| Karen Pither As a drinking and recycled water auditor, I have been lucky enough to work with public and private water providers all along the eastern coast of the Australian mainland, from southern and western Victoria, metropolitan, coastal and western NSW and QLD, as far north as the Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Regardless of the utility size and resources, I have found that culture is the key factor when it comes to water quality risk management plan adequa

| Marty Hancock Viridis Consultants has identified the need to create an industry training program to develop the skills of early-experienced water engineering and science graduates. Management of Australian water systems is becoming increasingly complex with seasoned professionals needing a multi-layered hierarchy of skills and experience to support the growing needs of the sector. Graduates are emerging from higher education providers with a toolkit of strong general backgr

Maddie has recently completed a double degree in Engineering and Mathematics, majoring in Chemical Process Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics at QUT. During her degree, she developed a strong interest in water quality, treatment, and analysis after designing a water desalination plant and an acid mine water treatment plant. ​Maddie has experience in product research and formulation, data evaluation and regulatory assistance, having worked as a research and