This email was recently sent around at work by the CEO.
Rubber snakes on Level 16
Large black birds (apparently either crows or currawongs) have been taking the white decorative pebbles from the garden beds on Level 16 and dropping them over the edge of the building, trying to break them open.
Brookfield Multiplex Facilities Management have [...]
Well the time has finally arrived and my work has moved from Sydney to Parramatta. This means a longer and less direct journey to work.
The journey consists of getting to Redfern Station and then catching a train. Most morning get a lift to the station with Sue but other times I have to catch the [...]
Sydney Water has a huge pumping station at West Ryde which pushes water to most of Northern Sydney. In fact, if you wanted to inconvenience a large chunk of Sydney, this would be one of the places to hit. The pumps are powered by electricity now, but up until the 1980s (yes, that late), they [...]
Last night I had the honour of attending a gala dinner at the Sydney Hilton to receive a Bronze Award for the Sydney Water Annual Report in the Australasian Reporting Award. I work as one of the three people on the editorial team that puts the report together.
It is the second award since I have [...]
(aka “Hip Hip Hooray for Turds”) – This should be the Sydney Water theme song.
The Turd Song (as sung by Pat Drummond) (click link to hear song)
There are lots of songs and stories,
Of great food that’s good to taste,
But not of its by-product,
Which is solid body waste.
Most food has lots of nutrients,
Your body stores and uses,
But [...]
When Sydney Water first released details of the desalination plant, it had a short list of three sites; Port Kembla, Kurnell and Malabar.
Port Kembla was then dismissed as being limited to a 125ML/day plant.
Miraculously, the costs for the remaining two sites were estimated to be exactly the same. The prime reason that Kurnell was chosen [...]
Advertising agencies recently had a competition to come up with ways of selling recycled water.
One of the better entries appears below. The tagline? It’s your mind that’s dirty.
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