Image: Glen Bartley and Steve Skull from the Sunshine Coast Litter Collective.
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7 News - Clean Up Award
Winner
Project: Sunshine Coast Litter Collective
Organisation: Sunshine Coast Litter Collective The Sunshine Coast Litter Collective aims to reduce the impact of litter on waterways. 150 volunteers routinely collecting litter from Sunshine Coast waterways and engage a further 500 volunteers in special clean-up events. Finalist
Project: Pumicestone Passage Cleanup
Organisation: Night Eyes Association Inc
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Image: Ben Bowen from Veolia Water with Cr Daphne McDonald from Gold Coast City Council and Richard Went from Gold Coast Water. | Winner
Project: Gold Coast Waterwatch
Organisations: Gold Coast City Council and Natura Education
Gold Coast Waterwatch involves local students collecting water quality data on physical, chemical and biological indicators of waterway health which is used for ongoing monitoring of local catchments.
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)
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 Image: Alex Fisher from Seqwater with Peter Phillips from Ipswich Rivers Improvement Trust and Cr Trevor Nardi from Ipswich City Council.
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Seqwater - Rural Award
Winner
Project: Riparian Vegetation Management Projects
Organisation: Ipswich Rivers Improvement Trust
The Riparian Vegetation Management project aims to eradicate weeds, particularly Chinese Celtis, from streams in the rural areas of Ipswich, including Western Creek, Bremer River and Purga Creek.
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
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 Image: Matt Daniell from Southern Pacific Sands with Joshua Hinwood from AECOM |
Southern Pacific Sands - Water Sensitive Urban Design Award
Winner
Project: Broadwater Parklands Southport
Organisation: AECOM
AECOM’s Broadwater Parklands project transformed a large asphalt car park into a vibrant public space exhibiting numerous Water Sensitive Urban Design initiatives including a tidal mangrove treatment wetland.
Finalists
Project: Chinatown Mall Redevelopment with Integrated
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Organisation: Brisbane City Council
Project: North Lakes Fairway Chase Linear Park
Organisation: AECOM
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 Image: Keith Davies from WaterSecure with Jon Olley and Joe McMahon from Griffith University. |
WaterSecure - Research Award
Winner
Project: Prioritisation of Catchment Scale River Restoration within South
East Queensland
Organisations: Griffith University and eWater CRC
Griffith University and eWater CRC developed sediment tracing and evaluation tools that assist in prioritisation of riparian rehabilitation activities to reduce sediments leaving Logan and Bremer Rivers and Lockyer Creek catchments.
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
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 Image: Tony Weber from BMT WBM with Cr Daphne McDonald from Gold Coast City Council and Richard Went from Gold Coast Water. | BMT WBM - Government Award
Winner
Project: Living with Class A+ Recycled Water on the Gold Coast - Protecting our Waterways
Organisation: Gold Coast Water
Gold Coast Water implemented a project that consists of a recycled water treatment plant and completion of a dual reticulation system to service homes and businesses with Class A+ recycled 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
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 Image: Paul Lutz from Brisbane Airport with Natalie Forrest and Hammy Forrest from Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc. |
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.
Pelican and Seabird Rescue provide a 24 hour, 7 day a week volunteer service specialising in the rescue and rehabilitation of injured birds with the team saving an average of 14 birds a month during 2009.
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
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 Image: Ed Beling from Arup with Steve Noy from NatureCall and Jason Haslett, David Gunning and Ron Lambert from Leighton Contractors. | Arup - Industry Award
Winner
Project: Marine Rehabilitation of the re-aligned Landers Pocket Drain
Organisation: Leighton Contractors with Brisbane Airport Corporation and NatureCall
Leighton Contractors implemented a marine rehabilitation project using innovative, best practise techniques when re-aligning the Landers Pocket Drain in the construction of Brisbane Airport’s new Northern Access Road.
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
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 Image: Anne Clarke with Andy Steven from CSIRO. |
CSIRO National Research Flagships - Waterways Champion Award
Winner
Anne Clarke
Anne Clarke has dedicated her life to the protection and enhancement of our environment and waterways by developing ways to work closely with business, government, schools and the wider community.
Nominees
Bill Thompson
Wayne Cameron
Brian Crust
Donald Mackenzie
Geoff Faulkner
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