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| Headline February 4 2010: New look Pipeline coming soon! |
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NEW YEAR – NEW LOOK Pipeline coming soon! The next edition of Pipeline will show an exciting redesign - look out for it on February 18! Keen Photographer? Send your images for use in Water New Zealand’s ‘Water’ journal, website or other publications. Email them to Hannah Smith. hannah.smith@waternz.org.nz
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The Water New Zealand Annual Conference & Expo will be held from 22 – 24 September 2010 at the Christchurch Convention Centre. Key Dates:
Water New Zealand Water Loss & Pressure Management Conference Reminder – Book today for the conference A full programme that includes several overseas speakers has been confirmed. New water loss guidelines will be released at the conference and available post-Conference for non-attendees. This year’s Conference will again include a small trade exhibition. The GHD Conference Dinner will be held on Thursday 11 February, and for the first time will feature after-dinner entertainment! Go here to register. Please contact Sue Bull at the Water New Zealand office for Conference queries Water New Zealand Intro Tour Due to insufficient registrations the 2010 Intro Tour of the lower north Island has been cancelled. Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference 2010 The Stormwater Special Interest Group in conjunction with the Modelling Special Interest Group of Water New Zealand and the recently established Rivers Group, are well into the planning stages for the 2010 Stormwater Conference. Thank you to all those who have submitted abstracts, the review process is now completed and all successful authors should have been notified in December. Watch this space for the draft programme and the opening of registrations in early February! Please follow the link below for more information: New Zealand Land Treatment Collective Annual Conference (Technical Session 31) in cooperation with the SWANS Special Interest Group of Water New Zealand Early registration enquiries can be directed to nzltc@scionresearch.com or marie.heaphy@scionresearch.com Approved Backflow Technician National Database This is a database of backflow specialists who have completed the 40-hour training course and have up-skilled with a refresher course every 3 years.
World Water Day 2010 Alert! Alert! The WWD Corporate Water Challenge is booked in for Sunday March 21, 2010! Make sure you keep the date free to take part in or support the Challenge, being held in Auckland and Tauranga. Teams of four will participate in a relay requiring teamwork, skill, strength and fitness. These events are co-hosted by Beca, North Shore City Council and Tauranga City Council, with all proceeds going to Oxfam New Zealand's Water for Survival programmes. Go here to find out more |
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QUIZ - Water Questions and Answers Question: Over the last 40 years, world annual consumption of cereals for both food and animal feed has doubled to 2.2 billion tonnes. The rate of increase in demand is now slowing, but overall demand continues to grow. Go to the end of this newsletter for the correct answer Water Journal March issue – Goes out 15 March Email the Editor, Simone Olsen to contribute to the March issue, on either the themes listed or on topics across the spectrum of the water and wastes industry. Topics found here. Email Noeline Strange to advertise in the Journal. |
| What's in the news? |
. ‘Dirty dairying’ not yet a thing of the past - For an obvious reason, dairy farmers intensely dislike the term … More Water infrastructure challenges identified - Climate change, peak oil and a $1 billion bill are just some of the challenges identified … More Stockton Plateau Hydro Scheme Consents are granted - A significant infrastructure project is set to go ahead following news that a company based on the West Coast … More Blowout in cleanup to toxic stream - A $20 million project to clean up one of the country's most polluted waterways has had a cost blowout. More Four Billion People Threatened By Water Shortages - World leaders are set to fail their first test on climate change since Copenhagen …. More 2010 promises yet more controversy - If 2009 was a year for environmental controversy, 2010 promises to be …More |
| Web |
Water New Zealand Web Forum The Water New Zealand Web Forum is open to anyone wanting to exchange ideas, pose questions, offer advice and learn from others' experiences. See here for the instructions on how to register/post a message on the forum. You can sign up to as many or as few of the Forums. New posts to both these discussion boards will be emailed to all web-forum members to keep discussions current. Start posting your queries today! Topics that are currently being discussed: 3 Waters Forum
The Small Wastewater and Natural Systems (SWANS) Forum Stormwater Forum Modelling Forum Backflow Forum
The Trade Waste Forum Small Water Systems Forum
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| Training |
NZWETA Training Upcoming NZWETA Qualification Courses - First Streams for 2010 list - Found here Contact either Michelle or Jacqui to discuss your requirements and let them help you realise your training needs. NCGRT Groundwater Industry Training
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| Industry Events |
The 17th Congress of the Asia-Pacific Division of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering Research (IAHR) The first Announcement and call for papers. For more information please go to www.iahr-apd2010.com Ozwater’10 is Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition and will be held in Brisbane on March 08-10, 2010. Presented by the Australian Water Association, Ozwater is the largest and most important annual gathering of water professionals and practitioners in the Southern Hemisphere. For more information regarding the conference and the trade exhibition see www.ozwater10.com.au Media release found here. |
| Jobs |
LEAD MWH’S DESIGN ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC Applications close Sunday 7 February 2010. MWH are looking for a team of talented and dedicated DISCIPLINE LEADERS and CHIEF ENGINEERS to lead thier design business. These people will be an integral part of AP DESIGN and will provide regional leadership and solutions to help drive their design capability to the next level. If you are an experienced specialist in the areas of Design Management, Civil-Water, Civil - Transportation, Structural, Geotechnical, Mechanical, Electrical, Process Engineering or CAD with the skills and motivation to lead and shape design across the Asia Pacific Region they are interested in hearing from you. More
To apply, please go to www.mwhglobal.co.nz/careers For more information contact Megan Davey on megan.davey@mwhglobal.com
Are you passionate about modelling the world of water? Are you looking to join an organisation that offers world leading specialist consulting services undertakes leading edge research and develops world leading modelling software?
Written applications (no more than 2 pages) with a current CV and referee details should be sent to tlt@dhigroup.com More details on this vacancy found here Pipeline To advertise your job vacancies in the next edition of Pipeline, please contact: Noeline Strange |
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Water New Zealand’s bookshop boasts a wide variety of manuals and guidelines, specialising in a range of water and waste water issues. The manuals are packed with current and relevant information with in put from many specialist organisations. We also have a range of educational booklets that are available for free download off Water New Zealand’s website, so get on line and see what is relevant for you! Please check out our website, http://www.waternz.org.nz/bookshop.html under bookshop for an order form which also details price and availability. If you have any queries regarding any of the bookshop items, contact: phone (04) 472 8925, or email jan.lang@waternz.org.nz Special bookshop rates apply to Water New Zealand members! |
| Enquiries |
General Enquiries Conference & Seminar enquiries including:
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Noeline Strange: n.strange@xtra.co.nz Editorial enquiries for:
Simone Olsen: simone@avenues.co.nz Question: Over the last 40 years, world annual consumption of cereals for both food and animal feed has doubled to 2.2 billion tonnes. The rate of increase in demand is now slowing, but overall demand continues to grow. By how much is demand predicted to increase by 2050?
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