THE WATER INDUSTRY OPERATIONS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA MAGAZINE September 2026
UPCOMING EVENTS PAGE 9
NODP PLANNED EXPANSION PAGE 14
PRIDE IN WATER PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCED PAGE 20
2026 nSW water industry operations Conference and Exhibition 9 & 10 September 2026 | newcastle, NSW
Contents
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UPDATES 4 Message from the CEO 5 Making the Most of Membership 6 ƑƏƑѵ ;;mvѴ-m7 )-|;u m7 v|u r;u-ঞomv om=;u;m1; ş _b0bঞom -u7 )bmm;uv 7 ; b=; -m7 $ ;l0;uv m7 1|;7
UPCOMING EVENTS
6 2026 QLD Conference & Award Winners
9 ƑƏƑѵ "o |_ v|u-Ѵb-m " r;u m|;u;v| - ş m7 o= +;-u ;Ѵ;0u-ঞom
FEATURE 12 )-|;u)ouhv -l0o7b-Ĺ $_; ; _-ub| _-m]bm] b ;v m; );ѴѴķ m; $obѴ;|ķ m; -lbѴ -| - $bl;
NEWS 14 Ŋ bѴ7bm] -r-0bѴb| ķ omm;1ঞomķ omC7;m1; -m7 | u; uooCm] |_; m7 v|u
14 NODP Expansion Planned
16 ƑƏƑѵ ) " r;u m|;u;v| - 17 Recent Jobskills Expo Event 18
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20 Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT 20 ) -u|m;uv_br b|_ ub7; bm )-|;u
LEGACY
WIOA Partnership with Pride in Water
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ABOUT THIS ISSUE
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Message from the CEO
Making the Most of Membership
This year has truly demonstrated the strength of the WIOA community. We have reached our highest membership total in more than 50 years, with over ѵķƏƏƏ l;l0;uv mo 1omm;1|;7 |_uo ]_ |_; vvo1b-ঞomĺ
Goal Setting & Development Planning So, you have a WIOA membership. That’s a =-m|-vঞ1 v|-u|Ĵ | _;u; 1ol;v |_; lov| blrou|-m| part – how do you get the maximum value out of your membership? There are so many aspects of ) l;l0;uv_br o 1-m ঞѴbv; bm |_; 1o uv; o= o u ; ;u 7- or;u-ঞomvĺ In this membership spotlight, we’ll highlight how you can use WIOA membership in your ]o-Ѵ v;মm]ķ 7; ;Ѵorl;m| rѴ-mmbm] -m7 v|-@
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CELEBRATING AND UNITING WOMEN WORKING IN WATER AND THEIR ALLIES
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WaterWorks Cambodia: The New Charity Changing Lives One Well, One Toilet, One Family at a Time )_;m ;0 -mb;Ѵv Cuv| |u- ;ѴѴ;7 |o -l0o7b- Ɛѵ ;-uv -]oķ she expected to be moved by the country’s history, culture and people. What she didn’t expect was how deeply she would be changed by the families she met — families living without the lov| 0-vb1 _ l-m m;1;vvbঞ;vĺ o |-rĺ o |obѴ;|ĺ o v-=; -|;u source. Nothing. $_ov; ;-uѴ ; r;ub;m1;v v|- ;7 b|_ _;uĺ $_; v_-r;7 _;u ouh -v - Ѵ- ;uķ bmY ;m1;7 _;u 7;1bvbom |o 1u;-|; -r +;-u bm ƑƏƐƒķ -m7 Ѵঞl-|;Ѵ Ѵ;7 her to sell her own house bm ;;mvѴ-m7 vo v_; 1o Ѵ7 lo ; |o -l0o7b- =ou v; ;u-Ѵ ;-uv |o ouh 7bu;1|Ѵ b|_ Ѵm;u-0Ѵ; 1oll mbঞ;vĺ $o7- ķ |_; -u; |_; =o m7-ঞom o= )-|;u)ouhv -l0o7b-ķ - ;;mvѴ-m7Ŋ0-v;7 1_-ub| u;]bv|;u;7 b|_ |_; -m7 or;u-ঞm] vbm1; -u1_ ƑƏƑѵĺ ;vrb|; 0;bm] m; ķ )-|;u)ouhv -l0o7b- _-v -Ѵu;-7 ; 1;;7;7 b|v Cuv| ƐƑŊlom|_ ]o-Ѵ Ō -m7 bv u-rb7Ѵ 0;1olbm] om; o= |_; lov| blr-1 Ѵ ]u-vvuoo|v ou]-mbv-ঞomv ouhbm] bm u u-Ѵ -l0o7b-ĺ ;0 r |v b| vblrѴ Ĺ “One thing has never changed — |_; =ou]o ;m =-lbѲb;vĸĽ o m|u )_;u; )-|;u v ; ;u -u-m|;;7 m v|u-Ѵb-ķ -|;u bv something we rarely |_bmh -0o |ĺ |Ľv u;Ѵb-0Ѵ;ķ u;] Ѵ-|;7ķ -m7 u;-7bѴ - -bѴ-0Ѵ;ĺ | bm u u-Ѵ -l0o7b-ķ -|;u bv - v;-vom-Ѵ rub bѴ;];ĺ ľ | omѴ u-bmv 7 ubm] |_; ;| v;-vomķĿ ;0 ; rѴ-bmvĺ ľ$_;u; -u; mo -|;u |-mhv in rural areas. Families try |o 1-|1_ -|;u bm 1;u-lb1 f ]vĺ $_; 1-mĽ| -@ou7 |o 0 -|;uĺ Ľ ; ; ;m v;;m 1_bѴ7u;m 7ubmhbm] o | o= r 77Ѵ;vĺĿ ou l-m =-lbѴb;vķ |_bv bv 7-bѴ Ѵb=; Ō - 1omv|-m| m;]oঞ-ঞom 0;| ;;m v1-u1b| ķ 1om|-lbm-ঞom -m7 v u b -Ѵĺ |Ľv _ -|;u bv mo| f v| ;0Ľv r-vvbomķ 0 | _;u r urov;ĺ ľ v|-u|;7 )-|;u)ouhv -l0o7b- 0;1- v; ]o| vb1h o= -|1_bm] hb7v 7ubmh -|;u |_-| o Ѵ7mĽ| r-vv - r 0Ľv lor 0 1h;| |;v| Ō -m7 0;bm] vb1h =uol mo| _- bm] - |obѴ;|ķĿ v_; v- vĺ ľ o ;Ľu; 0 bѴ7bm] ;ѴѴvķ C bm] -|;u v v|;lvķ 0 bѴ7bm] Ɠ -m7 7obm] |_; v| @ mo om; ;Ѵv; -m|v |o 7;-Ѵ b|_ĺ |Ľv l;vv ķ ;loঞom-Ѵķ m; ;u ]Ѵ-louo vķ -m7 vol;ঞl;v om7;u _-| |_; _;ѴѴ Ľ ; ]o ;m l v;Ѵ= bm|oĻ 0 | |_;m - =-lbѴ ];|v 1Ѵ;-m -|;u -m7 Ɠ -m7 u;l;l0;u ; -1|Ѵ _ v|-u|;7ĺĿ
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WIOA Operator Magazine l September 2026
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WIOA Operator Magazine l September 2026
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WIOA Operator Magazine l September 2026
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From the Farm to the Flow: A Swan Hill Team Leader’s Journey with GWM Water
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Bogged equipment causes pain for farmers.
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Flooded farmland due to a leak
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WIOA Operator Magazine l September 2026
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Big Boots to Fill: The Legacy of Murray Ball _-m7 ub ;m vb]m |-r;7 |o |_; 0-1h o= - -v|; -|;u rѴ-m| 7oou v-b7 b| 0;v|Ĺ “The person who takes over from Murray will have BIG BOOTS TO FILL.” ;m;-|_ b| _ m] - ঞm r-bu o= 1_bѴ7u;mĽv v_o;v robmঞm] 7o m -u7 Ō - = mm ];v| u; 1-uu bm] - v;ubo v |u |_ĺ ;1- v; -m om; _o ouh;7 -Ѵom]vb7; uu- -ѴѴ hmo v _bv 0oo|v -u;mĽ| f v| 0b]ĺ $_; Ľu; blrovvb0Ѵ; |o replace. [;u ƓƑ ;-uv o= v;u b1; -1uovv ;;mvѴ-m7 1o m1bѴvķ |u;-|l;m| rѴ-m|v -m7 1oll mbঞ;vķ uu- u;ঞu;7 =uol b| uo !b ;u )-|;u -m7 !o1h_-lr|om !;]bom-Ѵ o m1bѴ bm ƑƏƑѵķ Ѵ;- bm] 0;_bm7 - Ѵ;]-1 |_-| v|u;|1_;v =-u 0; om7 bm=u-v|u 1| u;ķ or;u-ঞomv ou fo0 ঞ|Ѵ;vĺ bv u;-Ѵ Ѵ;]-1 Ѵb ;v bm r;orѴ; Ō or;u-|ouvķ -rru;mঞ1;vķ 1om|u-1|ouv -m7 1oѴѴ;-] ;v _ov; Ѵb ;v -u; ];m bm;Ѵ 0; ;u 0;1- v; |_; ouh;7 b|_ _blĺ uu- Ľv 1-u;;u 0;]-m b|_ ubv0-m; b| o m1bѴ 0;=ou; |-hbm] _bl |_uo ]_ uo-7vo m7ķ bѴ1o ķ v--1ķ Ѵ-7v|om; u;- )-|;u o-u7 -m7 Cm-ѴѴ b| uo !b ;u )-|;uĺ m u;]bom-Ѵ lbmbm] 1oll mbঞ;vķ or;u-|ouv m;;7;7 |o 0; l ѴঞŊvhbѴѴ;7ķ -m7 m7;u uu- Ľv Ѵ;-7;uv_br |_; ;u;ĺ ; r v_;7 r;orѴ; |o rvhbѴѴķ ]-bm l-1_bm;u ঞ1h;|vķ Ѵ;-um u;v1 ; -m7 ;l;u];m1 u;vromv;ķ -m7 0;1ol; 1omC7;m|ķ 1-r-0Ѵ; ruo=;vvbom-Ѵvĺ v om; v;1ঞom o= |_; 7o1 l;m| mo|;vķ ľ uu- r v_;7 r;orѴ; |o rvhbѴѴ -m7 0;1ol; 0; ;u ;uvbomv o= |_;lv;Ѵ ;vĺĿ bv |;-lv 7b7mĽ| f v| u m |u;-|l;m| rѴ-m|v Ō |_; v rrou|;7 rѴ l0;uvķ 1Ѵ;-m;7 7u bm] 0;7vķ _-m7Ѵ;7 -[;uŊ_o uv ;l;u];m1b;v -m7 ouh;7 v-=;Ѵ 0;1- v; uu- l-7; v u; |_; ;u; |u-bm;7 =ou u;-ѴŊ ouѴ7 1om7bঞomvĺ "-=;| -v m; ;u - vѴo]-m =ou uu- ĸ b| was a responsibility. ; 1_-lrbom;7 l-fou blruo ;l;m|v to chlorine gas v v|;lvķ u;Ѵo1-ঞm] |_;l o |7oouv -m7 bm1ourou-ঞm] -Ѵ-ulvķ ruo1;7 u;v -m7 v-=;u emergency response 1-r-0bѴbঞ;vĺ _ubv om; ķ _o ouh;7 b|_ uu- =ou lou; |_-m ƒƏ ;-uvķ 7;v1ub0;7 _bv 1om|ub0 ঞom -v om; o= |_; ]u;-|;v| _; _-7 b|m;vv;7 Ō Ѵ;-7;uv_br ]uo m7;7 bm |;1_mb1-Ѵ ; r;uঞv; -m7 m - ;ubm] commitment to ruo|;1ঞm] r;orѴ;ĺ | uu- 7b7mĽ| Ѵ;-7 |_uo ]_ =;-uĺ ; Ѵ;7 through respect.
WIOA Operator Magazine l September 2026
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