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description: A number of outstanding individuals and organisations have been recognised for their work across the ACT and QLD water sectors.
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# [Excellence recognised in ACT and QLD Water Awards](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/technology/innovation/excellence-recognised-in-act-and-qld-water-awards)

 Written by [Water Source](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/author/admin) | Sep 11, 2017 3:47:47 AM

A number of outstanding individuals and organisations have been recognised for their work across the ACT and QLD water sectors.

Last week was a week of recognition as we announced the winners of the ACT Water Awards at the ACT Water Leaders Dinner on Thursday evening and then the QLD Water Awards at the Queensland Gala Dinner & Awards Night on Friday.

“The awards recognise the outstanding contribution of individuals and organisations in the water industry across innovation, research, infrastructure and delivery of water projects,” [Australian Water Association](http://bit.ly/AWAHome) Chief Executive Jonathan McKeown said.

“As an industry we congratulate the dedication, passion and enthusiasm shown by our members who are genuinely making a difference to the sector and to our communities as a whole.”  
 The winners of the ACT Water Awards and the QLD Water Awards will automatically be entered into the equivalent National Australian Water Awards category, which will be presented at Ozwater’18 in Brisbane next year.

# 2017 ACT Water Award winners

**Infrastructure Project Innovation Award**

*Using Optimisation Models for Sewer Investment Planning* – Icon Water and AECOM

**Research Innovation Award**

*Enlarged Cotter Dam Fish Monitoring and Research* – Icon Water

**Student Water Prize**

*Identifying Critical Natural Resource Management Regions For Public Health* – Aparna Lal, Australian National University

**Young Water Professional of the Year Award**

Bianca Petrevski, Acting Senior Stakeholder Engagement Officer, Icon Water

# 2017 QLD Water Award winners

**Research Innovation Award**

*Purple Phototrophic Bacteria for Resource Recovery from Wastewater* – The University of Queensland and CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

**Program Innovation Award**

*Cyanotoxin Based Recreational Water Quality Management Program* – Seqwater

**Infrastructure Project Innovation Award**

*Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade* – Aquatec Maxcon Pty Ltd and South Burnett Regional Council

**Student Water Prize**

*Understanding the ecological basis for human health risks associated with drinking water drawn from a sub-tropical freshwater catchment* – Adam Rose, CQUniversity

**Young Water Professional of the Year Award**

Katrin Doederer, Research Fellow, The University of Queensland

**Water Professional of the Year Award**

Colin Hester, Manager Commercial Water & Trade Waste, Queensland Urban Utilities

**Regional Service Award**

Steve Tansley, Director, Tansley Consulting

**Distinguished Service Award**

John Betts, Principal, Betts Advisory

Check out some highlights from the Queensland Water Awards evening [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/133291504@N03/sets/72157685889838781).

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