Pre-Post Conference Events
Pre-Conference Workshop
Numbers are capped to 50 for each workshop with selection based on the first 50 workshop registrations. The exception is if workshops are oversubscribed, in which case delegates who requested to attend both workshops will be allocated to only one, according to their nominated workshop preference.
WORKSHOP 1
Post-Conference Field Excursion
WORKSHOP 2
Monitoring and Treatment of Cyanobacteria and Metabolites in Source Waters
Co-organized by Tsair-Fuh Lin, Arash Zamyadi and Hiroshi Yajima
This workshop will focus on the monitoring and management of cyanobacteria in drinking water. Innovative methods of sensor and biomolecular monitoring will be examined together with advanced water treatment methods to deal with cyanotoxins and their impacts on drinking water.
Date: Tuesday 2 July
Time: 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue: Griffith University, Southbank Campus
Cost: $25
Program:
Overview of the workshop
Global occurrence of T&O episodes
Monitoring of algae and cyanobacteria using a real-time fluorometer
Monitoring of harmful cyanobacteria using biomolecular methods
Risk estimation of cyanotoxins and T&O compounds in drinking water sources
Water treatment methods
Queensland Health or SEQ Water
Discussion and Research Gaps
Best practice methods for monitoring lakes and reservoirs to support operational strategies
Co-organized by David Hamilton, Sunny Yu, Mohammad Hassan Ranjbar and Liliana Pagliero
This workshop will examine modelling tools to support water quality assessments and operational strategies for lakes and reservoirs. The workshop is built around a recent Water Research Australia report on best practice guidelines for modelling lakes and reservoirs. Topics include preparation and QA/QC of model input data, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis, model and data ensembles, calibration and validation, and assessment of model outputs.
Date: Tuesday 2 July
Time: 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
Venue: Griffith University, Southbank Campus
Cost: $25
Program:
Overview of the workshop
Preparation of input data
Calibration and validation
Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis
Model ensembles
Assessment of model outputs
Closing and discussion
This field trip will demonstrate the challenges of water management in South East Queensland catchments, with a focus on sediment, nutrients and pathogens, as well as water quantity issues associated with climate change. It will provide a comparative assessment of large subcatchments with dams, where sediments accumulate to potentially impact dam longevity, versus free-flowing streams where high sediment concentrations can directly impact the efficacy of water treatment processes. Delegates will have an opportunity to evaluate land use and restoration practices in the context of catchments which are critical to water supply of growing populations in the urban coastal regions of South East Queensland.
Host: Professor David Hamilton, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
Date: Friday 5 July 2024
Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm
Meet Location: TBC - The bus will pick up the delegates from the meet location.
Cost: $70