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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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Central Highlands Water named a Wurreker Awards finalist
Central Highlands Water (CHW) was humbled to be named as a finalist in the Government Employer category of this year’s Wurreker Awards. The Wurreker Awards, hosted by [...]
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Clearwater Training
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Upcoming WIOA events & opportunities
Please see the following WIOA events and opportunities to mark in your diary. 29 October 2024 WIOA Victorian Interest Day In-person 12 November 2024 WIOA 2024 AGM [...]
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Key Lessons from the CrowdStrike Outage
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Victorians are calling for the acceptance of American Express as cost-of-living pressures grow
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Central Highlands Water and TRILITY Training Services – Course places on offer
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More ways to pay supports a better customer experience: Partnering with American Express
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