The AWA NSW Branch Water Awards is the highest accolade that currently exists in the NSW Water Industry. The NSW awards have been designed to acknowledge the best of the best in the NSW Water Sector as well as recognise exceptional achievements in a range of project and individual categories.
Building on past success, the 2012 Awards are in line with the AWA National Awards and provide the opportunity for the NSW winners to enter in the National Awards which are presented at Ozwater each year.
On Thursday 21st February 2013 The NSW Branch held the Awards Presentation evening at the Star Room Sydney. At this event, the winners & finalists for the various awards categories were announced in front of a large crowd of Water Industry Professionals. We would like to thank all nominees for their award submissions, the event Sponsor- John Holland, and award sponsor UGL for their contribution to the awards program and success of the evening.
We are pleased to announce the winners and finalist for the various awards categories below.
NSW Infrastructure Innovation Award- Sponsored by UGL
Winner – State Water Corporation and Water for Rivers (joint entry) for the Computer Aided River Management (CARM) Project
Finalists – Ishigaki Oceania for the Clarence Valley Council Fixed and Mobile Screw Press Biosolids Dewatering
- State Water Corporation for the Fish River water supply pipeline replacement project
NSW Program Innovation Award
Winner – NSW Department of Primary Industries, Office of Water (in partnership with other NSW agencies) for the Hawkesbury – Nepean River Recover Program
Finalists – Sydney Catchment Authority for Designing and Installing On-site Waste Water Systems
- Water Infrastructure Group for the Virtual Control Room
NSW Water Professional of the Year
Mr Simon Thorn from Coffs Harbour City Council
NSW YWP of the Year
Winner- Sally Rewell from Sydney Water
Finalists – Lee- Anne Sylva from GHD
- Narelle Berry from the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal NSW
NSW Undergraduate Water Prize
Winner – Mohammed Kainul Abedin from the University of Western Sydney for his thesis on Development and Testing of a Regional Flood Estimations Method for Eastern New South Wales with most recent flood data
For further information and queries about the 2013 NSW Awards please contact:
Peta Owsnett
NSW Branch Manager
P 02 9436 0055 E powsnett@awa.asn.au