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Stormwater Industry Association (WA) Inc

4/226 Carr Place, Leederville WA 6007
(08) 9328 4663
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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  Rebecca Epworth, Director, Urbaqua 
  President

  Rebecca has 20 years of professional experience stemming from an
  environmental engineering and hydrology background. Rebecca has extensive 
  consulting experience specialising in water resource management, water policy
  and legislation, total water cycle management, water scarcity, hydrology and
  flooding, water sustainable urban design (WSUD) and urban water management.

  Rebecca is a Director of Urbaqua, a not-for-profit environmental organisation that
  works to support and deliver water and environmentally sensitive outcomes in
  Western Australia.

 

   Martyn Glover photoMartyn Glover, Director (Infrastructure), City of Gosnells
   Vice President

  Martyn Glover’s career in public works engineering spans over 40 years and has
  been predominantly in the areas of civil engineering, asset management and
  waste services. Martyn commenced his career as a trainee surveyor in 1976 and
  since then has worked predominantly as an engineer in Local Government with
  short stints in the asphalt and mining industries.

  In this time, Martyn has been recognised for his work with sustainable asset and
  environment issues, specifically with road construction, traffic management, water
  conservation and street lighting as well as more recently with resource recovery in
  the waste industry.

Martyn lists the highlights of his career to date as being the Premier’s Water Conservation Award for the Mosman Park Water Cycle Project, the ongoing development of the standard Guidelines for Subdivisional Development adopted by the Department of Planning Land and Heritage as the WA minimum standard and his work with Smart technologies to improve the community experience.

 

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  Mike Wynne, Founder, Tunnelwell
  Treasurer  

  Tunnelwell® founder Michael Wynne is a hydraulic engineer and plumber of 40+
  years experience. As a designer and installer of stormwater storage systems he
  was continually frustrated by the lack of robust products available in the market
  which would meet the long-term performance lifecycle that infrastructure owners
  have every right to expect. So, he decided to do something about it.

  Tunnelwell® is the result; a unique concept for infiltration of rainwater runoff or
                                    effluent disposal into the natural soil with efficient long-term performance.

 

  Shelley Shepherd, Director, UrbaquaShelley Shepherd photo
  Secretary

  Shelley has significant experience in environmental and water planning, gained
  from working within State and Local Government and the private sector. She is a
  strong advocate for the ability of the land use planning system to deliver     
  innovative development outcomes and liveable communities which respond to
  environmental and climatic conditions.  She was the lead consultant in the
  preparation of Better Urban Water Management (WAPC, 2008) and provided
  substantial input into the Directions Paper on the Integration of NRM and Land Use
  Planning
(WAPC, 2011).

  Shelley is a Director of Urbaqua, a not-for-profit environmental organisation that
                                    works to support and deliver water and environmentally sensitive outcomes
                                    in Western Australia.

 

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  Bill Till
  Co-National Representative and Immediate Past President

  After a successful career as Supervising Engineer Urban Water and 46 years in the
  WA Public Service, Bill retired in April 2016. Still busy advocating for better
  stormwater management and acceleration of the introduction of Water Sensitive
  Urban Design in WA as longstanding Committee member and previous Chair of
  Stormwater Western Australia.

 

 

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 Daniel Williams photo  Daniel Williams, Principal Hydrologist, Pentium Water

  Dan is a Principal Hydrologist at Pentium Water, with 12 years of experience in
  Urban Water Management and specific skills in hydrological assessment, surface
  water hydraulic modelling, urban drainage design, WSUD and flood studies to
  support residential and infrastructure projects.  Dan is an experienced urban
  drainage practitioner who enjoys the challenge of working as part of multi-
  disciplinary teams to deliver high quality integrated water management solutions
 that provide benefits to the environment and the community. Through this experience Dan has gained a strong appreciation for the complexities of stormwater management in the context of land development planning and approvals, urban design, and civil and landscape design.

 

Helen Brookes photo  Helen Brookes, Director, Urbaqua

  Helen has over 20 years’ experience in the environmental and water sectors,
  which has been gained whilst working as a consultant in Australia and in the UK,
  and as a regulator with the UK Environment Agency.  She has key technical
  experience in hydrologic and hydraulic modelling and conceptual design of
  drainage and wastewater networks, receiving water quality modelling, statistical
  analysis and assessment of future risk.

  Helen is a Director of Urbaqua, a not-for-profit environmental organisation that
  works to support and deliver water and environmentally sensitive outcomes in 
  Western Australia.

 

Shafiqul Alam photo  Shafiquil Alam, Senior Water Resources Engineer, GHD

  Shafiqul has 14 years’ experience in Water Engineering industry, specialising in
  business development activities, building client relationships and project bidding 
  tasks. He is specialised in undertaking complex numerical modelling studies of
  various types of infrastructure, land developments and mine developments &
  closures to facilitate impact assessments, risk assessments, concept designs to
  detailed designs, and regulatory compliance. Shafiqul has solid experience in   
  leading, managing and executing hydrological investigations through playing a combination of technical and business leadership roles. He has significant experience working in USA and Western Australia as a team lead involving in work winning, work delegation and business development, and managing projects related to major highway, urban development, mining, and surface water and groundwater managements. He has been appointed in multiple leadership roles to manage water teams to improve productivity, foster a vibrant work culture and train on flooding and groundwater modelling, analysis, reporting and client liaisons. Being a water modeller, Shafiqul has developed a wide range of complex surface water and groundwater models using TUFLOW, DHI MIKE, HEC-RAS, XP-SWMM, RORB, eWater Source, LUCICAT and HY-8 applying AR&R 87, AR&R 2019 and NOAA standards, to support mining and urban development, surface water and groundwater remediation programs, flood forecasting, flood predictions, design of floodway, culvert, diversion drain, retention and detention basin.

 

Agni Bhandari photo  Agni Bhandari, Senior Engineer, Department of Water and Environmental
  Regulation, Western Australia

  Agni is a senior water resources, consulting, and civil engineer with over 23 years
  of experience in the public and private sectors. He has a proven track record in
  developing and implementing water management policies, strategies, guidelines,
  designs, and plans. He is also an expert in departmental review of water
  management strategies and plans, capacity building programs, urban development
  proposals, and water sensitive urban design (WSUD).

  In his current role at the Urban Water Branch of the department, Agni is
 responsible for: preparing and assessing water management related policies, strategies, guidelines, designs, and plans; conducting departmental reviews of water management strategies and plans; supporting capacity building programs; assessing and advising on urban development proposals; providing WSUD advice, including waterwise, drainage, stormwater, groundwater, water quality, and waterways management advice, to the Government's strategic projects.

 

Halinka Lamparski, Senior Advisor - Environment, Water Corporation

 

Matt Craven-Kelley, Senior Development Manager, Parcel Property

 

Matt Stovold, Associate Principal and Highways Team Lead, Arup

 

Nicholas Deeks, Technical Director - Hydrology | A GHD Principal