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18 Jun, 2025
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5:30pm-7.30PM AEST
Join the NSW Regional Water Champions to discuss the impacts of PFAS on regional water utilities and the potential solutions available (or not available).
PFAS is an emerging issue within the water industry, both accumulating in the environment and potentially having long term health impacts on people when consumed. Although it poses a potential threat and there are solutions available to remove PFAS, the impact that it will have on regional water utilities has not been discussed in detail. With 90 water utilities in NSW of various sizes, the impacts that PFAS will have, especially with the introduction of the proposed Australian Drinking Water Guideline limits, will be far reaching and difficult to address.
This event brings together three speakers to discuss their viewpoint on PFAS, its impact as an emerging issue and the impacts that it will have, and is having, on regional water utilities. It will also provide the audience a chance to ask the speakers questions about PFAS and how we may be able to deal with the issue.
There will be five in-person hubs (with food available) as well as online attendance for those that can’t make it to a hub.
| Date | Wednesday, 18 June 2025 |
| Time | 5:30pm - 7.30pm AEST |
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Locations |
Host Location: Sydney Online |
Speakers
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Sally Williamson - Associate - Aurecon With a background in biotechnology, Sally is an environmental engineer with water quality management expertise spanning over 20+ years. Her experience has predominantly been in the areas of treatment process planning, design, optimisation, risk management, auditing, validation, verification, and commissioning, with a primary focus on enhancing the quality of drinking water and recycled water. Sally is currently working mainly with Sydney Water in the drinking water planning space as part of Aurecon’s planning partnership, but in her 20+ years of water, Sally has worked across a wide range of project types in a wide range of locations both nationally and internationally. One of Sally’s passions is enmeshing public health and water equity with respect to the right all people have to access to safe reliable supplies of drinking water. |
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Professor Stuart Khan - Head of School of Civil Engineering - University of Sydney Stuart Khan is Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. He teaches and undertakes research in a wide range of areas relating to drinking water, wastewater, recycled water and environmental water. Stuart is a member of the NSW Water Minister’s Independent Water Advisory Panel, and a board member of Water Research Australia. |
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Jason Ip - Manager Operations - Riverina Water County Council Jason Ip is the Manager Operations at Riverina Water County Council based in Wagga Wagga in regional NSW. He has worked in the NSW local government water utility industry for over 25 years, specialising the treatment, production, delivery of potable water to both urban and rural townships and communities. He is an active participant on the NSW Water Directorate Executive Committee for over 10 consecutive years assisting local government utilities in technical issues, policies, legislative reviews, training and knowledge transfer challenges. |
Register Online Access
Member $20
Non-Member $46
Concession $15
Boardroom Pass $200
Enquiries
Please contact Peter Fry, NSW/ACT Member Engagement Manager, with any event enquiries or to find out more about joining as an AWA member on pfry@awa.asn.au or phone 0450 755 919.
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