchurch [Heaphy 1 & 2]

11.45 Water New Zealand President – What’s Coming Up [Heaphy 1 & 2]

12.00 Conference Wrap Up and Official Close