REGISTRATION BROCHURE - Australian Water Association

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Optional technical tours have been selected to complement the Ozwater ‘12 sessions and workshops. They will
take you to some of Australia’s most innovative and interesting water, wastewater and conservation technologies.
In keeping with the Ozwater ’12 history theme, delegates are given the opportunity to visit the sites of Sydney’s first
water supplies. Experienced professionals will be on site to answer your specific questions.
Technical tours are available to Ozwater delegates only. The Organiser reserves the right to cancel any tours if
deemed necessary and issue refunds as appropriate.
Delegates are required to wear long sleeves and pants and sturdy closed-in shoes on all tours.
Tour 3: Hydro Facility at North Head
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Date: Friday 11 May, 2012
Time: 0930 – 1430
Cost: $80 – includes lunch
Capacity: Limited to 24 delegates
Tour 4: Rouse Hill Water Recycling
Plant and System
Date: Friday 11 May, 2012
Time: 0930 – 1445
Cost: $80 – includes lunch
Capacity: Limited to 48 delegates
Pre and Post
Ozwater
TECHINCAL
TOURS
Busby’s Pond, Centennial Park
Tank Stream Tour
Please note timings shown below are approximate. If booking flights at the conclusion of the technical
tour, allow extra time in case of unexpected delays.
Tour 1: Tank Stream
Dates: Sunday 6 May, 2012 (preference given to
non-Sydney based delegates)
Sunday 13 May, 2012
Time: One tour approximately every hour –
first tour, 0850, last tour 1705
All timings are listed on the Ozwater
website (technical tours page)
Cost: $30
Capacity: Limited to 16 delegates per tour
The Tank Stream was the original fresh water supply for the
new colony of Sydney and is the reason that Sydney is where
it is today. The stream was fed by springs that were situated in
swampy ground in the area bounded by Elizabeth, Pitt, Market
and Park Streets. The name “Tank Stream” comes from the
tanks that were excavated in sandstone (near the present day
Australia Square precinct) to collect and conserve the valuable
water during times of drought. Today, the springs are covered
with the concrete of the modern Sydney CBD.
The existence of the Tank Stream was one of the most
important factors in determining the location of the first
permanent European settlement in Australia. It was a vital
resource for colonial Sydney. This special tour will take visitors
underground along a part of its length.
Schedule
The total tour time is 55 minutes. Delegates make their own
way to the Sydney Water Education Office at Australia
Square in Sydney’s CBD. Delegates will be fitted with safety
equipment, including harness, gumboots and helmet. A
short DVD is played, covering the history of the Tank Stream
followed by a safety induction. Time spent in the Tank Stream
itself will be approximately 30 minutes. The total length of
the tour is 100 metres, being a journey from the Tank Stream
room at Curtin Place, upstream to Hunter Street, and return.
Wet Weather Cancellation Policy
The tour may be cancelled on the day of the event or 24 hours
prior if rain or toxic gas levels become dangerous. If this occurs
participants will be contacted via email.
Terms and Conditions
• This tour is not suitable for those with serious health
problems, with limited mobility or who are uncomfortable in
confined spaces and on stepladders.
• Hard hats, gumboots and safety harnesses are provided
and must be worn, so please dress sensibly – skirts,
dresses and singlets are inappropriate dress. Please bring
socks to wear underneath the provided gumboots.
• Because of the need to wear a safety harness, this tour is
not suitable for pregnant women or those weighing more
than 120kg.
• Following the safety induction and before undertaking the
tour, you will be required to sign an agreement that you
understand the risks of undertaking the tour and are fit and
capable of performing all the required activities.
Tour 2: Busby’s Bore
Date: Monday 7 May or Friday 11 May, 2012
Time: 1330 - 1645 (Monday)
0930 – 1330 (Friday)
Cost: $45
Capacity: Limited to 20 delegates per tour
In 1824, Governor Darling appointed 59 year-old
engineer John Busby, as Government Mineral Surveyor.
Busby recommended the Lachlan Swamps between
Paddington and Randwick (now part of Centennial
Park) as a suitable new source of water. The Lachlan
Swamps was a low-lying marsh with a plentiful supply
of fresh clean water. Busby determined that the water
could be conveyed to the city through an underground
tunnel or ‘bore’, for distribution at the racecourse
(today’s Hyde Park).
When work was completed on Busby’s Bore back in
1837, it could supply Sydney’s 20,000 people with up
to 1.5 million litres of water each day from the
Lachlan Swamps.
Busby’s Bore is a unique engineering achievement
which played a crucial role in the development of urban
Sydney. As a product of convict labour and a major
factor in the establishment of local administration in
NSW, the bore is associated with the important steps
that changed Sydney from penal colony to colonial
trading port.
On this walking tour, delegates will visit the source of
the bore at Busby’s Pond and the memorial cairn in
Centennial Park. The tour includes an exclusive viewing of
the shaft into Busby’s Bore within Fox Studios.
Schedule (Monday)
The coach will depart Sydney Convention Centre
(SCEC) at 1330. Delegates will arrive at Centennial
Park at approximately 1415 to commence a 2
hour walking tour. The coach will return to SCEC at
approximately 1645.
Please note lunch/ refreshments are not included on
this tour. It is suggested delegates bring their own
water and snacks.
Schedule (Friday)
The coach will depart Sydney Convention Centre (SCEC)
at 0930. Delegates will arrive at Centennial Park at
approximately 1015 to commence a 2 hour walking
tour. At the conclusion of the tour, the coach will take
delegates to Sydney Airport, arriving at approximately
1245. Remaining delegates will be returned to SCEC at
approximately 1330.
Please note lunch/ refreshments are not included on this
tour. It is suggested delegates bring their own water
and snacks.
Sydney Water has recently completed $150 million improvement work at the
North Head Wastewater Treatment Plant to ensure reliable plant performance,
ongoing protection of water quality and a safer work environment. This
includes the first hydro-electric plant in Australia to generate power from treated
wastewater. It works by capturing energy from treated wastewater falling
down a 60-metre shaft. Thanks to this innovation, as well as cogeneration -
where methane produced during wastewater treatment is turned into green
energy, the Treatment Plant now generates about 40% of its own power.
The improvements ensure the plant continues to perform in line with the
environmental protection standards set by the Office of Environment and
Heritage through to 2023.
North Head Wastewater Treatment Plant is located on the North Head
Peninsula at the entrance to Sydney Harbour, near Manly. The 15.9-hectare
site is bordered by Sydney Harbour National Park and the Tasman Sea.
North Head Wastewater Treatment Plant was commissioned in 1971 and
is the second largest ocean Treatment Plant in Sydney. It provides high rate
primary treatment of sewage to a catchment of approximately 416 square
kilometres that extends west to Seven Hills, south to Bankstown and north to
Ku-ring-gai and Collaroy.
The plant serves a population of over one million people and treats about 300
million litres of flow a day. Treated effluent is discharged through a deepwater
ocean outfall.
Delegates will tour the facility at North Head and get a general overview of
the Plant and the hydro plus the Co-generation facility. The group will then be
addressed by the Manager of Sydney Waters Energy Unit, Daniel Cooper
who will outline Sydney Water’s strategy to enable SWC to become carbon
neutral by 2020.
Schedule
The coach will depart Sydney Convention Centre (SCEC) at 0930. Delegates
will arrive at North Head at approximately 1045 to commence a 1½ hour
site tour. The tour will conclude with a light lunch in Manly. The coach will
depart the lunch venue at 1330 and will arrive at SCEC at approximately
1430. The coach will then continue to Sydney Airport with an estimated arrival
time of 1515.
Australia’s largest residential water recycling scheme is in the Rouse Hill area
in Sydney’s north-west. The scheme started in 2001, and more than 20,000
homes are now using up to 1.7 billion litres of recycled water each year for
flushing toilets, watering gardens, washing cars and other outdoor uses. On
average the Rouse Hill scheme has reduced demand for drinking water by
about 40%. Eventually the scheme will serve around 36,000 homes.
The area includes parts of Acacia Gardens, Beaumont Hills, Castle Hill,
Glenwood, Kellyville, Kellyville Ridge, Parklea, Quakers Hill, Stanhope
Gardens, The Ponds and, of course, Rouse Hill. The Rouse Hill Water
Recycling Plant treats about 4.7 billion litres of wastewater each year for
residential use.
Delegates will be hosted by the Plant Manager and will tour the Rouse
Hill Recycled Water Plant. The tour will then continue to some of the trunk
drainage land-including Strangers Creek (wetlands, rain gardens, etc.)
operated by Sydney Water (hosted by the Stormwater Group) to see the
integrated operations of the water cycle in the area.
Schedule
The coach will depart Sydney Convention Centre (SCEC) at 0930.
Delegates will arrive at Rouse Hill at approximately 1030 to commence a
2 hour site tour. The tour will conclude with a light lunch at a nearby venue.
The coach will depart the lunch venue at 1400 and will arrive at SCEC at
1445. The coach will then continue to Sydney Airport with an estimated
arrival time of 1515.
Tour 5: Industrial Water Efficiency
on Show
Date: Friday 11 May, 2012
Time: 0930 – 1315
Cost: $45
Capacity: Limited to 24 delegates
Swift Electroplaters has been providing high quality electroplating, polishing
and electropolishing services to its East Coast customers since 1951. From
very modest beginnings in Sydney’s Penshurst then Leichhardt, the business
moved to its current premises in Silverwater in the early 1970’s. With 25
employees, the business remains small and very customer focused.
Swift Electroplaters have installed a state of the art water recycling system
that has allowed them to reuse over 95% of the production water from their
plating processes. The system is a combination of traditional pre-treatment and
a patented computer controlled demineralisation system that incorporates
remote operation to ensure fit for purpose-recycled water. They recently won
Sydney Water’s Business Customer Sustainable Water Use award.
Delegates will tour the factory and be addressed by the owner who will detail
what steps he has made to make such a dramatic drop in water usage as
well as receive a presentation from the SWC Manager of the Business Water
Saving Program who will outline the initiatives employed by Sydney Water to
encourage companies to participate.
Schedule
The coach will depart Sydney Convention Centre (SCEC) at 0930.
Delegates will arrive at Silverwater at approximately 1030 to commence a
2 hour site tour. The coach will return delegates to SCEC at approximately
1315 and will then continue to Sydney Airport with an estimated arrival
time of 1345.
Please note lunch/ refreshments are not included on this tour. It is suggested
delegates bring their own water and snacks.
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