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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