WQRA Members' Meeting
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| To: | Feb 24, 2011 |
WQRA Members' Meeting
BROADBEACH: Sofitel Hotel, Queensland
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Members Meeting Agenda for 24th February 2011 Sofitel Hotel, 81 Surf Parade Broadbeach Room: Broadbeach WQRA summer student scholarships presentations will be included as part of this meeting |
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Commencing at 9.00am and finishing at approx 4.45pm
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9:00am |
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Coffee and Registration |
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9:30am |
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Welcome by Chair |
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Keynote Presentations |
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9:30am
10:00am
10:30am
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Smart Water Centre Larry Little, Smart Water Centre, Griffith University
Research Directions and Priorities - Allconnex Kelly O’Halloran, Allconnex
Overview of GHD priorities Mike Chapman, GHD |
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11.00am |
Morning Tea
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WQRA Members Meeting Item No |
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11:30 |
Apologies and Confirmation of Quorum [Chair] |
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11:35 |
Approval of WQRA Members Minutes of AGM 24 October 2010 [Chair] |
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11:40 |
Business arising from the Minutes [Chair] |
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11:45 |
Board Update [Chair] |
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11:55 |
Other Business [Chair] |
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WQRA Program Reports |
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12:00 |
Research Programs Overview of WQRA Programs [Michele Akeroyd]
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12:10 |
Drinking Water Program Drinking Water Program Update [Michele Akeroyd] |
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12:20 |
Wastewater/Recycled Water Program 8.1. Wastewater/Recycled Water Program Update [David Halliwell] |
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12:30 |
Research program Presentation: 3004/09 'The Thirsty Mouse Project - Part 1: Water storage conditions and ELISA's’ [Fiona Young, Flinders University] |
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1:00pm |
Lunch
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2:00 |
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Education Program 10.1. Overview of Education Program [Carolyn Bellamy]
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Summer Scholarship Presentations: |
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2:15 |
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Mihiri Wewala Panditha [Curtin University & Water Corporation of WA] Acrylamide and acrylonitrile concentrations in recycled water produced for groundwater replenishment using microfiltration and reverse osmosis |
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2:45 |
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Rhett Richardson [Victoria University, GWM Water & CSIRO] Practical viability and health issues of concentrating brine to solids sourced from inland groundwater desalination |
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3:15 |
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Afternoon Tea
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3:45 |
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Thomas Wragg [RMIT, City West Water & Melbourne Water] Electrochemical oxidation of high-salinity municipal secondary effluent |
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4.15 |
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Nurshadrina Akabar [National Measurement Institute] Investigation of holding times for total dissolved solids (TDS) and total suspended solids (TSS) in different water matrices |
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4:45 |
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Close |
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Dinner arrangements: Thursday 24th February 2011 Time: 7pm Venue: Room 81, Sofitel Hotel, 81 Surf Pde, Broadbeach |
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Members Meeting Agenda for 25th February 2011 Sofitel Hotel, 81 Surf Parade Broadbeach Room: Broadbeach
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Commencing at 9.00am and finishing at approx 12.30pm
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9.00am |
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Coffee and Registration |
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9.25am |
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Welcome by Chair |
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Summer Scholarship Presentations cont. |
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9.30 |
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Joshua Putnam [UNSW] The selection of a coagulation regime that optimises floc structure and strength in coagulation-flocculation of algal cells |
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10.00 |
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Kimberly Sieburn [AWQC] Confirmation of novel toxic effects associated with the cyanobacterial species Anabaena |
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10.30 |
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Michael Webber [AWQC] Validation of genetic markers for distinguishing Cryptosporidium oocyst infectivity and genotype |
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11.00 |
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Morning Tea |
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11.30 |
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Marnie Foreman [ChemCentre] Utilising nano-particles to remediate arsenic contaminated drinking water |
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12.00 |
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Stefania Sotora [GWM Water & AWQC] Assessment of non-invasive techniques to determine the presence of biofilms in distribution systems |
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12.30 |
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Prizes and close [Chair] |
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12.50 |
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Lunch |
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