2023 National Water Awards Finalists

Congratulations to all the National Water Awards Finalists for 2023!

Winners will be announced at the upcoming Ozwater’23 Gala Dinner and Australian Water Awards.

The Australian Water Awards celebrate significant community contributions and exceptional performance of all the finalists. These are ambitions we share, admire and are proud to be associated with.

Special thank you to our National Awards Program Sponsor, ANZ.

R&D EXCELLENCE AWARD 

Sponsored by: 

CRC-P: Transforming Wastewater Treatment in Regional Australia
Urban Utilities, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland, Power and Water Corporation, Department of Environment and Science, Queensland, and Aquatec Maxcon (QLD)

Water Conservation for Remote Dialysis
Purple House and Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Environment (NT)

Driving Circular Economy in the Red Meat Industry
Tessele Consultants (WA)

Real Greenhouse Gas Emission Measurement and Reporting for Real Reductions as We Move Toward Net Zero
Melbourne Water, The University of Queensland, The University of Melbourne and Ektimo (VIC)

Goyder Institute Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Research Program
Department for Environment and Water, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia, and other contributing organisations (SA)

Collaborative Research Project for NOM Reduction Through Catalytic Advanced Oxidation
Infinite Water and Sydney Water (NSW)

ORGANISATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 

Sponsored by: 
 

Fulton Hogan Utilities Schools STEM and Industry Immersion Program
Fulton Hogan Utilities (QLD)

Drinking Water Quality Management System Improvement: 2016 to 2021
Power and Water Corporation (NT)

2022 Gnangara Groundwater Allocation Plan
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA)

Enhancing Liveability and Prosperity in the Goulburn Valley
Goulburn Valley Water (VIC)

Activating South Australia’s Reservoir Reserves for Recreation
SA Water (SA)

BasinGuide – Promoting River Basin-Scale Approaches for Prosperity and Sustainability in the Indo-Pacific
Alluvium and Australian Water Partnership (ACT)

Town Water Risk Reduction Program
Department of Planning and Environment (NSW)

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT INNOVATION AWARD (REGIONAL) 

Sponsored by: 

Cleveland Bay Purification Plant Process Upgrade Project
AECOM, Townsville City Council, Beca HunterH2O, Evoqua Water Technologies, and Monadelphous Engineering (QLD)

Remote Housing Program - Headworks
Power and Water Corporation (NT)

Design and Construction of the Mt Cole Pipeline Renewal
GWMWater and Interflow (VIC)

Pike Floodplain Inundation Measures Project (South Australian Riverland Floodplains Integrated Infrastructure Program)
Department for Environment and Water, the Jacobs Group and SA Water (SA)

Launceston Network Flow Survey and Hydraulic Model Build and Calibration
TasWater, WSP and ADS Environmental Services (TAS)

Jubullum Aboriginal Community Water Project
Department of Planning and Environment, Clarence Valley Council and EcoTeam (NSW)

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT INNOVATION AWARD (METRO)  

Sponsored by: 

Australia’s First Biosolids Gasification Facility
Logan Water Partnership: Logan Water, Downer, WSP and Cardno now Stantec, and ARENA (QLD)

Neerabup Groundwater Scheme Expansion
GHD, Sacyr, Water Corporation, Westforce Construction (WA)

Shakespeare Grove Main Drain Outlet Renewal
Melbourne Water, Stantec and John Holland-KBR Joint Venture (VIC)

Victoria Park Pakapakanthi Wetland
Tonkin Consulting and DesignFlow (SA)

Balickera Tunnel Restoration
Hunter Water, Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure and Tunnelling Solutions (NSW)

WATER INDUSTRY SAFETY EXCELLENCE AWARD  

Sponsored by: 
 

Ventia and Yarra Valley Water Tank Inspection and Maintenance Program
Ventia and Yarra Valley Water

Sunwater Best Practice Injury Management System
Sunwater

Epsom Main Sewer Relining
Melbourne Water, John Holland-KBR Joint Venture, Interflow, Weltech

Always Safe Initiative
Southern Rural Water

Remote Switching Finger
Veolia

Lockerbie Main Sewer Project Lifting Methodology
Yarra Valley Water, Ventia, Jaydo Construction

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE AWARD  

Sponsored by: 

Building Better Together: Embedding CX/UX Practice into Digital Transformation
SA Water

Customer Experience Program
Sunwater

Leak Alert Program
South East Water

Weathering the Storm
Watercare

STUDENT WATER PRIZE  

Sponsored by: 
 

Novel Disinfection to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Zhigang Yu, The University of Queensland (QLD)

Carbon Cycling Through Wetlands and Streams in the Wet-dry Tropics
Vanessa Solano, Charles Darwin University (NT)

Catching Collie's Future
Irina Sankoff, Murdoch University (WA)

Turning Waste into a Resource: Developing Novel End-Use Pathways for Water Treatment Sludge
Minh Duc Nguyen, Deakin University (VIC)

Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Sludge-Drying Lagoons and Strategies for Methane Emission Mitigation
Sarah Aucote, SA Water and the University of Queensland (SA)

Natural Recreational Swimming Sites Along the Murrumbidgee River
Ana Maria Londono Botero, The Australian National University (ACT)

Integration of Ecological Response Feedbacks for Optimisation of Water Resource Management
Rebecca Carlier, The University of Newcastle (NSW)

YOUNG WATER PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD 

Sponsored by: 

Johanna Johnson
Sustainable Solutions Lead, Logan Water (QLD)

Daniel Lane
Senior Chemical Engineer, Trop Water (NT)

Phillip Meng
Senior Analyst – Data Products, Water Corporation (WA)

Sian Harrick
Process Engineer, Arup (VIC)

Loreline Kerlidou
Senior Advisor, Inside Infrastructure (a Ricardo Company) (SA)

Akira Weller-Wong
Estuary Scientist, Derwent Estuary Program (TAS)

Curtis Gordon
Operations Engineer, Icon Water (TAS)

Chelsea Hayward
Senior Process Engineer, Jacobs (NSW)

WATER PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR AWARD 

Sponsored by: 
 

Emma O'Neill (QLD)
Manager - Environment & Planning, Aurecon

Terry Ward (NT)
Technical Director – Water, GHD

David Howard (SA)
Business Development & Strategy Manager, Fulton Hogan Utilities

Nina Braid (VIC)
Aboriginal Partnerships Manager, Yarra Valley Water

Tim Gardner (TAS)
Chairman, Stornoway

Tony Slatyer (ACT)
Water Policy and Governance Consultant

NSW: Ian Law (NSW)
Principal, IBL Solutions

AUSTRALIAN STOCKHOLM JUNIOR WATER PRIZE  

Sponsored by: 
 
The Winner will be announced at Ozwater'23 

BEST WATER E-JOURNAL PAPER - IN HONOUR OF GUY PARKER 
Winner announced at Ozwater’23