UWS are delighted to share that Bradley Nissley and Wira Yan (from Melbourne Water) will be presenting on Finding the balance between complexity and accuracy in modelling the Sunbury Stormwater Harvesting Scheme in June at the 2023 Stormwater Victoria Conference.

Stormwater Victoria recognises the need to assist the industry in development of leaders within the stormwater industry to drive positive change towards sustainable water management now and for the future.

Melbourne Water has committed to reducing the impact of urbanisation on its waterways and is actively developing solutions in key priority areas that can better manage stormwater runoff and prevent further degradation of rivers and creeks.

In 2015, a range of integrated water management options for Sunbury were assessed, and it was concluded that a regional-scale stormwater harvesting scheme was the best solution to protect Jacksons Creek and Emu Creek from increased stormwater runoff resulting from development.

The Sunbury Stormwater Harvesting Scheme is the first of its kind in Victoria and seeks to intercept 80% of stormwater runoff by harvesting approximately 4 GL of excess stormwater runoff each year. This scheme creates a new source of alternative water which can be reused for several demand options currently under investigation.

This presentation will focus on the methodology adopted for creating the ICM model as well as the benefits obtained from having a detailed understanding of the hydrology and hydraulics occurring in this scheme in the one model.

For more details on the conference please the website is 2023 Stormwater Victoria Conference (eventsair.com)

WaterAid’s mission is to reach everyone, everywhere with clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene within a generation. Since 1981, WaterAid has reached over 27 million people with clean water and decent toilets (WaterAid, 2019). This vision inspires us, and we hope it inspires you too.

UWS is pleased to donate to WaterAid and support its efforts to provide safe sanitation and potable water to those in need.

Combined with Water4Good we have collectively raised over $3,500, smashing our target of $2,000.

For more information visit:
www.wateraid.org/au

UWS has migrated to a paperless office. All new project documents are stored digitally. Older projects still had physical project folders that required storage for 7 years. As these projects are archived the hard copy documents are securely destroyed. As a result UWS had approximately 50 lever-arch folders that were available for reuse.

The availability of the folders was advertised and UWS was delighted to find interest at Swinburne University who collected all our empty lever-arch folders.

This has saved these folders from being recycled by being reused by students. UWS wishes the Swinburne University students every success with their studies.

The Urban Water Solutions team wishes everyone a safe and restful holiday.

The office will be closed from close of business 23rd December 2022, reopening on the 9th January 2023.

As a workplace health and safety initiative, the UWS team participated in a Mental Health First Aid training course. It was great to have most of the team together again for the two-day course. Conducted by Lauren Gledhill from Workplace Interventions, the course provides eligibility to become an Accredited Mental Health First Aider.

Approximately 20% of Australian adults experience a common mental illness each year. Having mental health first aid skills means we can assist someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.

UWS families and friends met for a Covid safe picnic on the banks of the Yarra River on a sunny afternoon in April.  Neil impressed everyone with the amazing array of smoked foods – which was lucky as the BBQs we had planned to use weren’t working.  It was great to see everyone again in three dimensions.