SQID: The Future of Stormwater!  Click here to discover more & see the impact.

  • Stormwater 2030
  • About Us
  • Stormwater Issues
  • Directory
  • SQID
  • Support Us
  • Blogs
Contact Us
  • Stormwater 2030
  • About Us
  • Stormwater Issues
  • SQID
  • Support Us
  • Blogs
  • Contact Us
The Expert’s Dilemma: To Fix Our Industry, We Must Embrace a Controversial Truth

The Expert’s Dilemma: To Fix Our Industry, We Must Embrace a Controversial Truth

by Stormwater2030 | Oct 29, 2025 | SQID, Stormwater

By: David Nixon, NSW SQID Taskforce Chair, Sydney Date: October 11, 2025 It’s one of the most deeply held beliefs in public policy: to ensure fairness, you must assemble a committee of impartial, independent experts, free from all bias. It’s a noble ideal. But in a...
An Orchestra Without a Conductor: Why We Need Lead Agencies to Steer the Stormwater Ship

An Orchestra Without a Conductor: Why We Need Lead Agencies to Steer the Stormwater Ship

by Stormwater2030 | Oct 29, 2025 | SQID, Stormwater

By: David Nixon, NSW SQID Taskforce Chair, Sydney Date: October 11, 2025 Imagine a symphony orchestra where every musician is a world-class expert on their instrument. But there’s no conductor. The violin section has one idea of the tempo, the brass section has...
A Parallel Path: How a New Governance Framework Can Evaluate Assets Without Tearing Down the Old System

A Parallel Path: How a New Governance Framework Can Evaluate Assets Without Tearing Down the Old System

by Stormwater2030 | Oct 29, 2025 | SQID, Stormwater

By: David Nixon, NSW SQID Taskforce Chair, Sydney Date: October 11, 2025 Talk of reform can be unsettling. When you propose significant changes to a long-standing national system, the natural fear is that you intend to tear everything down and start from scratch,...
The 5,000-Hour Challenge: A Volunteer Army Has Sounded the Alarm. Is Anyone Listening?

The 5,000-Hour Challenge: A Volunteer Army Has Sounded the Alarm. Is Anyone Listening?

by Stormwater2030 | Oct 29, 2025 | SQID, Stormwater

By: David Nixon, NSW SQID Taskforce Chair, Sydney Date: October 11, 2025 What is the price of a functioning industry? What is the cost of reform? For the NSW Stormwater industry, the initial down payment has been 5,000 hours. This isn’t a theoretical number....
Beyond the Bubble: Why Developers and Insurers Must Be Part of the Stormwater Solution

Beyond the Bubble: Why Developers and Insurers Must Be Part of the Stormwater Solution

by Stormwater2030 | Oct 29, 2025 | SQID, Stormwater

By: David Nixon, NSW SQID Taskforce Chair, Sydney Date: October 11, 2025 For too long, the conversation about stormwater management has been an echo chamber. Engineers, consultants, manufacturers, and councils have been talking to each other about technical...
Pay Once, Ignore Forever? Fixing the Unsustainable Funding Model of Product Verification

Pay Once, Ignore Forever? Fixing the Unsustainable Funding Model of Product Verification

by Stormwater2030 | Oct 29, 2025 | SQID, Stormwater

By: David Nixon, NSW SQID Taskforce Chair, Sydney Date: October 11, 2025 There’s a deep irony at the heart of our national stormwater product verification system. This program, known as SQIDEP, was created to ensure the long-term, sustainable performance of...
« Older Entries

Recent Posts

  • The Expert’s Dilemma: To Fix Our Industry, We Must Embrace a Controversial Truth
  • An Orchestra Without a Conductor: Why We Need Lead Agencies to Steer the Stormwater Ship
  • A Parallel Path: How a New Governance Framework Can Evaluate Assets Without Tearing Down the Old System
  • The 5,000-Hour Challenge: A Volunteer Army Has Sounded the Alarm. Is Anyone Listening?
  • Beyond the Bubble: Why Developers and Insurers Must Be Part of the Stormwater Solution

Recent Comments

  1. A WordPress Commenter on Overcoming Policy Challenges in Urban Stormwater Management

Explore

Stormwater 2030

About Us

Support Us

SQID

 

Stormwater Issues

Blogs

Contact Us

Contact



226 Crown Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010



02 90904213



info@stormwater2030.org

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
Contact Us Today

© Stormwater 2030, 2026 | ABN: 24 677 753 221 | Powered by Gerald and Rose

Privacy Policy

Stormwater 2030
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}