Monday, September 2, 2024

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Rooms C2.5 + C2.6

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Overview

Hosted by Irrigation Australia and WSAA, this workshop covers water availability, procurement, greening benefits, and reuse opportunities, aimed at improving irrigation practices and advocating for positive change.

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Details

Hosted by Irrigation Australia and the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), this workshop will include discussions around:

• Water availability, in the right place and at the right price for open space irrigation.
• Procurement approaches and other institutional impediments to the uptake of practical irrigation approaches – good design, installation, operation, maintenance/ renewal.  Accessing skills and knowledge but also simply contracting the right people.
• Greening benefits including urban cooling.
• Maximising reuse opportunities, a particular challenge for Sydney.

It aims to:

• Provide information for practitioners to overcome barriers – targeted at local government and other open space managers;
• Key advocacy points for WSAA and Irrigation Australia to promote positive change; and
• A future pathway for this work

14:00 - 14:20  Introduction, purpose, structure of session, the value of good irrigation systems – Greg Ingleton, Sydney Water and Tim Hyde, Swan System

14:20 – 14:45  Keynote Valerie Seidel, the Balmoral Group.  Post-COVID role of public open spaces: recent findings on the economic, social and health benefits of urban amenities

14:45 – 15:00  WSAA initiatives including Blue + Green = Thriving - Jason Mingo, Water Services Association of Australia

15:00 – 15:30  Afternoon Tea

15:30 – 17:00 Scene setting, Workshop - barriers to sustainable/ efficient irrigation practices, and smarter investment.

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Speaker

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Workshop Organiser