FMA Flyer 4 April

Published: Mon, 04/30/18

FLYER ISSUE 4: APRIL

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

To my fellow Flyer readers, I would like to extend an invitation your way to the Floodplain Management Australia National Conference at Gold Coast next month.

Many of you have already registered, and I am very pleased to say, planning on giving a presentation at one of our many informative plenary sessions. So far, we have over 300 delegates registered for our week-long FRM event! But for those of you still on the fence, there is still time!

The FMA Conference has been held for over 50 years and is the most respected flood risk management event in Australia.

The theme of the Conference is “Waterways of Success: Developing flood resilience in our communities”, with focus on Australian and international achievements in flood risk management, with practical examples from the Gold Coast’s network of waterways, rivers, creeks, lakes, canals and coastline.

I know that you can contribute a great deal to our Conference, with your own practical experience and flood risk management expertise.

So, take this opportunity and join your peers at the best flood risk management conference in the country.

I hope to see you at Gold Coast – it is an event not to be missed.

Ian Dinham | President

PRE-CONFERENCE TRAINING SPACES STILL AVAILABLE

FMA is offering additional training before the FMA Conference commences in May.

From Monday 28 – Tuesday 29 May in the days leading up to the Conference, there are several flood risk management training options available for those who cannot attend the whole Conference proper, or who wish to gain additional insight into FRM issues and strategies.

The trainings offered are:

Monday 28 May 2018
Short Course 1 - Reading the Landscape for Effective Solutions to Flood Design, Planning and Emergency Services

Short Course 2 - Reducing Uncertainty in Flood Predictions Using Old Flood Deposits: Paleoflood Hydrology

Seminar 1 – HEC-RAS 2D: New Features and Validation Testing

Seminar 2 – High Resolution, Gauge Adjusted Radar Rainfall: The Next Level of Modeling Storm Runoff

Tuesday 29 May 2018 Workshop 1 – Interaction of Catchment Flooding with Coastal Processes

Workshop 2 – Community Engagement in the Floodplain Management Process

For more information and online registrations, visit the Conference website.

NEW FMA ONLINE RESOURCES SERIES

The Online Resources Series was commenced by Communications Director Sue Ribbons in November 2016 as a pilot project for online resources and information for FMA Members.

With so many of us needing information and answers 'yesterday' and with so many great online resources out there, the 'Online Resources Series' is a pilot project to assemble resources in one place for Members.

Members can now access the new Resources through the FMA Members’ Section of floods.org.au under Technical Resources.

NOW AVAILABLE:

Resource No. 1: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise - The Science (Version 2: 25 April 2018)

Resource No. 2: Flood Insurance Information (Version 1: 25 April 2018)

The Members’ Section is only available to current FMA Members, and you need to register for access.

To register your details if you are a current Member, contact us.

Information on joining our Membership is available at floods.org.au.

2017 CONFERENCE PAPERS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SOON

Conference papers from the 2017 FMA National Conference at Newcastle will be made publicly available on 16 May.

The theme for the 2017 Conference was ‘Preparing for the Next Great Flood’, which looked at applying lessons from past floods and overcoming the challenges to helping our communities avoid future disasters.

Submitted papers cover a range of topics including:

- Flood resilience + risk management
- Accessing flood hazard + risk
- Modelling
- Land use planning
- Infrastructure projects
- Adaptation to climate change
- Flood policy, guidance + best practice
- Building community resilience + engagement
- Flood emergency preparedness + management
- Recovery
- Flood stories + case studies

So if you missed a session you really wanted to see, or if you couldn’t make it to the conference, download these informative papers from 16 May at the Resources section of floods.org.au.

Remember, one of the benefits of becoming an FMA Member is exclusive access to current FMA Conference Papers for the first 12 months after the Conference.

Become a Member by visiting floods.org.au.

NEW AR&R TRAINING WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED

Registrations are now open for the Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) training workshops.

During this two-day course expert facilitators will provide an introduction to ARR and the update, as well as deliver an advanced practical application workshop.

Courses options are:

Sydney 21 and 22 May

Brisbane 7 and 8 June

Perth 10 and 11 July

Melbourne 19 and 20 July

Day One – Introduction and Update

Suitable for all professionals working within the water industry, Day One will deliver an overview of the ARR guidelines and tools, as well as the updates to best practice as detailed in the 2016 edition.

Day Two – Advanced Application

Designed for practitioners involved in managing flood impact and flood modelling including hydrologists and engineers.

This workshop will detail how to practically apply the tools, techniques and software in ARR 2016.

Participants attending Day Two must be actively working within hydrology or water related fields with some knowledge of ARR.

For more information, visit the workshop page.

STERNBECK MEDAL - WILL YOU BE THIS YEAR'S WINNER?

Will you presenting a paper at our National Conference in May? Would you like to win the most coveted award at the Conference?

Harold Sternbeck was a member of the FMA Executive from 1972 to 2009. During his time on the Executive Committee, Harold held the positions of Chairman, and Deputy Chairman, and led many deputations to lobby various Federal and State Government ministers for better floodplain management funding.

In 2000, in recognition of Harold's extensive service to FMA, and his prowess as a persuasive public speaker, FMA established the Harold Sternbeck Medal to be presented at the FMA Conference, held annually.

This Medal is awarded for the best paper presented which demonstrated excellence of the highest order.

Past winners and their presentations include:
2017 – Dr. Raymond Laine: Bring the Marshmallows – New Engagement Technologies Stoking Flood Conversations

2016 - Allan Gear: Of Doubts and Flooded Drains

2015 - David Webber and Elspeth Rae: Reliance Towards Resilience - Involving community in the planning process

Please visit floods.org.au for the full list of past winning presentations.

FMA PRESIDENT AT FLOOD COP WORKSHOP

FMA President Ian Dinham attended the recent Flood Community of Practice (Flood CoP) Adoption and Application of Water Futures – Expert Workshop in Brisbane (pictured above). The workshop was facilitated by Flood CoP’s Peit Filet and follows the outcomes generated by the original planning charette and the ensuing Water Futures publication.

After a presentation by leading architect, James Davidson, the workshop split into groups to discuss how the guiding principles in the book could be put into practice and who would benefit.

The Water Futures book illustrates floodplain management strategies in a “user friendly” manner which can be understood by anyone. The theme emerging from the work groups indicated an overarching “whole of catchment” approach.

The book is very much in harmony with the guiding principles of FMA in terms of the whole concept of “floodplain management” rather than just floods in isolation.

Mr. Dinham said “It was great to see the support for this common sense approach to catchment and floodplain management.”

For a roundup of the insights and strategies discussed during the workshop, visit the Flood CoP Past Events Webpage.

STATE REPRESENTATIVES WANT YOUR INPUT

A feature of the Opening Plenary at the upcoming National Conference is the State and Territory Snapshot, the annual update of important flood issues from each part of the country.

To ensure we get as broad a view of the issues as possible our Queensland, NSW and Western Australia representatives have asked for input from Members.

Please send a brief email with your priority issues and opportunities to:

Queensland - Queensland Director, Dwayne Honor: dwayne.honor @ bundaberg.qld.gov.au

NSW - Technical Director, Danny Rose: drose @ tweed.nsw.gov.au

Western Australian - Program Advisory Committee Member, Simon Rodgers: simon.rodgers @ dwer.wa.gov.au

We look forward to hearing your feedback to ensure an inclusive session.

HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES SYMPOSIUM

Engineers Australia’s National Committee on Water Engineering is proud to be hosting the 38th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium (HWRS) in Melbourne from 3 – 6 December 2018.

HWRS is one of Australia’s largest events devoted to hydrology, water engineering and related areas in water resources.

HWRS 2018 will bring together a large audience of academics, government officials, industry practitioners, experts and students.

The conference will explore the theme “Water and Communities”.

You will have the opportunity to hear from internationally respected and local speakers who will reflect on advances to date and highlight the opportunities and challenges to come in the areas of water engineering, hydrology, hydrogeology, research into and management of water resources.

To find out more, and for online registration visit hwrs.com.au

NEW WATER TECHNOLOGY 'WATERLINES'

FMA Corporate Member Water Technology has released its latest Waterlines publication for 2018.

The Waterlines publication includes informative reading, and highlighted articles include:

- Community engagement to build flood risk understanding
- Using groundwater engineering to improve the condition of vegetation impacted by salinity
- Urban waterway works designed for multiple community benefits
- Opportunity assessments to support integrated water management planning

Read the complete issue online at the Water Technology website and while you’re there, make sure you subscribe to the Waterlines Newsletter to avoid missing any upcoming publications.

For more information on Water Technology, visit watertech.com.au

AR&R + QUDM IMPLEMENTATION EXPERTS PANEL

FMA Corporate Member Innovyze will be joining leading stormwater industry experts from around Australia for the AR&R 16 and QUDM Implementation Experts Panel for Stormwater Queensland on 2 May.

The event is focussed on highlighting the major changes in both AR&R and QUDM Chapters, as well as presentations on AR&R and QUDM guidelines.

There will also be real examples and scenarios of challenges implementing the guidelines including:

Rural Floodplains
Subdivisions & Detention Basins
An opportunity to network with a wide variety of professionals
Q & A open forum
New provisions around Lawful Point of Discharge
Urban Drainage Networks
Road Drainage

This session is intended to provide guidance for the industry on implementing best practice for all scenarios encountered on a daily basis.

For more information, visit the Stormwater Queensland website.

AR&R STRUCTURE BLOCKAGE TOOL - USER FEEDBACK SOUGHT

The revised Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) guideline was released in late 2016, and contains a new section on the blockage of hydraulic structures for flood simulation. Blockage of hydraulic structures can have a very significant impact on their performance, and influence flood behaviour both upstream and downstream. The new blockage procedure was formulated after several stages of research and investigation, and is now found in Book 6 Chapter 6 of the ARR (2016) guideline (arr.ga.gov.au/arr-guideline).

In early 2018, FMA Professional Member, Paul Ollett of HydraLinc presented the new ARR blockage procedure on the Gold Coast for Stormwater Queensland, and in Christchurch for the Water New Zealand Modelling Symposium. In order to illustrate the procedure, HydraLinc’s in-house spreadsheet tool was presented, where base parameters are specified, and the tool then automates the remaining calculations in a series of steps that follow the ARR procedure.

Upon request, the blockage tool has now been made freely available to the industry as a beta release. User feedback is sought by end of June 2018, with the tool planned to be finalised by end of August.

To access the beta version visit www.hydralinc.com/stuff, and see the tool’s Overview page to provide feedback.

HEC-RAS COURSES OFFERED AT SYDNEY

ICEWARM will be holding HEC RAS Water Modelling 1d+2D Courses at Darling Harbour, Sydney from 4-8 June.

HEC-RAS is recognised globally as an industry standard hydraulic modelling program and is available for use without charge.

Using the latest version, these courses cover basic, intermediate and advanced levels across both 1D and 2D, and gives you access to select HEC-RAS experts who are BETA testers and work in the industry.

Course attendees will learn to build, run, and animate flood models using the free HEC-RAS software.

This course has been separated into three options:

2-day (Mon-Tue) 1D only
3-day (Wed-Fri) 2D only
5-day (Mon-Fri) 1D + 2D

(The 2D course assumes a basic understanding of 1D)

The presenters for the workshops are: