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title: Meet the contenders for the 2020 Young Water Professional of the Year Award
description: The Australian water sector’s best and brightest young minds will compete for the 2020 Young Water Professional of the Year Award at the Australian Water Association’s National Water Awards next month
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# [Meet the contenders for the 2020 Young Water Professional of the Year Award](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/technology/innovation/meet-the-contenders-for-the-2020-young-water-professional-of-the-year-award)

 Written by [Water Source](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/author/admin) | Jun 1, 2020 11:09:58 AM

**The Australian water sector’s best and brightest young minds will compete for the 2020 Young Water Professional of the Year Award at the Australian Water Association’s National Water Awards this month.**

Usually presented at a Gala Dinner during the AWA’s Ozwater conference, this year the award winners will be revealed during two virtual happy hours as part of [Ozwater’20 Online](https://bit.ly/3dlMBfO). 

Watch the videos to learn more about the young professionals in the running for the award, proudly sponsored by Xylem, and then join the happy hour on Thursday, 25 June to see who takes home the title. 

You can register for Ozwater’20 Online [here](https://bit.ly/3dlMBfO).

## Northern Territory

Christina Bruno, NT Program Manager

*Tonkin*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1acVuWr7wnc&feature=youtu.be

## Australian Capital Territory

Portia Condell, Environmental Support Officer

*Icon Water*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Nx3OcVXgw&feature=youtu.be

## Western Australia

Rebecca Ferguson, Catchment Management Officer

*City of Bayswater*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw7GVxQn5q0&feature=youtu.be

## New South Wales

Dr Tanja Rosenqvist, Lecturer – Humanitarian Engineering

*RMIT*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGWoB9qRlKo&feature=youtu.be

## Victoria

Dr Paul Satur, Researcher

*Monash Water Sensitive Cities, Monash Sustainable Development Institute and Our Future Cities  *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCzvoKICMc&feature=youtu.be

## South Australia

Ben Staniford, Senior Engineer

*Tonkin* 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV-y_cktXN4&feature=youtu.be

## Tasmania

Cassandre Tickner-Smith, Environment and Compliance Officer

*Tasmanian Irrigation*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTmNnIi8kdY&feature=youtu.be

## Queensland

Aidan Symons, Senior Engineer, Water Infrastructure

*SMEC*

*The Australian Water Awards are proudly supported by event partner ANZ*.

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