The Water Directorate sponsors an award for Innovation in Water Supply & Wastewater, awarded each year at the IPWEA NSW Annual State Conference in November. Councils nominate their innovative water projects and a team of judges travels around NSW to view the projects and make their decision on the winners.
2024
Winner: MidCoast Council, accepted by Robert Scott, Tracey Hamer and Rachael Abberton
2023
Winner: MidCoast Council, accepted by Robert Scott, Director of Engineering and Infrastructure
2022
Winner: Central Coast Council – Central Coast Water Security Plan. The plan was developed in collaboration with Hunter Water Corporate and the Department of Planning & Environment
2021
Kyogle Council won the 2021 Innovation in Water Award (postponed from 2020 due to Covid) for its Water Supply Augmentation project.
2019
Winner: Eurobodalla Shire Council won the award for Innovation in Water Supply and Wastewater for Cullendulla Sewer Rising Main Construction
2018
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Hunter Water and Hunter H20 won the 2018 Category 3 Award for Innovation in Water Supply & Wastewater for Belmont & Cessnock Wastewater Treatment Plant Works Remediation project.
2017
Winner: Eurobodalla Shire Council, accepted by Royce Toohey, Support Services Engineer
Highly Commended: Narrabri Shire Council accepted by Darren Raeck, Director of Infrastructure Delivery
Highly Commended: Shoalhaven City Council, accepted by Carmel Krogh, Director Shoalhaven Water
Previous winners of this award are:
2016
Eurobodalla Shire Council, Kianga STP Condition Assessment Project
Highly Commended to Glenn Innes Severn Council, and to MidCoast Water.
2015
Nambucca Shire Council, Bowraville Off River Storage Dam
2014
Yass City Council, Yass Dam Upgrade
2013
Wyong Shire, Mardi – Mangrove Link
2012
Eurobodalla Shire Council, Water Infrastructure Group and NSW Public Works, Northern Water Treatment Plant
2011
Kyogle Council, Sewage Treatment Works Augmentation
2010
Central NSW Councils (CENTROC), CENTROC Water Security Study
2009
Clarence Valley Council and Coffs Harbour City Council, Shannon Creek Dam project
2008
Tumut Shire Council and Shoalhaven City Council, Brungle Sewerage Scheme, Conjola Regional Sewerage Scheme
2007
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Port Macquarie Reclaimed Water Scheme
2006
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Three Villages Microfiltration Plants
2005
Coffs Harbour City Council, Telemetry – Switchboard Standardisation
2004
Wagga Wagga City Council, Installation of Pressure Sewerage Systems
2003
2002
Shoalhaven City Council, REclaimend Water Management Scheme (REMS)
2001
Dubbo City Council, Hydraulic Sewerage Modelling Project
2000
Dubbo City Council, Dubbo SCADA project