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April 2025
VicWater is a long-time sponsor of the Operator of the Year Award at the WIOA Vic Conference, and last week I had the pleasure of presenting this year’s award to Ben Evans, Waste Recycling Plant Lead Operator at South East Water. Ben has spent his entire career in the Victorian water sector, starting as a trainee with Pakenham Water Board in 1988.
April 2025
Carbon Offsets Project – The Project Oversight Committee held its first meeting on 17 April. At this meeting the committee was provided with an update on the project as well as the tasks required to enable the establishment of the SPV.
April 2025
Every morning, I make a cup of coffee then take some time to sit and read the news headlines. Sometimes, it leads to a quiet moment of reflection, other times it feels like it leads to incredulity from the ludicrous things that appear to have happened overnight.
AApril 2025
Hi Everyone! Welcome to the April IWN update.
We have a heap of news to share this month, new trials, new partnership opportunities, a launch and some trials concluding with outstanding results. Just click on the story of interest in the links at the end of my intro.
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Empowering Diversity and Inclusion: Mentoring Program to Foster Workplace Equality
The VicWater Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee is thrilled to share that the Australian Water Association (AWA) is connecting diverse talents with experienced mentors, providing guidance, support, [...]
2025 WIOA Victorian Water Industry Operations Conference and Exhibition
WIOA are gearing up for the 2025 Victorian Water Industry Operations Conference and Exhibition, set to take place over two days in Bendigo on the 2-3 April. [...]
Annual Conference 2025 – Save the date!
Save the date for the VicWater Annual Conference, which will take place from 9 - 11 September 2025 at the Park Hyatt Melbourne. We will be launching [...]
The red cliffs of Red Cliffs
As part of Lower Murray Water's (LMW), Seniors Week Morning Tea in late December 2024, LMW invited Bob and Helen Walton from the Red Cliffs Focus Group [...]
Clearwater Training – February 2025
Upcoming Clearwater training - Maintenance of WSUD Assets (street-scale systems) Sign up now for in-person training on Tuesday 25th February. Join expert facilitators Jamie Comley and Jason [...]
Boosting recycled water supply on the Bellarine
Construction at the Portarlington Water Reclamation Plant is now underway, with the works to help almost double the amount of recycled water being produced on the [...]
Romsey’s Water Filtration Plant to receive major upgrade
Construction has started this month to upgrade the Romsey Water Filtration Plant (WFP), with Greater Western Water (GWW) investing $27.8 million in a major project to improve [...]
More water and sewer upgrades to boost reliability in Gippsland
Gippsland Water is investing $2.8 million across its service area this financial year to enhance water and sewer system reliability. It is part of a $21.5 [...]
International day of People with Disability
WaterAble has amplified the leadership of persons with disability on International Day of People with Disability on 3 December.Because of WaterAble’s leadership program, for this International Day of People with [...]
WMCIC Award Ceremony
VicWater and IWN were thrilled to announce the funding recipients for the 2024 Water Minister's Climate Innovation Challenge at the awards ceremony on 5th December, recognising innovative solutions that [...]
Low Carbon Concrete Mix Specification Tool
Sustainable concrete alternatives reduce emissions and improve circularity Winners of the 2023 Water Minister’s Climate Innovation Challenge – Yarra Valley Water, Barwon Water and North East Water – have [...]


