The online meeting is tailored to our Industry and Health Department members and will provide:

• progress reports on projects in progress
• updates on projects in development and
• information on upcoming RFFs.

We encourage all Industry and Health Member Representatives to attend and liaise within their respective organisation to determine who else (in addition to the already invited project participants) may benefit from being informed about the projects.

The meeting will run for 90 minutes and will include time for questions and answers. You can join from the beginning or at any time during the meeting, where the agenda interests you.

To register, simply click here and login to our Member Portal. If this is your first-time logging in, please click ‘Forgot password’ and follow the prompts.

Please note that upon registering you will be emailed a personal Zoom link to access the meeting closer to the meeting date.

The detailed agenda can be downloaded here.

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Access to quality water and land are fundamental to these aspirations, as well as the development of new knowledge and approaches that enable Indigenous principles of sustainability and ecosystem thinking to guide the plans and policies by which land and water are managed in Australia and the Torres Strait Islands.

As the water industry grapples with a rapidly changing climate and our role in Reconciliation, there is much we can learn and do by listening to and being guided by the wisdom, knowledge and practices of the traditional owners of this Country.  Research undertaken through the EPIC CRC could enable a parallel way of approaching these challenges thereby delivering ‘best of both worlds’ knowledge and outcomes for us all – the Country, its custodians, and our customers and communities.

During November, WaterRA held a webinar to discuss how together we can build this through collaborative research.  Below are some preliminary ideas:

• Development of tools to better apply ANZECC Guidelines for protecting the Cultural and Spiritual Values of Water especially as this relates to our wastewater discharges to inland and coastal waters and environmental flows;
• Identification of optimal land/water management practices for climate resilience;
• Better understanding of the ‘acceptability’ of different water sources for use by indigenous agribusinesses so that business development can be appropriately supported;
• Funding for development of baseline of Indigenous knowledge about water and demonstration of inextricable link between health of water and health of people and country; and,
• Exploration of business models for collaboration between water utilities and indigenous businesses such as for generation of blue or green carbon credits.

Please view our webinar to:

• Meet and hear from the EPIC CRC bid’s academic team led by Professor Ross Thompson, and including Acting CEO Phil Duncan and Research Co-Director A/Professor Brad Moggridge; and,
• Learn how you can get involved directly or via WaterRA.

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The meeting saw our Chair Mark Gobbie, deliver an update on Board activities over the past year including the announcement of the 2022 Director Election results, which saw Dr David Bergmann (South East Water) and Dr Dan Hoefel (AWQC, SA Water) re-elected to their positions as Board Directors.

Additionally, Mark announced that Steven Porter from Northern Territory’s Power & Water has unfortunately needed to step down as a Board Director, resulting in a Casual Vacancy to be filled by Expression of Interest (EOI). To find out more about the EOI click here.

Deb Evans, Chair of our Risk and Audit Committee, from Water Corp, advised the membership of our Corporate Financial position for the year that was.

Our CEO Karen Rouse provided the company update, sharing a snapshot of our successful activities and our performance over the past year, which can also be found in our 2021-2022 Annual Report.

Attendees were also able to witness the presentation of the Nancy Millis Memorial PhD Award by Deakin University and Barwon Water and congratulate this year’s winner Mariah Sampson.

Thank you to all members and partners for joining us online!

View the video highlights of the Chair Update, CEO Update and presentation of the Nancy Millis Memorial PhD Award.

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