Join Professor Stuart Khan FTSE for a historic 10 km walking tour of Sydney.
Join Stuart Khan for a historic 10 km walking tour of Sydney. The tour begins at Centennial Park. From there, you will explore Centennial Park, then follow Oxford Street to Hyde Park. You’ll walk through Hyde Park to Macquarie Street, Bridge Street and finish in the historic Rocks area.
On the way, you’ll learn about Sydney’s first three engineered water supplies, the Tank Stream, the Lachlan Swamps/Busby’s Bore Scheme and the Botany Swamps Scheme. Other notable water-related sites include historic public drinking water fountains and a public water pump (1868) manufactured by P.N. Russell Engineering, Woollahra Reservoir (1880), Centennial Park No.1 Reservoir (1899), Centennial Park No.2 Reservoir (1925), Paddington Reservoir (1864), Crown Street Reservoir (1859) and pumping station (1879), Sydney’s grandest old sewer vent (1857), and a convict-built stormwater drainage system (1840s). As we put the pieces together, you’ll gain an understanding of how Sydney’ water and wastewater services began to evolve toward the system we have today.
FTSE
Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney
Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney
Stuart Khan is Professor and Head of School of Civil Engineering at the University of Sydney. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at UNSW and a Hans Fischer Fellow at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He has published over 200 peer reviewed journal articles on issues relating to water quality and treatment, including drinking water, wastewater, recreational water, environmental water systems, water recycling and desalination.
Stuart served as a member of the Water Quality Advisory Committee (WQAC) to the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) from 2007 until 2022. He is currently Chair of the NHMRC Recreational Water Quality Advisory Committee (RWQAC). On these committees and elsewhere, he has made significant contributions to many water quality management guideline documents including the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, Australian Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water, Australian Water Recycling Guidelines (Phase 1 and 2), and the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Potable Reuse.
Stuart served as a member of the Water Quality Advisory Committee (WQAC) to the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) from 2007 until 2022. He is currently Chair of the NHMRC Recreational Water Quality Advisory Committee (RWQAC). On these committees and elsewhere, he has made significant contributions to many water quality management guideline documents including the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, Australian Guidelines for Managing Risks in Recreational Water, Australian Water Recycling Guidelines (Phase 1 and 2), and the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for Potable Reuse.
