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The latest edition of Trenchless Australasia magazine is now available to be read online as a digital magazine.

Water New Zealand has opened registrations for its 60th Annual Conference and Expo, returning to Claudelands in Hamilton on 19–21 September.

South East Water has collaborated with Ventia to complete the utility’s first trials of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) liner Aqua-Pipe in Rowville, Victoria.

Melbourne Water has entered into a framework agreement with an RCR, Abergeldie and Stantec Joint Venture (Safety Focused Performance JV) and John Holland-KBR JV as preferred service providers for the utility’s Water and Sewerage Capital Works program.

Yarra Valley Water is rehabilitating more than 50 km of underground sewer pipes as part of the Hawthorn Sewer Improvement Project.

A trenchless rehabilitation expert from North America will present the ASTT’s cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) Good Practices Course in Hamilton, New Zealand, prior to the start of the Water New Zealand Conference and Expo.

The failure of a high-pressure main delivering an essential supply of water to an Australian steel fabricator has been repaired with a DN 400 Primus Liner®.

ASTT Members can now access the Trenchless Technology Centre (TTC) Trenchless Assessment Guide (TAG-R), a web-based tool identifies suitable trenchless construction methods for any given construction project.

Melbourne Water’s AU$22 million sliplining project to rehabilitate manholes on 4.4 km of the Williamstown Main Sewer is on schedule for completion in 2018.

Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) has commenced relining works in Warwick, Queensland as part of a project to extend the life of its network of gravity sewer mains.

Queensland Urban Utilities has signed an agreement, focusing on technology and development in the water industry, with US-based international water collaborative WaterStart.

A literature review of chemical emissions of the resin used in the cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) process, conducted on behalf of the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) in the US, has been non-conclusive.

Water Corporation will imminently start refurbishing wastewater pipes in the metropolitan Perth suburb of Como, using Trenchless Technology wherever possible.

Coliban Water has commenced maintenance activities, inspecting and cleaning sewer assets using CCTV and high-pressure jetting.

Calix has announced a AU$1 a day manhole maintenance program that will allow local Australian councils to protect sewer infrastructure and assets from corrosion.

A local council in Perth, Western Australia has called on Interflow for the urgent evaluation and repair of a sinkhole that appeared in the middle of a busy city road.

Registrations are available for Trenchless Asia, taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7-8 May 2018.

ITS PipeTech has completed what it says is the largest installation of a point-liner in Australia.

The ASTT completed its first Technical Forums for the year last month, across Australia and New Zealand.

Registrations are still available for the ASTT’s first Technical Forums for 2018, taking place across New Zealand on 20-22 March and in New South Wales on 22 March.

Sonia Edwards, the sister of former long-time Interflow New Zealand employee Glenn Edwards, has sent Trenchless Australasia a picture of her brother with his profile from the September 2017 edition of the magazine.

Early bird registrations are available for Trenchless Asia, taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7–8 May 2018.

Make sure you secure your registration for the ASTT Technical Forums, taking place this month throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Water Corporation has continued work to refurbish 850 m of wastewater pipe around West Perth and Perth, as of mid-February 2018.

City West Water will upgrade some of Footscray’s oldest watermains as part of a AU$188,000 renewal project.

Registrations have opened for the first VIC and NSW ASTT Technical Forums for 2018, taking place at in Melbourne and Sydney on 8 and 22 March, respectively.