Australasian Land & Groundwater Association (ALGA)

2024 FINALISTS FOR ALGA AWARDS ANNOUNCED! All our finalists will meet with the judges during September to present their nominations in a 20-minute interview. The winner will be announced on stage at the ALGA Awards on 21 November 2024, at Doltone House in Sydney. A massive thank you to all nominees! The judges had a lot of great projects and individual nominations to review. Congratulations to all the finalists Kleinfelder Australia SMEC Enviropacific Essential Energy Sephira Environmental Limited Ventia Waste Assets Management Corporation GHD ADE Consulting Group Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) Canterbury Regional Council NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) LGNSW Water Corporation Beca Ramboll Geo & Hydro - K8 Limited TRACE Environmental RemBind Dinal Appuhamy Georgie Shaw Madeleine Phillips Katie Trevor Jessica Green Madeline Sinha Thank you to all our Judges and Committee Members: Dru Marsh Carolyn Brumley David Tully Craig Cowper, CEnvP-SC Ian Brookman Will Magnus Kristina L Braun Maryam Roshan Vicki Pearce Anne Northway Katrina Zenger Mitzi Bolton Tanya A. Brendon Love Steven Drysdale Bruce Gray Matthew Potter ALGA AWARDS Website : https://lnkd.in/gmpRkQ9V

Last week, we successfully delivered the New Zealand Land and Groundwater Conference in Auckland! It was an incredible experience featuring knowledge sharing, new connections, professional development, and more. This was made possible thanks to the support of our Sponsors and Exhibitors – thank you to them! Sponsors: ALS Eurofins Environment Testing - AUS/NZ Hill Labs Certified Environmental Practitioner Scheme GHD Exhibitors: SGS RemBind Enviro NZ Datanest ENVCO George (Bud) Ivey, B.SC.,CES, CESA, P.Chem., EP ESdat Environmental Data Management Software LDE (Engineers ∙ Scientists)

Good news for Victorians, great news for the environment! You’ll notice some new names on our environmental auditor register who will be available to work soon. We will appoint 10 new environmental auditors (contaminated land) over the next few months. They are: Christopher Sandiford Dana Windle Effie Nikolis Katherine Potter Lyndon Bell Meredith Burgon Nicholas Woodford Rebecca Fraser Richard Griffins Timothy Vass The appointments will be staggered. Successful candidates will be available for auditing work once they are published on our Appointments Register: https://bit.ly/4fjQ5zq

We are proud to share that at our recent Annual General Meeting, Emmylou Cooke was appointed to join our Board of Directors! Emmylou brings a wealth of experience and has demonstrated her dedication to the association through her tireless efforts as a volunteer and member since 2016.   We are very pleased to congratulate our Chair Anne Northway and Directors Brendon Love and Andrew Walker for their reappointment to the board. Thank you to our President Scott Carroll and Directors Vicki Pearce, Danielle T. and Kristina L Braun for continuing to serve in this term also.   We thank Krista MacPherson for her time as a Board Director. Although she has chosen not to continue this term, we look forward to continuing to have her as part of the ALGA member community.    Please join us in recognising these individuals for their commitment and support to the association. We would like to thank their family, colleagues and companies for supporting them in their roles too.

What's on at ALGA? Our newsletter has dropped for the week with a few announcements to share, starting with this one: ecoforum 2025 is exactly 1 year away: 28 – 30 October 2025 in Brisbane! Save the date and stay tuned for more announcements.   What's inside the latest edition?   🗞 This week we are highlighting the article: 'Australian Drinking Water Guidelines - Public Consultation on Draft Guidance for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)' from the National Health and Medical Research Council.   🗓️ Start marking your calendars for all the November and December events that have been launched, especially for our Branch End of the Year Celebration near you.   📢 The abstract submission deadline for the Gas and Vapour Symposium is closing in 2 weeks! Submit your abstract before it is too late.   🌏 Stay up to date with the latest events in your field through our Industry Activity section.   To learn more about what's on at ALGA, click the link below: https://lnkd.in/gFFTyKWB   Featured webinar speaker of 'Using Technology to Identify Potentially Contaminated Land': Howard Waldron (Lotsearch | Spatial Intelligence | Mapping Risk).

Congratulations again to our New Zealand Emerging Professional of the Year 2024 Jessica Green. We will announce the Australian Winner on 21 November at the ALGA Awards in Sydney. Congratulations to all the nominees, your names have been put through our process by your colleagues, managers, peers as you are all doing an incredible job and making an impact in our industry now and for the future. Aidan Burrage Anton Bernasconi Dinal Appuhamy Emma Mitchell Georgie Shaw Haneen Safadi Katie Trevor Lachlan Borley Madeleine Phillips  Madeline Sinha Mitchell Cunningham Namuun Ganbat  Tess Watson Yan Tian

🌍 Webinar: Using Technology to Identify Potentially Contaminated Land Join us for an informative session with Howard Waldron, Co-founder of Lotsearch, as he explores how AI, machine learning, and geospatial technology are being leveraged to identify potentially contaminative land uses. This includes identifying former landfills, gasworks, and more. Lotsearch has recently completed a comprehensive research project identifying over 260,000 potentially contaminated sites across Australia. This webinar will provide an overview of the research, validation process, and key findings. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about cutting-edge technologies transforming environmental assessment. 🗓️ Date: 31 Oct 2024 ⏰ Time: 12pm to 1pm AEDT 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/gUMbtFd3 #webinar #technology #AI #machinelearning #geospatial #environmentalassessment #contaminatedland

An exciting photo Friday this week, as we reflect back on our time in Auckland hosting the New Zealand Land and Groundwater Conference for 2024! The conference kicked off with an incredible opening ceremony, delivered by a Robbie Paul, a member of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei, who performed a mihi whakatau. Over the next three days, delegates dived into curated presentations, interactive Panel and Q&A sessions, and training (delivered by Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)), exchanging knowledge and insights with peer professionals and industry experts. Thank you to all our sponsors, speakers, trainers, and the dedicated committee and staff for delivering such an engaging and inspiring conference experience!

REMINDER ! The call for abstracts for the Gas & Vapour ‘’What is the Risk’’ Symposium will close on 11 November. Your abstract can cover one of the following sessions: 1. Planning and Measurement – This session is about getting the right ground gas or vapour intrusion data to be able to characterise the risk. 2. Risk Considerations – This session is focused on assessing and interpreting data to inform risk management decisions. 3. Remediation and Mitigation – This session covers the latest and innovative techniques for managing /remediating ground gas or vapour intrusion risk. Event Details: Location: Melbourne Date: 27 – 28 March 2025 (27 – Full Day Symposium & 28 – Optional Technical Training Session) Website: https://lnkd.in/gpeujV9p Daniel Hodges Ken Kiefer Adrian Heggie Luke Finley GAICD Sam Willis Stuart Thurlow Marcus Herrmann Victoria Lazenby Matthew Potter

In a recent episode of ALGA's e-cronicle podcast, we spoke to Tania Notaras, the Founder and Chairperson at Envirolab Group of Companies. Tania shares her career journey and her defining moment in starting Envirolab as part of our edition of e-cronicle which was themed "Moments that define us". Thank you Tania for being in this podcast episode. Listen to the full podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gcpr5BVq