Wyong Engineer Wins Conference Attendance Award

We are pleased to announce that Luke Drury of Wyong Shire Council won the AWA/Water Directorate Conference Attendance Award and will attend OzWater'12 in Sydney from 8-10 May 2012. Luke graduated from Newcastle University in Civil Engineering in 2006 and is currently working as Team Leader at Wyong Shire Council. His supervisor, Greg Cashin, believes Luke has a very promising future in the water industry and highly recommended him as a worthy recipient of this award.

This is the ninth year that the Executive Committee has offered this award and funding, to assist a worthy engineer with up to 7 years experience from a member Council water business, to attend AWA's 2011 national water conference.

The Water Directorate will provide up to $1,600 towards the cost of travel and accommodation and AWA has generously donated a conference registration also valued at approx $1,600.

Four high qualified water industry professionals nominated for the award this year. The nominees were judged on their applications and assessment of the engineering, environmental and professional benefits to themselves and their councils from attending this peak water conference. Unsuccessful nominees are strongly encouraged to renominate for this award next year.

Congratulations to Luke. We look forward to hearing about your experiences from this year's Ozwater'12 conference in the near future.