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Low-Impact Development: Introduction, Applications, and Technical Implementation

Stormwater Pollution Modeling for LID, TMDL, and Retrofitting Analyses—   An Overview of WinSLAMM

Designer and Reviewer Series – Part II
Technical Assessment of Construction Site BMPs

NEW BMP Selection to Improve Your Watershed

NEW “What gets measured gets managed.
How are you measuring environmental compliance?

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Low-Impact Development: Introduction, Applications, and Technical Implementation

Monday, August 20, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Registration Fee: $225.00

Course Description:

Low-Impact Development (LID) is the general term typically used to characterize a comprehensive array of site planning, design, and pollution prevention strategies that, when combined, create a more economically sustainable and ecologically functional urban landscape. LID uses a decentralized at the source approach to manage stormwater management by integrating hydrologic and water-quality functions into all aspects of the urban landscape and infrastructure. LID’s decentralized management creates a multifunctional urban landscape that maintains and restores the ecological integrity of receiving waters while reducing construction, maintenance, and inspection costs. This workshop offers an in-depth introduction to the economic benefits, ecological goals, planning techniques, design principles, analytical methodologies, implementation strategies, and monitoring results of the innovative LID technology for urban stormwater management. Attendees will gain an in-depth technical understanding of how to apply integrated management practices to meet local watershed protection and water resources restoration protection goals and regulatory requirements.

This new technology involves multiple disciplines and has far-reaching impacts in urban stormwater management, land use planning, water resources protection, site planning/design, best management practices, building requirements, construction, and maintenance of stormwater infrastructure. LID will be of interest to local, state, and federal government administrators and regulators; developers, builders, contractors; land use/development planners, civil/environmental engineers, landscape architects; environmental professionals/consultants; and environmentalists and interested citizens.

Learning Objectives:

• Provide a comprehensive overview of LID’s unique philosophy, principles, practices, and processes
• Discussion of a watershed’s ecological processes vital to protecting receiving waters and aquatic living resources
• Establishing ecologically based watershed management and site design goals and objectives
• Understanding the technical, practical, and economic limitations of LID and conventional BMPs
• Planning, design, construction, and maintenance guidelines for LID practices and their applications to residential, commercial, and industrial development
• Discussion of available analytical tools and models for LID
• The use of LID for urban retrofit to address TMDL’s, CSO, source water protection, and restoring urban waters
• LID program implementation strategies for local governments
• How LID can meet NPDES permit requirements
• Roadblocks to implementation
• Overview of monitoring results
• How LID fits within the context of overall watershed planning and regional water quality systems
• Demonstrate and discuss LID’s applications to California’s unique and diverse geology, hydrology, and ecosystems

Course Outline:

8:00 a.m.	8:30 a.m.	Welcome / Introductions / Purpose of Workshop
8:30 a.m.	9:45 a.m.	LID Overview, Basic Philosophy, Principles, Practices & Processes
9:45 a.m.	10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00 a.m.	10:45 a.m.	Site Planning Techniques
10:45 a.m.	11:30 a.m.	Design Guidance for Bioretention and other practices
11:30 a.m.	12:30 p.m.	Lunch
12:30 p.m.	1:00 p.m.	Hydrology and Hydraulics Analytical Basic Principles
1:00 p.m.	2:00 p.m.	Developer Perspectives, Costs and Benefits
2:00 p.m.	2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 p.m.	3:15 p.m.	LID Case Studies (New Development & Retrofit)
3:15 p.m.	4:00 p.m.	Facilitated Discussion (Regulatory Issues and Adapting LID to Local Goals)

4:00 p.m. – Adjourn

Workshop Training Approach:

The workshop will be taught through interactive lectures, handouts, and case studies. The class is being conducted under sponsorship of the Low Impact Development Center Inc., a national nonprofit organization working with local, state, and federal agencies, and watershed groups on the research, development and implementation of LID technologies, projects, programs, modeling, and monitoring. Larry S. Coffman, who has over 30 years of experience in urban stormwater management and is considered the nation’s foremost expert on LID technologies and programs, will conduct the training. Coffman was a founder of the LID Center, pioneer of Bioretention (Rain Gardens), and the principle author of the nationally acclaimed Prince George’s County, Maryland’s LID planning and design manuals. He has conducted numerous workshops and training seminars on LID, both nationally and internationally, for the Department of Defense; ASCE; municipal, county, and state governments; regional authorities; universities; watershed protection groups; and private consulting firms. He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineer’s, EWRI, Urban Water Resources Research Council and serves on the Water Environment Research Federation’s, Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee. 

Course includes a workbook and CD with comprehensive design guidance

Larry S. Coffman, LNSB, LLLP, president, Stormwater Services Group

Larry S. Coffman, president of the Stormwater Services Group is the pioneer of Low-Impact Development (LID) technology and is considered one of the nation’s leading experts on urban stormwater management. He has over 30 years of experience in local government dealing in all aspects of stormwater management and receiving waters protection. Coffman also has a national environmental consulting firm and has worked for the last six years in land development and providing educational services in LID technologies and program development. He is one of the founding members of the non-profit Low Impact Development Center Inc., an important LID national technical resource for governments an the development community. He has authored numerous papers, articles, and manuals on LID and urban stormwater management and was the principal author and architect of Prince George’s County Maryland’s national award-winning “Low Impact Development Design Strategies, An Integrated Design Approach” for Urban Stormwater Management. He has also pioneered the innovative stormwater management practice of bioretention or “Rain Gardens” and is a scientist, educator, consultant, and inventor. His latest inventions are Filterra and Bacterra commercially available advanced bioretention systems to treat urban runoff. 

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Stormwater Pollution Modeling for LID, TMDL, and Retrofitting Analyses -  An Overview of WinSLAMM

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Monday, August 20, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Registration Fee: $225.00

This course requires all attendees to have a laptop computer with them for use during the course. If you plan on attending with someone from your organization, you may also share a computer.

Attendees with their own laptop may use a temporary license of the model during the course. WinSLAMM can be run on a PC with Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7, and will need a CD drive and/or a USB port to load the program. You will need administrative privileges for the computer if the program is not pre-loaded.

Course Description:
This hands-on computer-based course will demonstrate how to use WinSLAMM to utilize source area stormwater controls to maintain or create a hydrologically functional landscape that mimics natural watersheds’ hydrologic functions (volume, frequency, recharge, and discharge). By integrating source area controls into site design, you can approach the pre-development site stability to retain water and pollutants.

You will learn to:

• Quantify pollutant sources in complex urban watersheds
• Predict the performance and impact of many interacting development and control options
• Calculate pollutant loads and runoff volumes from various structural and non-structural management scenarios
• Estimate and compare the costs of stormwater control practices

About WinSLAMM:
WinSLAMM is a Windows-based, continuous simulation computer program, that helps water resources professionals make effective decisions by modeling the stormwater impacts of new or existing developments and evaluating the benefits of various control measures. The WinSLAMM model has been used for over 15 years to calculate urban stormwater runoff volume, pollution loads, and assess a wide range of management measures. The model enables accurate planning-level and design-level analyses. Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources has adopted the model for regulatory compliance purposes. The WinSLAMM batch processor provides data for decision makers to select the most cost-effective alternative stormwater control practices. WinSLAMM is typically used in continuous simulations of at least one year of local rain events to examine these issues over a wide range of actual site conditions.

The One-Day Course Will Cover:

• Modeling terminology and preparing to model WinSLAMM theory and practice
• WinSLAMM model features and navigation
• Base file setup
• Grass swale & filter strip modeling/design
• Biofilter modeling/design
• Analyzing an example LID subdivision development for stormwater volume & TSS loads

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Designer and Reviewer Series – Part II Technical Assessment of Construction Site BMPs

Monday, August 20, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Registration Fee: $225.00

Skill Level: Advanced
Why Attend this Course?
This one-day, advanced level course, is for those responsible and accountable for developing and/or reviewing effective sediment and erosion control plans. Participants must have a good knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering as well as an excellent understanding of sediment and erosion control practices. This course will demonstrate how applying science and engineering principles can increase the effectiveness, and identify limitations of BMPs. It will also provide accountability and technical tools for designers and reviewers for use in the development of effective sediment and erosion control plans. It is critical that participants be able to operate a calculator and solve mathematical equations.

Course Outline:
Module 1

Hydrologic Assessments

• Volume of runoff
• Peak flood flows
• Hydrographs and sedigraphs

Erosion Rate Models

• USLE
• RUSLE
• MUSLE
• Assessing quantities of sediment in runoff
• Limitations

Effectiveness of Barriers

• Sheet flow and concentrated flow conditions
• Hillside, inlet, and area drain measures
• Check structures
• Limitations

Module 2

Sediment Containment Systems (e.g., sediment basins)

• Retention Detention
• Flow-through
• Limitations

Designing Effective SCSs

• Design parameters
• Capturing design size particles
• Reducing turbidity
• Limitations

Module 3

Performance Goals Equation

• Historic discharge of sediment
• Macro vs. micro conditions
• Incorporating results from the RUSLE model
• Limitations

Effectiveness Equation

• Designing to meet performance goals
• Incorporating results from the RUSLE model
• Limitations

Designing Effective S&EC plans

• Assessing existing and future runoff conditions
• Calculating performance goals to contributing watersheds
• Designing on a macro scale using the effectiveness equation
• Developing plans for the contractor to implement
• Compiling notes for the contractor

Module 4

Erosion Control Practices

• Developing seed mixtures
• Fertilizer calculations

Assessing “Soft Armoring” Techniques for Channel Protection

Instructor:
Dr. Jerald Fifield, president, HydroDynamics Inc.

Since 1982 when Dr. Jerald Fifield started HydroDynamics Inc., he has been actively involved with drainage, sediment and erosion control, water rights, and nonpoint pollution control. Through his company, he develops sediment and erosion control plans, completes drainage analysis, provides inspection services and teaches about controlling sediment and erosion on construction sites. Jerry has authored numerous professional papers, researched sediment and erosion control products, written a sediment and erosion control manual for designers, and a field manual for contractors and inspectors.

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NEW BMP Selection to Improve Your Watershed, Monday, Aug 20, $225.00

Full Day Pre-Conference Accredited Course

Monday, August 20, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Registration Fee: $225.00
Course Description:
Selecting the right Best Management Practices (BMPs) is crucial for protecting and improving watersheds, but understanding the array of choices and the conditions in which different BMPs are most effective can seem overwhelming.

This comprehensive workshop guides program managers and engineers through the criteria necessary for selection of the most effective BMPs for a project. It begins with a discussion of pollutant types and their sources, moving into an overview of pollutant removal unit processes, followed by a discussion on regulations for impaired waters, NPDES, TMDLs, and numeric nutrient criteria. The next part of the course addresses the difference between new development BMP design and retrofitting existing development for TMDL compliance.

A detailed description of 33 BMPs is given - from ponds, alum injection systems, and constructed wetlands, to various types of media filters, inlet devices, sand filters, hydrodynamic devices, and more. Low Impact Development rainwater harvesting methods and applications will be demonstrated. A section on selection criteria gives participants a list of factors for making the best choices, including not only pollutant removal effectiveness, but also types of pollutants, available space, groundwater level, soil type, and maintenance costs. The workshop also includes discussions of first flush, monitoring of BMPs, and BMP removal efficiency databases. Several computer models and case studies of pollutant loading calculations for TMDL compliance and pollutant removal calculations for BMPs and treatment trains are demonstrated. An in depth look at BMP inspections and maintenance will also be given along with a method to track sediment removals from street sweeping and maintenance activities to achieve reductions in TMDL allocations.

Gordon England, PE, D.WRE and president of Stormwater Solutions Inc.
Gordon England has over 30 years of experience in stormwater management, in both the public and private sectors. His expertise includes stormwater master plans, modeling, stormwater utility creation and management, and BMP research. His 10 years as lead engineer with the Brevard County (FL) Stormwater Utility and tenure as senior engineer for the Bahamian Ministry of Works gives him a thorough understanding of municipal operations and perspectives. He is a recognized leader in the selection and design of innovative stormwater BMPs. He serves as an Editorial Advisor to Stormwater magazine and sits on several Task Committees for the Environmental Water Resources Institute.
Stuart Stein, PE, DWRE and president of GKY and Associates
Stuart Stein 26 years of experience in stormwater management and water resources engineering, including watershed management plans, stormwater and drainage studies, BMP design and analysis, TMDLs, and flood studies. He has coauthored several publications, including the Federal Highway Administration’s popular Evaluation and Management of Highway Runoff Water Quality, and its Urban Drainage Design Manual, Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 22. He assisted the EPA’s Office of Policy in evaluating the impacts of land development alternatives (e.g., traditional sprawl, smart growth) on water quality. Mr. Stein serves on the faculty of Virginia Tech’s civil engineering department, where he teaches urban hydrology and environmental systems modeling. He was also chair of the ASCE’s National Urban Water Infrastructure Management Committee and chair of the ASCE TMDL Evaluation Task Committee.

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NEW “What gets measured gets managed.
How are you measuring environmental compliance?”

Monday, August 20, 2012
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Registration Fee: $225.00

Course Description
This fresh approach to stormwater compliance for construction sites will focus on strategies that are not necessarily highly technical, rather they demand high levels of common sense. If you, or your construction site exposes more than an acre of disturbed soil you already understand the confusing, comprehensive regulations surrounding stormwater compliance.
What the industry or the regulatory professionals have not yet provided is a simple, plain approach to satisfying these regulations. What can one construction site do to manage the runoff and still remain profitable? This course will be the first step in demystifying the intense broad regulations that affect construction projects all throughout the United States. Further, this course will focus on determining with a risk assessment mindset what strategies are the most important in maintaining an environmentally compliant project.

In addition to on site examples, this course will look into the design issues that often set projects up for failure. The participant will learn important lessons and mistakes to avoid when correctly assessing a site for environmental compliance and determining what practices will best manage compliance. Finally, the participant will learn what to do when unforeseen circumstances occur. How to plan for extreme situations and what types of language to include for rapid response procedures.

Although not intended for academic purposes, this course will speak to strategies and processes of compliance. The course will focus on techniques, not specific practice installation or performance standards. In addition, the goal of this course is to share common misconceptions, techniques that expose sites to the highest level of risk, and the common sense strategies for compliance that many sites do not take full advantage of.

Finally, this course will provide the participant with specific techniques, for each phase of construction, that will aid the site manager in making sure their project is not fined. In addition to case history examples, interviews with project managers, and site environmental penalty examples this course provides real data to consider when making site management decisions.

The key concept remains; plain, construction focused language that will allow the participant to make informed decisions for environmental compliance.

Jennifer Hildebrand, CPESC, CPSWQ, CESSWI, CISEC environmental compliance manager, WSB and Associates Inc.

Jennifer Hildebrand has been involved in the erosion and sediment industry for over 18
years. She has a master’s degree in business administration from Augsburg College, and specializes in compliance strategies within the stormwater market.

Currently with by WSB and Associates, Jennifer's experience and industry involvement allow WSB to deliver excellence in environmental compliance to their clients. Her specialties include stormwater compliance issues, training and awareness programs, site inspection programs, compliance program design, and site plan reviews. She has developed and delivered education and compliance programs in both the construction and post construction stormwater market. Her involvement in the construction industry has provided her with valuable experience in a wide variety of stormwater compliance products and services. As a result, Jennifer has developed a selection of technologies that involve several methods of hydraulic application techniques and biotechnical stabilization practices throughout the United States and Canada. This private industry experience and public representation experience provides opportunities for facilitation of appropriate stormwater, erosion, sediment, control programs and techniques. In addition, this experience also illuminates the challenges and opportunities that exist in post construction phases of stormwater compliance.

Her presentations and classes have been conducted in many states throughout the United States and Canada. She has also spoken and presented materials at multiple government agencies and Departments of Transportation. She has been a part of specifications and standards development for Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and Manitoba, Canada.

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Cancellation Policy
Cancellations prior to July 1, 2012, will be subject to a processing fee of 35%.  After July 1, 2012, registration fees will not be refunded, but may be applied to another individual's registration fees. StormCon must be notified in writing prior to July 1, 2012 of any transferred registration. A completed form with the new attendee's information must accompany the notification.

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