Clearwater News and Events

Dear Clearwater Newsletter Subscriber,

Welcome to the latest update from the Clearwater team.

The last few months have been a busy period for the Clearwater Program. We have analysed a stack of data (including the results of the survey we sent out earlier this year - check out our summary report) and are currently reviewing and adapting our service offerings accordingly.

Our research showed that instead of only technical skills and knowledge, there is a great need for 'soft' skills. As a result we have uploaded two training proposals to gauge the actual demand on the topics of change management and problem solving in complex environments. We are also gauging interest for a tour focussing on lessons learnt. Please let us know if you would be interested in any of these events.

On the research front, we are pleased to feature two new resources in partnership with the Smart Water Fund: Alluvium's work on a Water Quality Offsets Framework and Geoff Connellan's new Best Practice Guidelines for Functional Open Space, which were launched only 10 days ago. 

Last but not least, we would like to draw your attention to some great community education resources: Melbourne City Council's brand new Urban Water website and some quirky French (but subtitled) videos.

training and events
Change management for water practitioners

Are you finding it difficult to build organisational commitment for WSUD/IWM Think you could be a more effective change manager/catalyst...

WSUD: Problem solving in complex environments

Clearwater delivered a problem definition teaser workshop in June 2014. Strong feedback from this session along with the recent...

Clearwater IWM Tour - Lessons learnt

Interested in lessons learnt from on-the-ground IWM projects? We are trying to gauge interest in a tour for the spring/summer...

Maintenance of WSUD Assets Technical Training Packages

Where: Event held in-house

Clearwater’s in-house training provides organisations with an interactive learning experience. Our trainers are experts...

news
2015 Clearwater survey - check out the summary report
08 September 2015

In May/June 2015, Clearwater sent out an online survey to collect industry feedback on (1) Drivers, barriers and challenges relating...

Living Rivers funding available September 22
06 September 2015

Get ready to apply! Round three of the Living Rivers program will provide $2.86 million over this financial year to local government...

New planting palette for Moreland's WSUD raingarden and tree pit design package
20 August 2015

Moreland City Council have just released a new planting palette for their WSUD raingarden and tree pit design package. WSUD...

New Urban Water website launched
07 September 2015

City of Melbourne launched an exiting new website - the Urban Water website. It shares information on their Integrated Water...

Water education resources from France: Unravelling the story of water
03 September 2015

Thanks to our international and multi-lingual team here at Clearwater, we have recently discovered some excellent and playful...

Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence winners 2015
08 September 2015

Congratulations to the 2015 Stormwater Victoria Awards for Excellence Winners. Winners received their awards at the Gala Dinner...

resources
Publications And Reports: 2015 Clearwater survey - Executive summary
08 September 2015

In May/June 2015, Clearwater sent out an online survey to collect industry feedback on (1) Drivers, barriers and challenges relating...

Smart Water Fund Projects: Optimising Open Space Management - Best Practice Guidelines
17 August 2015

The Best Practice Guidelines is a toolkit designed to assist managers and administrators with the management of functional green...

Smart Water Fund Projects: Water Quality Offsets Framework
01 May 2015

The ChallengeThe offsets framework is intended to be a support tool for the Victorian water industry. It describes how water authorities...

Video Gallery: Bzz! French WSUD education video
03 September 2015

This mini-movie is a playful community water education resource from the French Meli Melo website. The movie promotes an urban...

Video Gallery: Get out of bed: French WSUD education video
03 September 2015

This mini-movie is a playful community water education resource from the French Meli Melo website. The movie promotes the preservation...

industry events
AWA National Water Policy Summit

06 October 2015

Melbourne

El Nino and its impacts on Australia's water resources - AWA Webinar

14 October 2015

Online webinar

9th International WSUD Conference and 3rd International Erosion Control

19 October 2015

Sydney, Australia

Managing Mosquitoes in and around Wetlands

11 November 2015

Sydney Olympic Park

Aerated Wastewater Treatment System Servicing and Maintenance training

11 November 2015

Melbourne, VIC

Land Capability Assessment for On-site Wastewater Management training

16 November 2015

Melbourne, VIC

Do you have an industry event that you would like to add to the Clearwater calendar?

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