August 15, 2017
The South Burnett Regional Council has announced the winners of a school art competition run to celebrate the opening of Kingaroy’s Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The competition was sponsored by Aquatec Maxcon, who built the $25 million wastewater treatment plant, and was open to all students enrolled in South Burnett schools.
Students could enter either a colouring-in competition, or design a poster to illustrate the role wastewater treatment plays within overall catchment management.
The judges were Peter Ferrando, the Queensland State Manager of Aquatec Maxcon, and Cr Roz Frohloff, who chairs the Council’s Water and Wastewater portfolio.
“The idea was to involve local students by challenging them to do something a little bit out of the ordinary and get them thinking about wastewater treatment,” Councillor Frohloff said.
“It is wonderful to see such a response from students throughout the South Burnett.”
The colouring-in competition was divided into two categories: Prep to Year 2 and Year 3 to Year 6.
Both these categories were hotly contested and the judges had to deliberate for some time to find the winners.
The selection of the poster competition winners also saw some strong debate between the judges.
Because there were no entries received in a final category for Year 11 and 12 students, though, Aquatec Maxcon provided additional Encouragement Awards of $10 each.
“This art competition has encouraged students to think about where our wastewater ends up,” Mayor Keith Campbell said.
“This benefits the environment and who knows? They may develop an interest and enter this field in the future.”
The winning artworks will be framed and put on display at the Kingaroy Wastewater Treatment Plant.
The winners were:
Prep to Year 2 – Colouring In
- 1st Place: Jaxon Branch – Kingaroy State School
- 2nd Place: Ethan Hood – St Mary’s Catholic College
- 3rd Place: Ada Kurz – Nanango State School
Year 3 to Year 6 – Colouring In
- 1st Place: Ashlyn Williamson – Murgon State School
- 2nd Place: Minnie Martoo – St Mary’s Catholic College
- 3rd Place: Paige Mueller – Kingaroy State School
Poster Competition – Watercycle
- 1st Place: Bridgette Watson – St Mary’s Catholic College
- 2nd Place: Isla Airs – St Mary’s Catholic College
- 3rd Place: Elizabeth Watson – St Mary’s Catholic College
Encouragement Awards
- Paige Nilon-Brown – Nanango State School
- Levi Kurz – Nanango State School
- Aaron Cullen – Kingaroy State School
- Aayusha Pandey – Taabinga State School
- Aaliyah-Mae – Taabinga State School
