National Committee on Water Engineering (NCWE)
1. Public role and professional standing
- A Position Paper on Understanding and Managing Flood Risk and a Drought paper were both approved by the CCB.
2. An inclusive professional team
- Newsletter disseminated to EA members and attendees at professional conferences.
3. Youth appeal
- Program to involve final year engineering student involvement in conference has continued with three students attending conferences.
4. Chartered Status
- The Chairman of NCWE attended the Civil College meeting in October 2008.
5. Continuing professional development
- ARR Stage 1 funding $2 million - The 10 stage 1 projects for ARR are now progressing well with several reports now in for review. The contract for the corner stone Project (Project 1 IFD revision) is signed.
- ARR Stage 2 funding of an additional $2 million has been secured from Department of Climate Change.
- ARR workshops have been held in every division.
6. International reach and influence
- WSUD Perth May 2009 – a range of national and international speakers. Conference published by CD and printed abstracts.
- Planning on track for Water Resources Symposium, Newcastle Nov-Dec 2009.
- IAHR Congress in 2011 in Brisbane.
7. Internal (member) communications
- Website is being updated in particular the Position Papers. EA and NCWE websites will be amalgamated.
8. A capable organisation
- Face to face meetings held in October 2008 and March 2009.
