Just recently I had the pleasure of participating in the 2015 Canadian Water Network meeting in Ottawa. Despite being a hopelessly under prepared Australian for the cold, freezing rain and snow, the conference was an extremely high quality event bringing together water utilities, government and regulatory people and researchers.
2014 has been another big year for WSAA and the urban water industry and 2015 will probably see further changes. It has been great to see the opportunities for collaboration across the industry expanding as new WSAA networks and projects are formed.
Last week we held our final members meeting for 2014. It was an engaging day with a focus on utility excellence. The highlight was our deep dive into benchmarking.
I rarely blog (read never), but the passing of Gough Whitlam gives pause for reflection. Widely reported among Gough's many achievements is the sewering of western Sydney. This farsighted investment materially improved the lives of western Sydney residents at the time.