Water Professional of the Year Award (Premier’s Water Medal)
2023 Dr Lionel Ho, Senior Manager Water Expertise, SA Water
2022 David Howard, Fulton Hogan
2021 Victor Cantone, Water, WSP
2020 Professor Jennifer McKay, University of South Australia
2019 Mark Gobbie, SA Water
2018 Kevin Yerrell, Waternish Engineering
2017 Richard Hopkins, International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM)
Young Water Professional of the Year Award
2023 Jack Carbone, Project / Design Manager, Aurecon
2022 Loreline Kerlidou, Senior Adviser, Inside Infrastructure (a Ricardo Company)
2021 Brittany Coff, Jacobs
2020 Meena Yadav, Allwater
2019 Ben Staniford, Tonkin Consulting
2018 Adele Hay, WSP and Boris Ninkovic, Fulton Hogan
2017 Adam Medlock, TRILITY
2016 Jennifer Dreyfus, Allwater
(High Commendation - Kat Reid, SA Water)
Student Water Prize (The Hodgson Medal)
2023 Hiua Daraei, University of South Australia
New Water Treatment and Coagulant Dose Control Systems for DWTPs: fDOM
Fluorescence Signal Corrections for Environmental-Monitoring and Coagulant
Dose Control
2022 Sarah Aucote, SA Water and the University of Queensland
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Sludge-Drying Lagoons
and Strategies for Methane Emission Mitigation
2021 Wei Zeng, University of Adelaide
High-Resolution Pipe Condition Assessment and Scanning for Water
Distribution Systems
2020 Jessica Maria Bohorquez Arevalo, The University of Adelaide
Use of Artificial Neural Networks and Fluid Transient Waves for Active and
Passive Inspection of Water Pipelines
2019 Amber Smith and Anthony Cox, University of Adelaide
Is the Installation of Mini Hydropower Turbines into Water Transmission System
Pipelines Cost Effective?
2018 Andrew Knight, Flinders University
The Onshore Influence of Offshore Fresh Groundwater
2017 Sarah Aucote, Flinders University
Smart Monitoring for Microbial Risk Assessment
2016 Sina Moradi
Assessment and modelling of chloramine residual decay in drinking water
(High Commendation - Matthew Konetschka)
Infrastructure Project Innovation Award
2023 Metro: Showcasing Sustainable Development through Grassy Woodland Restoration –
SA Water
2023 Regional: Future Proofing the Pacific: a Sustainable Model for Water Security in the
Marshall Islands – Osmoflo
2022 Metro: Victoria Park Pakapakanthi Wetland – Tonkin Consulting and DesignFlow
2022 Regional: Pike Floodplain Inundation Measures Project (South Australian
Riverland Floodplains Integrated Infrastructure Program) – The Department
for Environment and Water, the Jacobs Group and SA Water
2021 Regional: Port Lincoln Wastewater Treatment Plant Redevelopment –
SA Water and Aurecon
2020 Regional: New Wastewater Treatment Plant for Murray Bridge (Brinkley) –
SA Water, John Holland & KBR
2020 Metro: Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant Clarifier Upgrade Project –
SA Water & Aurecon
2019 Peterborough Community Wastewater Management Scheme – District Council of
Peterborough, Flinders University and Local Government Association of South Australia
(Highly Commended: Riverine Recovery Project – Department for Environment
and Water)
2018 Enhanced Water Demand Forecasting for SA Water Using Machine Learning –
Stantec and SA Water
2017 Sundrop Farms Project – John Holland Group
2016 Anderson Avenue Pump Station and Glenelg Inlet Works – Aurecon and Fulton Hogan
R&D Excellence Award (previously known as the Research Innovation Award)
2023 The Fellowship of the Rubber Ring – A Precious Journey to Ensure Water Quality
Compliance – SA Water
2022 Goyder Institute Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Research Program – Department for
Environment and Water, Flinders University, The University of Adelaide,
The University of South Australia, and other contributing organisations
2021 Goyder Institute for Water Research – Second Term Research Program (2015-2020) –
The Department for Environment and Water, CSIRO, Flinders University,
The University of Adelaide and The University of South Australia (SA)
2020 Rapid Development and Implementation of a Wastewater Surveillance Tool for the
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) – SA Water & WaterRA
2019 SA Water Machine Learning Analytics for Proactive Pipe Leak Detection and Repair –
SA Water
(Highly Commended: Protecting Water Quality While Enabling Recreational Access to
Reservoirs: Combining Science and Policy to Achieve Community-Level Outcomes –
SA Water)
2018 Combating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Systems: From Quantification
to Implementation – SA Water and the Advanced Water Management Centre -
The University of Queensland
(Highly Commended: Infectivity Rates of Cryptosporidium, and its Impact on
Drinking Water Quality Risk Assessments – SA Water)
2017 ATUM: Advanced Tertiary Ultrafiltration Management – Allwater, SA Water and SUEZ
2016 Delivering savings to recycled water treatment plant membrane assets – Allwater
(High Commendation: Adelaide Airport heat reduction trial – SA Water)
Organisational Excellence Award (formerly Program Innovation Award)
2023 Women in Trades program - Fulton Hogan
2022 Activating South Australia’s Reservoir Reserves for Recreation – SA Water
2021 Cultural Connection and Collaboration Guides Southeast Prescribed Burn –
SA Water and The Department for Environment and Water
2020 Fulton Hogan Utilities’ Problem Based Learning STEM Program for Primary Schools –
Fulton Hogan Utilities
2019 Flows for the Future – Department for Environment and Water
(Highly Commended - South East Flows Restoration Project – Department for
Environment and Water, and KBR)
2018 Proactive Dirty Water Complaints Management in Adelaide Drinking Water Network –
Allwater, SA Water and SUEZ
2017 Adelaide Services Alliance Advanced Customer Complaint Mapping Program –
Allwater and SA Water
2016 Allsafe Program - Moving our Organisation to a Healthier and Safer State - Allwater
