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Water For Health and the
Environment
Greg Ryan
QLD
Queensland Urban Utilities
City of Gold Coast
Gladstone Area Board
Logan City Council
Redland City Council
Seqwater
SunWater
City of Townsville
Toowoomba Regional Council
Unitywater
Banana Regional Council
Isaac Regional Council
Mackay Regional Council
Mount Isa Water Board
Southern Downs Regional Council
Wide Bay Water
Whitsunday Regional Council
Cairns Water
Western Downs Regional Council
NSW
Gosford City Council
Goldenfields Water
Hunter Water
Shoalhaven Water
Sydney Water
WaterNSW
Queanbeyan Regional
Council
Byron Shire Council
Lithgow City Council
Eurobodalla Shire Council
Lismore City Council
MidCoast Water
Port Maquarie-Hastings
Council
Tweed Shire Council
NZ
Watercare Services
Wellington Water
TAS
Taswater
NT
Power and Water Corporation
WA
Water Corporation
Aqwest
ACT
Iconwater
VIC
Barwon Water
Central Highlands Water
City West Water
Coliban Water
Gippsland Water
Goulburn Valley Water
Melbourne Water
South East Water
Western Water
Yarra Valley Water
Westernport Water
East Gippsland Water
Goulburn Murray Water
GWM Water
North East Water
Wannon Water
Lower Murray Water
South Gippsland Water
SA
SA Water
WSAA Utility Members
What WSAA does
1. Collaboration
• Between members information sharing and problem solving
• On projects that are too big or expensive to do alone
2. Advocacy
• Representing industry interests in Canberra
• Influencing policy
• International representation
3. Innovation
• A filtering point for latest technology
• Introducing new ideas from Australia and overseas
• Benchmarking
Megatrends impacting Australia
Type Megatrend Key consequence
Individual
Demographics Changing labour market
(age, gender, mobility)
Rise of the Individual Middle class masses
Enabling Technology Cognitive automation
Global
Economy
Public Debt Increasing public debt
increases exposure to global
market risks
Physical
Environment
Climate & Resource
Stress
More extreme events and less
availability of water-energy-
food-land resources
Urbanisation Urban growth driven by
developing world
Next generation of water – Capstone program
• Water for Placemaking
• Ensuring water has a voice at the table with planners and city designers
• Water for Growth
• Having all water sources on the table – incl. stormwater and potable
reuse
• Water for Health
• Providing a voice for water in the national health agenda
• Water for remote and indigenous communities
• Ensuring safe drinking water for all (SDG 6)
Key industry initiatives
Collaboration
• Health and Safety
Influencing
• WSAA Health Based Targets Manual
• Asbestos Safety
• Telecommunications
Innovation
• Pipe relining project
• Revisions to the WSAA Codes
Health and Safety
Health and Safety
WSAA National Safety Benchmarking
• 2015/16 (25 Participants)
• 2016/17 (28 Participants)
Key information
Industry (water utilities and contractors) relatively high for:
• Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate (TRIFR)
• High Potential Incident Frequency Rate (HPIRF)
Culture and Leadership are the most important factors
Cross sector comparison of H&S
How are we responding?
48
WSA
A
9.3
National focus on and commitment to improved health and safety performance through the following:
1) Leadership to focus and drive performance improvement
(Establish a HS Taskforce to provide strategic direction)
2) Industry commitment to lifting health and safety performance
(Develop an industry commitment statement- signals that our leaders are committed to driving change)
3 ) Filling the gap through focussed initiatives
(Fatal Risk Guidelines, Mental Health Framework, Safety Maturity Project etc.)
4 ) WSAA Member collaboration
5) Outreach – let’s not be insular!
Health Based Targets
Health Based Targets
Embedded in the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines
• Operational monitoring to demonstrated health risk is managed
• Based on Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) concept
Assume we take 1 million people, av. life expectancy of 70 yrs
What is the acceptable health risk?
The loss of the 1 year of quality life in those 70 yrs, for 1 person
Health Based Targets Manual
HBT Continuum – Cryptosporidium
A/C Pipe
Aging asbestos cement pipe concerns
Asbestos Pipe Disposal
• Inconsistency nationally by regulators on removal requirements
• WSAA good practice disposal guidelines for AC pipe
• Risk based approach to determine disposal solution
• Asbestos Safety Eradication Agency - Case study document
Next steps
Meeting with key state regulators to determine an
agreed national approach for Water AC pipes
Telco Act
Telco Act 1997 and why should I care?Provides the regulatory framework for Telecommunications
Carriers, including licence conditions and penalties for non-
compliance
Sch 3 provides some powers for Carriers to inspect land, and to
install and maintain facilities, and some immunities to some
State and Territory Laws esp. for ‘Low Impact Facilities’
Note: water tanks and towers are classified as Low Impact
Facilities under the Telecommunications (Low-Impact Facilities)
Determination 1997
Sets framework for commercial agreements and where these
cannot be reached, for Carrier Immunities under Schedule 3
Telecommunications
Primary issues for water infrastructure
• Criminal offence for Landowner to switch off Carrier equipment
• Not all equipment is well labelled or identified (no central register)
• Lack of clear escalation/complaint process
• Legacy issues with older equipment
Powers and Immunities Reference Group
• Legislators, Regulators, Peak bodies (Telcos and Landowners)
• Objective – to resolve current and future issues
Pipe rehabilitation
Pipe integrity
• A$500 Billion worth water pipe assets (in Australia, US
and UK) are aging
• Renewal costs
• critical water pipe: A$5000 – 20,000 per meter
• concrete sewer pipes: $5000 per meter (in most cases)
• In 2008 to 2009 water main failures: one in every 20
minutes
• Sewer breaks and chokes were twice the reported failure
of water mains
Pipe Rehabilitation Program
Pipe Rehabilitation
Establish performance
requirements and standards for AC main
rehabilitation (particularly Class IV
CIPP Linings)
Smart Linings (CRC-P)
Methods for rehab of large water & sewer pipes
Specifications at a product level
Monitoring and sensing
Decision support tools
Training and adoption of program
AC Pipes
Tools, Models and condition assessment methods to predict AC
pipe condition & life expectancy
Current Status of pipe lining project• Project officially kicked off on 1 March 2018
• Participants
• 3 Universities
• 9 Manufacturers
• 6 Applicators
• 10 water utilities
• 3 Associations
• Field test sites
• 14 water 5 sewerage
• Products being tested
Water Sewerage
Cure In Place Pipe (CIPP) Calcium Aluminate Cement (CAC)
Spray Liner Geopolymer
CRC-P Project Objectives
• Develop clear codes of practice and product standards for lining
products
• Articulate and establishing the fit of the technology to asset needs
• Building in smart sensing and system intelligence for the liners
• Develop decision tools based on sound knowledge of product
application and performance
• Translation of the innovation, adaptation of outcomes with training and
user uptake
• Develop win-win partnerships
Outputs
Overview – Participants & Outcomes
Lead Participant Participants Research Areas
WSAA Codes
Modernising the WSAA Codes
Traditionally been provided in hard copy
format and on CD-ROMMoving the codes to a web enabled format.
1990’s 2000’s 2018
2016
eBook WSAA Codes
No TitleeBook Code
AvailablePub. Date
WSA 01-2004 Polyethylene Pipeline Code of Australia Version 3.1 Yes 01/2004
WSA 02-2014 Gravity Sewerage Code of Australia Version 3.1 Yes 07/2014
WSA 03-2011 Water Supply Code of Australia Version 3.1 Yes 03/2011
WSA 04-2005 Sewage Pumping Station Code of Australia Version 2.1 (UnderReview)
06/2006
WSA 05-2013Conduit Inspection and Reporting Code of Australia Version3.1
(UnderReview)
02/2013
WSA 06-2008 Vacuum Sewerage Code of Australia Version 1.3 Yes 12/2008
WSA 07-2007 Pressure Sewerage Code of Australia Version 1.1 Yes 02/2007
Additional 6 other Water Agency Integrated Codes Available (MRWA, Sydney Water and Hunter Water)
Codes Supporting Documentation/ Resources - WSAA SHOP
Codes Supporting Documentation/ Resources - WSAA SHOP
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