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1999
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The 18th Federal
Convention was held in Adelaide, organised by Don Bursill. Allen Gale
became Federal President, for an abbreviated term because of the shift
in cycles under the new Constitution. AWWA dropped 'Wastewater'
from its name and the logo design and colour were amended slightly, but
the overall design was similar to become the Australian
Water Association. The November/December issue of Water
was published by Hallmark Editions for the first time. AWA engaged its
first professional accountant, Susan Wilkins.
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1998
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The Hazardous &
Solid Waste Convention and the Watertech Conference were held, with the
Ozwater-Ozwaste exhibition, in Sydney. Brian McRae became AWWA's first
Technical Director.
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1997
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The 17th Federal
Convention was held in Melbourne, organised by Barry Norman. Greg
Cawston was appointed as Federal President. The Water Corporation of WA
won the Water Environment Merit Award for its Albany effluent
irrigation project.
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1996
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The Hazardous &
Solid Waste Convention was held in Brisbane, and the Watertech
Conference was held in parallel, for the first time.
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1995
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The 16th Federal
Convention was held in Sydney, organised by Mike Williamson. Mark
Pascoe became Federal President. Prof Jörg Imberger received the Peter
Hughes Water Award and went on to win the Stockholm Water Prize in
1996. The NSW Department of Land & Water Conservation won the
Water Environment Merit Award.
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1994
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The Hazardous &
Solid Waste Convention was held in Melbourne, with the combined
Ozwater-Ozwaste exhibition, and a workshop on Drinking Water Quality
was held in parallel.
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1993
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The 15th Federal
Convention was held on the Gold Coast, organised by Rod Lehmann and
including a formal exhibition, Ozwater, for the first time. The Rules
of AWWA were amended to improve operations. One of the changes was to
cut the number of representatives from each branch from two to one.
Richard Marks became Federal President. The Water Environment Merit
Award was inaugurated and the first winner was the CSBP fertiliser
plant in Albany, WA, for work done by Sinclair Knight to reduce
phosphorus discharges to Princess Royal Harbour. The Peter Hughes Water
Award was made for the first time, to the CSIRO's Division of Water
Resources, for work on salinity. AWWA's Federal Office moved from 76
Hampden Road, to 44 Hampden Road, Artarmon, a new, much larger office
with enough room to accommodate reasonable growth in staff levels. AWWA
took over publication of its journal, Water, for the first time.
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1992
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The first full-time
Executive Director, Chris Davis, was appointed and he took over from
Peter Hughes, who retired properly. The total staff complement was the
Office Manager, Margaret Bates, three other part-time workers, and the
Executive Director. The first Ozwaste Exhibition was staged, as part of
the Hazardous & Solid Waste Convention in Sydney. Frank Bishop
became the third recipient of the George Goffin Award.
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1991
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14th Federal Convention
was held in Perth, organised, for the second time, by Barry Sanders.
Barry Sanders became Federal President. AWWA's Federal Office moved to
its own premises at 76 Hamdpen Road, Artarmon, a small, cramped office
above a shop, without airconditioning but, for the first time,
independent accommodation.
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1990 |
AWWA's Federal office
moved from Sydney Water's headquarters in Bathurst Street in the City,
to its Chatswood regional office in the Interchange Building. Peter
Hughes became the second recipient of the George Goffin Award.
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Year
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Description
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1989
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Peter Hughes introduced
the newsletter, Crosscurrent, as a source of policy news and also
aiming to improve AWWA's advocacy efforts. It was published 11 times
per year (ie monthly, excluding January) and soon evolved to an
eight-page format. The 13th Federal Convention was held in Canberra.
The directory first published in 1988 evolved into the AWWA Handbook,
in a properly bound paperback format and containing more information
than the first version.
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1988
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AWWA engaged Margaret
Bates as Office Manager, still operating from the Sydney Water Board
offices in downtown Sydney, but with a larger time allocation than the
fist incumbent. Instigated by Margaret Bates, the AWWA Water Industry
Services Directory was published, listing all sustaining members and
including details of honours and awards, as well as the history of
Conventions. In December, Water appeared with a refined logo, still
blue waves, but on an improved shield and having distinctively crossed
lines in the two Ws.
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1987
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12th Federal Convention
was held in Adelaide and a strategic review resolved to widen AWA's
interests and membership, and to open membership to anyone interested
in water, rather than just people with suitable academic training and
experience. The George Goffin Award was initiated and went to George
Goffin himself. The first Water Industry Management Course was held at
Mt Eliza Staff College, Victoria, attended by 29 aspiring executives.
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1986
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Michael Dureau became
Federal President and Peter Hughes was engaged as the first Executive
Director for AWWA, working on a part-time basis. The first Hazardous
Waste Convention was held, in Sydney, organised by Errol Samuel.
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1984
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11th Federal Convention
was held in Melbourne, attended by 325 delegates. Membership of AWWA
reached 2,143.
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1985
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Robert Lloyd became
Federal President. Summer School was held in Canberra and a national
seminar was held in Adelaide.
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1983
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The tenth Federal
Convention was held in Sydney and a specialist conference on water
management in uranium mining was held in Darwin. AWWA appointed a very
part-time office manager, Judith Sears, to work in the office at Sydney
Water Board. Jim Greer resigned after seven years as Hon Treasurer, was
awarded Life Membership and was replaced by John Molloy.
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1982
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Frank Bishop was elected
to the position of Federal President. A plebiscite of members adopted
amended Rules and Objectives of AWWA. Membership was 1,961.
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1981
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The ninth Federal
Convention was held in Perth, and the organising committee was chaired
by Barry Sanders. Revised objectives and Rules were drafted for AWWA.
Guy Parker died and Frank Bishop became Chairman of the Journal
Committee.
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1980 |
Summer School was held in
Adelaide. Doug Lane became AWWA's Federal President.
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