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- sustainable water management
- stormwater quality management
- water sensitive urban design
- water cycle management including recycling and reuse
- hydrology and hydraulics, including modelling
- environmental science and management
Dr Mike Barry and Dr Peter Coombes were awarded the 2018 GN Alexander Medal by the Engineers Australia National Committee on Water Engineering for their systems framework research into the Melbourne and Sydney regions, this follows a runner up for the development of the systems framework approaches in 2014. The award is discussed on line at https://lnkd.in/dzks2RV and https://bit.ly/2EaW9f7 The research demonstrated that the application of average assumptions of any kind is problematic and has the potential to heavily influence infrastructure investment, policy direction and cannot account for integrated solutions. Indeed, use of centralised average assumptions can underestimate the benefits of local solutions, such as WSUD, and can provides an illusion of no benefits.
The Urban Book of Australian Rainfall and Runoff was launched on 4 December 2018 by Engineers Australia. The pdf can be found at
http://www.arr-software.org/arr_pdfs/ARR_Book9_FinalDraft181204.pdf and the web version is at http://book.arr.org.au.s3-website-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/.
Over the past 12 months the Stormwater Australia Board has been working hard to develop a Board Charter and establishing key Board Committees to support the Board in its work. These have now been finalised and are an important part in ensuring roles, responsibilities and decision making are enshrined in a sound governance framework.
Motions recommened by the Board for consideration at AGM include appointing new leadership and exploring new models for collaboration with states. These provide an exciting prospect for Stormwater Australia into the future, and the Charters provide sound starting point for this next phase of the journey.
In addition to a Board Charter, sub committees have been developed for:
Finance, Audit and Risk Policy and Governance Stakeholder and EngagementCharters can be accessed via the following links
SIA Board and Committee Charter