---
title: Water Professional of the Year Award National Finalists
description: The winner of the National Water Professional of the Year Award will soon be announced at Ozwater’21. This award honours individuals who, over the previous 5 years, have displayed passion and commitme
---

[Latest News Blog ](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news)

# [Water Professional of the Year Award National Finalists](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/technology/innovation/water-professional-of-the-year-award-national-finalists)

 Written by [Water Source](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/author/admin) | Apr 1, 2021 4:28:07 AM

**The winner of the National Water Professional of the Year Award will soon be announced at[ Ozwater’21](https://www.ozwater.org).**

This award honours individuals who, over the previous 5 years, have displayed passion and commitment, while also inspiring positive change in the water sector.

The following individuals are in the running for this award for 2021.

## SA

**Professor Jennifer McKay, Professor of Business Law, University of South Australia **

## WA

**Chris Elliott, Managing Director, Busselton Water (WA)**

## QLD

**Professor Zhiguo Yuan AM, Director, Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland**

## TAS

**Stephen Westgate, Senior Water Quality Scientist, TasWater **

## NSW

**Dr Annette Davison, Principal and Director, Risk Edge**

## VIC

**Deb Brown, Director, Resilient Cities and Towns, Department of Environment Land Water and Planning**

*Join us at [Ozwater’21](https://www.ozwater.org/) to see who takes out the title.*

[View full post](https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/technology/innovation/water-professional-of-the-year-award-national-finalists)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Water Source"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2021-10-27T15:11:46.419Z",
  "datePublished" : "2021-04-01T04:28:07Z",
  "headline" : "Water Professional of the Year Award National Finalists",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 60,
    "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
    "width" : 60
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://www.awa.asn.au/resources/latest-news/technology/innovation/water-professional-of-the-year-award-national-finalists",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Latest News Blog"
  }
}
```