The Water Directorate is pleased to sponsor the IPWEA Excellence Award for Innovation in Water and Wastewater. We have been involved this awards event for over 10 years and always find the Excellence Awards Gala Dinner to be an outstanding night when achievements by local government and public works employees are recognised and celebrated. The winners of this year’s Excellence Awards will be announced on Monday 17th May at the Awards Dinner to be held at the Novotel Hotel in North Wollongong.
The Water Directorate is pleased that seven member councils and a total of nine projects have nominated for the Innovation in Water and Wastewater Award in 2010. These nominees and their projects are:
Armidale Dumaresq Council for their Armidale Ozonation Plant: A New Approach to Dealing with Taste and Odour project;
Central NSW Councils for the Centroc Water Security Study;
Coffs Harbour City Council for the Coffs Harbour Water Reclamation Plant and for the Coffs Harbour Water Filtration Plant;
Dubbo City Council for the Development of Drinking Water Quality Manual and for the Construction of Wongarbon Village Sewerage Scheme;
Kempsey Shire Council for the South West Rocks Sewage Treatment Works Upgrade and Augmentation in the context of Water Recycling;
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council for their Water Cycle Community Engagement and Education project; and
Tenterfield Shire Council for the Construction and Commissioning of IDAL Sewage Treatment Plant at Tenterfield.
Good luck to all the nominees in this important category. For more information about the Excellence Awards and the IPWEA (NSW Division) Conference that is being held 16-19 May please visit the following website www.ipweanswconference.com.au
