2011 Minister's Grand Prize
Supported by the Department of Environment and Resource Management

Winner
Project: Rosevale floodplain reinstatement and land management project

Organisations: SEQ Catchments in partnership with DERM, DEEDI, SEQTOA, Healthy Waterways and Griffith University.
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eWater - Water Sensitive Urban Design Award

Winner
Project: Rain Bank - stormwater harvesting and reuse
Organisation: South Bank Corporation

Finalists
Project: Moreton Bay Regional Council'sTotal Water Cycle Management Strategy
Organisations: Moreton Bay Regional Council and BMT WBM

Project: WaterSmart Strategy
Organisations: Brisbane City Council.

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WaterSecure - Research Award

Winner
Project: Nuisance algae in Moreton Bay: symptom and cause of seagrass loss
Organisations: Dr Dana Burfeind - Griffith University and The University of Queensland

Finalists
Project: Modelling of purified recycled water inputs to Lake Wivenhoe
Organisations: Centre for Water Futures, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland

Project: Polychaete-assisted sand filters
Organisations: Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry and SEQ Catchments.

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BMT WBM - Government Award

Winner
Project: Waterways Extension Program - Council partnering with landholders for waterways recovery
Organisation: Redland City Council

Finalists
Project: Moreton Bay Regional Council's Total Water Cycle Management Strategy
Organisations: Moreton Bay Regional Council and BMT WBM

Project: Managing Growth on the Front Line - Helping Development Deliver on Water Quality
Organisations: Hydraulics and Water Quality Unit - Sunshine Coast Regional Council.

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Seqwater - Rural Award

Winner
Project: Rosevale floodplain reinstatement and land management project
Organisations: SEQ Catchments in partnership with DERM, DEEDI, SEQTOA, Healthy Waterways and Griffith University

Finalists
Project: Rehabilitation of the Upper Reach of the Logan River
Organisations: SEQ Catchments, Seqwater, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Beaudesert Landcare Group, Wyaralong Dam Construction and Australian Government Caring for our Country Program

Project: 10 years of Rehabilitation for Echidna Creek
Organisations: Maroochy Waterwatch Inc.

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Humes - Industry Award

Winner
Project: Prefabricated fishway system for small waterway structures
Organisations: Walaman Fishways, CM Concrete Products Pty Ltd and James Cook University

Finalists
Project: Murrumba Alliance
Organisations: Unitywater, John Holland Group and MWH

Project: Safegaurding the Origins of Life on Land - Seqwater Lungfish Management Program
Organisations: Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority (trading as Seqwater).

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Brisbane Airport - Community Award

Winner
Project: Sustainable Communities
Organisations: Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee Inc (B4C)

Finalists
Project: Community-based monitoring and protection of South East Queensland's rocky reefs
Organisation: Reef Check Australia

Project: Noosa & Cooroy Stormwater Monitoring & Education Project
Organisation: Noosa Integrated Catchment Association.

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SEQ Water Grid - Clean Up Award

Winner
Project: Caring for Pumicestone Passage  and Caloundra Foreshores
Organisation: Night Eyes Association Inc

Finalist
Project: Fish Wise Program & Kids Marine Zone
Organisation: 2 Bent Rods.

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Veolia Water Australia - Education Award

Winner
Project: Bunya to the Bay 2010
Organisations: Stanley River Environmental Education Centre (Education Queensland)

Finalists
Project: Gold Coast Waterwatch
Organisations: Gold Coast City Council and Natura Education

Project: Environmental Education to enhance Healthy Waterways
Organisations: Tallebudgera Beach Outdoor Education School.

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Queensland Urban Utilities - Waterways Champion Award

Winner
Bill Dennison

Nominees
Samantha Beckmann
Ted Gardner
Brian Hallinan
Dianne Hausler
Brian Ludlow
Greg McKean
Bill Thompson.

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