South East Water set to make a splash at Ozwater‘25
South East Water is set to make a splash at Ozwater’25, securing 3 of the 11 coveted best paper finalist accolades – more than any other utility, along with a stand which will showcase South East Water and Iota’s latest products and innovations.
Hosted annually by the Australian Water Association, Ozwater’25 will be held from 20 to 22 May 2025 in Adelaide, and is the largest water industry event in Australia. It includes a trade exhibition hall, and a program of speaker and poster sessions on key water industry innovations, topics and issues.
This year’s theme is ‘looking back, moving forward’.
South East Water General Manager Liveable Water Solutions Charlie Littlefair said the conference is an exciting chance to connect with industry leaders and explore innovations.
“We’re looking forward to connecting with industry leaders, exploring innovations and learning about the projects and research that are shaping the future of water,” Mr Littlefair said.
“Alongside our commercial arm Iota, we’re excited to showcase our research, insights and innovations on a national stage and we’re proud of the hard work being put in by our presenters ahead of the event.”
Ozwater’25 also includes a gala dinner where the Australian Water Awards (national division) are announced.
South East Water is a finalist for the Australian Water Association’s National Water Awards in the Customer Experience Category for the Water Saver App and the Research and Development Excellence Award for research into irrigation for urban cooling.
South East Water Ozwater ’25 presenters:
Ash Walsh
Mass roll out of digital meters: A customer and business-benefits driven approach
Belinda Dalgleish
Business Customers: Reducing water losses through leak alerts
Charlie Littlefair (with Martin Sutherland, Fulton Hogan Utilities and Jane Espie, KBR)
Establishing integrated partnerships
Jessica Lim and Jessie Huang
Hanna St and Caulfield West branch sewer works - Addressing aging brick sewers in Melbourne
Sarah Last
Managing digital meter issues: A practical case study
Maedeh Nadimi and Aravind Surapaneni
8 years of biosolids to biochar research: What we have learned
Suresh Bajracharya
Delivering multiple benefits from alternative water use: role of collaboration in the IWM program (Integrated Water Management)
South East Water Ozwater’25 best paper finalists:
Christopher Riddle and Peter Hiransi
Customer experience optimisation
Marie Newington
Sotto vibration sensors – Finding leakers with a little black box (and the people who matter
Minh Duc Nguyen
Investigation on removal of PFAS using water treatment sludge and biochar
South East Water Ozwater’ 25 panel participants:
Charlie Littlefair (with Joel Byrnes, Adam Lovell and Greta Zornes)
A collaborative exploration of recycled water economics – challenges and successful approaches
Priscilla Chung (with Bridie Fennessy, Hayley Vinden, Mark Lawrence and Soyun Punyadasa)
Education hub panel: GEMS IN STEM
Iota in-stand product presentations (Booth D24)
Sotto and Pyroco - Tuesday 20 May, 1:00pm.
OneBox - Tuesday 20 May, 3:30pm.
Sotto - Wednesday 21 May, 10:15am.
OneBox and Pyroco - Wednesday 21 May, 1:00pm.
Digital metering and Lentic - Wednesday 21 May, 3:30pm.
Footprint - Thursday 22 May, 10:15am.