2010 Healthy Waterways Awards
Congratulations to the 2010 Healthy Waterways Awards finalists and winners!
Thank you to all those who joined us last night at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Healthy Waterways Awards.
We had a record number of attendees with over 280 guests turning up to pay homage to the champions of waterway health. It was lovely to see so many winners from previous years who were able to help us celebrate the achievements from the past decade. We hope everyone had an enjoyable evening.
A special thank you to our partners, sponsors, entrants and judges for their ongoing commitment to the Healthy Waterways Awards.
Feedback about the Awards is most welcome. Please contact Anna Walker on 07 3123 1682 or anna.walker@healthywaterways.org
Check out some of the 2010 Healthy Waterways Awards social photos that were taken on the night.
*Image: Lord Mayor Campbell Newman and Acting Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk with the past Minister's Grand Prize winners cutting the Healthy Waterways Awards 10th anniversary cake.
The 2010 finalists and winners are:
7 News - Clean Up AwardWinner
Project: Sunshine Coast Litter Collective
Organisation: Sunshine Coast Litter Collective
Finalist
Project: Pumicestone Passage Cleanup
Organisation: Night Eyes Association Inc
*Image: Glen Bartley and Steve Skull from the Sunshine Coast Litter Collective.
Veolia Water Australia - School Award
Winner
Project: Gold Coast Waterwatch
Organisations: Gold Coast City Council and Natura Education
Finalists
Project: South East Queensland Water Education
Organisation: Seqwater
Project: Year 9-Lords of the Weeds, a helping hand for habitat
Organisations: Moreton Bay Boys College, Department of Environment and Resource
Management (Nature Refuge division), Bayside Creeks Catchment Group and Brisbane
City Council (Land for Wildlife)
*Image: Ben Bowen from Veolia Water Australia with Cr Daphne McDonald from Gold
Coast City Council and Richard Went from Gold Coast Water.
Seqwater - Rural Award
Winner
Project: Riparian Vegetation Management Projects
Organisation: Ipswich Rivers Improvement Trust
Finalist
Project: Riparian Restoration of Cyrus Creek, a tributary of the Logan River
Organisations: South East Queensland Catchments, Beaudesert Landcare Group, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Energex, Queensland Landcare, Beaudesert State School Junior Landcare Eco-Group, Tamrookum State School and Conservation
Volunteers Australia
*Image: Alex Fisher from Seqwater with Peter Phillips from Ipswich Rivers Improvement
Trust and Cr Trevor Nardi from Ipswich City Council.
Southern Pacific Sands - Water Sensitive Urban Design Award
Winner
Project: Broadwater Parklands Southport
Organisation: AECOM
Finalists
Project: Chinatown Mall Redevelopment with Integrated
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Organisation: Brisbane City Council
Project: North Lakes Fairway Chase Linear Park
Organisation: AECOM
*Image: Matt Daniell from Southern Pacific Sands with Joshua Hinwood from AECOM.
WaterSecure - Research Award
Winner
Project: Prioritisation of Catchment Scale River Restoration within South
East Queensland
Organisations: Griffith University and eWater CRC
Finalists
Project: Seaway SmartRelease Project - A journey to a sustainable recycled water release system
Organisations: Gold Coast Water, Griffith Centre for Coastal Management and DHI
Water and Environment
Project: Understanding in-stream processing of nutrients and carbon in the Logan River
catchment
Organisation: eWater Cooperative Research Centre
*Image: Keith Davies from WaterSecure with Jon Olley and Joe McMahon from Griffith
University.
BMT WBM - Government Award
Winner
Project: Living with Class A+ Recycled Water on the Gold Coast - Protecting our Waterways
Organisation: Gold Coast Water
Finalists
Project: Cleanup of two freshwater wetlands on Moreton Island after the Pacific Adventurer oil spill
Organisations: Department of Environment and Resource Management and
Quandamooka
Project: Redlands Proactive Partnerships for Waterway Recovery
Organisation: Redland City Council
*Image: Tony Weber from BMT WBM with Cr Daphne McDonald from Gold Coast City
Council and Richard Went from Gold Coast Water.
Brisbane Airport - Community Award
Winner
Project: The rescue and rehabilitation of native birds in South East Queensland as a direct consequence of fishing
Organisation: Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc.
Finalists
Project: Community-based monitoring and protection of coral habitats in South East Queensland
Organisation: Reef Check Australia
Project: Bribie community wallum froglet and wetland protection and monitoring
Organisation: Bribie Island Environmental Protection Association
*Image: Paul Lutz from Brisbane Airport with Natalie Forrest and Hammy Forrest from
Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc.
Arup - Industry Award
Winner
Project: Marine Rehabilitation of the re-aligned Landers Pocket Drain
Organisation: Leighton Contractors with Brisbane Airport Corporation and NatureCall
Finalists
Project: Restoring Rocky Water Holes
Organisation: The Construction Training Centre
Project: Water Sensitive Urban Design Retrofit, Industrial Galvanizers Pinkenba
Organisation: BMT WBM, Industrial Galvanizers, ACOR Baseline, Naturform, OPUS
Project: Gibson Island Water Saving and Waste Water and Nutrient Discharge
Reduction Project
Organisation: Incitec Pivot Limited
*Image: Ed Beling from Arup with Steve Noy from NatureCall and Jason Haslett, David
Gunning and Ron Lambert from Leighton Contractors.
CSIRO National Research Flagships - Waterways Champion Award
Winner
Anne Clarke
Nominees
Bill Thompson
Wayne Cameron
Brian Crust
Donald Mackenzie
Geoff Faulkner
*Image: Anne Clarke with Andy Steven from CSIRO.
2010 Minister's Grand Prize - supported by the Department of Environment and Resource Management
Winner
Sunshine Coast Litter Collective
*Image: Acting Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Annastacia Palaszczuk with representatives from the Sunshine Coast Litter Collective.