The third biennial RBMS Awards Night was held on Friday 27th October 2017 at the spectacular Fenix on the Yarra in Melbourne.
Over 160 RBMS members and friends came to celebrate the achievements of our industry.
Awards, winners and finalists
Outstanding Waterway Management Project
Winner:
Coastal fish habitat hotspots: Government and community partnering to rehabilitate fish habitats in Victorian Estuaries – Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research
Finalist:
Coordinating environmental water releases in the NSW Southern Connected Basin – NSW Office of Environment and Heritage
Finalist:
Corner Inlet connections – West Gippsland CMA
Innovation in Waterway Management
Winner:
eDNA: Revolutionising aquatic species monitoring – EnviroDNA
Finalist:
Leaping ahead – Melbourne Water
Finalist:
Werribee River waterways investigation – Jacobs Group Australia
Involving Community in Waterway Management
Winner:
Mid-King Cooperative avulsion management – North East Catchment Management Authority
Finalist: Design your Creek Week – Ipswich City Council
Finalist:
Towards Cultural Flows: Glenelg River Aboriginal water values project – Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Building Knowledge in Waterway Management
Winner:
Ecohealth – A collaborative approach to integrating science, management and communities to improve coastal catchments in the NSW North Coast – University of New England
Finalist:
Victorian waterway management Twinning Program – Glenelg Hopkins CMA
Finalist:
Collaborating for better communication: Victoria’s first state-wide environmental watering communications research – Victorian Environmental Water Holder
Progression of Public Policy for Waterway Management
Winner:
Risk assessment of barrier works on Queensland waterways, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Finalist:
Catchment to reef: Cost of achieving water quality targets for the Great Barrier Reef – Alluvium Consulting
Finalist:
Out Catchments Our Communities: Integrated catchment management in Victoria 2016-19 – Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)
Advancing Waterway Management through Graduate Research
Winner:
Drought recovery of Australian catchments: A study of hydrological resilience – Andrew John
Winner:
Sediment regime disturbance in urban catchments: Opportunities and constraints for urban stream functional restoration – Kathy Russell
Finalist:
Understanding stream habitat to inform development in urban catchments – Desmond Ofosu Anim
Technical Excellence in Waterway Management
Winner:
Upper Stony Creek transformation – Alluvium Consulting
Finalist:
Frosts Crossing and McQuades Bend fishway designs on the Lower Ovens floodplain – Water Technology and North East CMA
Finalist:
The use of drone-based thermal infrared imagery to identify drought refuge potential in the Upper Ovens River – North East CMA