THURSDAY 29 MAY 2008 | 8.30 AM - 5.00 PM | HYATT REGENCY HOTEL, PERTH
Conference opening
Introduction and welcome
Part one: Science and innovation - the state government's agenda
State science priorities
The Honourable Alan J Carpenter MLA, Premier; Minister for Innovation; Science
Achievements in water research and the government's plans for the future
The Honourable John C Kobelke MLA, Minister for Water Resources
Department of Water - achievements and challenges
Kim Taylor, Director General, Department of Water
State water science and innovation plan - outline
Naomi Arrowsmith, Strategic Project Manager, Department of Water
The importance of innovation to Western Australia
Professor Richard Pashley, ARC Professorial Fellow at Murdoch University
Member of the Premier's Science and Innovation Council
Part two: Results from Premier's Water Foundation Research Projects
New Bioreactor techniques for treating acid-saline water
Towards productive use of Wheatbelt acid-saline water; pre-treatment for desalination
Dr Peter Franzmann, CSIRO Land and Water
Wastewater recycling and water-sensitive urban design
Demonstration of decentralised wastewater recycling for small urban areas
Dr Martin Anda, Environmental Technology Centre, Murdoch University
Lunch with guest speaker
Lowering the cost of water recycling
Woodman Point wastewater treatment plant effluent recycling using continuous counter-current ion exchange
Michael Chappell, CleanTeQ
Managing land use and shallow groundwater
Investigation techniques to better manage WA's non-potable water resources
Dr Olga Barron, CSIRO Land and Water
e-irrigation for agricultural water savings
A web-based expert system for efficient vegetable irrigation on sands
David Ellement, vegetablesWA
Guidance for managed aquifer recharge
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) for groundwater replenishment
Dr Simon Toze, CSIRO Land and Water
Predicting community reaction to water recycling proposals and developments
Indirect potable and non-potable reuse through managed aquifer recharge
Blair Nancarrow, CSIRO Land and Water
Conclusions
Networking and refreshments
