Pre-Conference Workshops

New! Integrating Stormwater Programs with TMDLs and Watershed Management Plans

Stormwater Compliance in SWPPP Preparation and Construction Site Inspections
(Two-Day)

Low-Impact Development: Introduction, Applications, and Technical Implementation
(Two-Day)

New! Advanced BMP Design, Installation, and Maintenance: New Generation Stormwater Treatment Practices

New! Advanced Post-Construction Stormwater Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair

New! Advanced BMP Design, Installation, and Maintenance: Large Municipal Projects

BMPs: Pollutants, Selection, and Maintenance

EPA Presents Post-Construction, LID, and Smart Growth as Stormwater BMPs

Course Descriptions, Outlines, and Presenters

New Integrating Stormwater Programs with TMDLs and Watershed Management Plans
Quantifying Current Loads and BMP Benefits Through Cooperative, Coordinated,
Stormwater Program Development
Full-Day Workshop, Sunday, August 3, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Course Description
Stormwater program managers are faced with increasing pressure to accommodate and address a wide variety of issues related to water resource protection and restoration. USEPA and state water quality agencies have been moving toward a stronger role for stormwater programs in addressing total maximum daily loads established for impaired waters, and local watershed organizations and state programs advocate strongly for more involvement in their efforts.

This workshop will explore the sometimes confusing array of regulatory and non-regulatory water resource initiatives involving stormwater programs, and focus on how stormwater managers can improve consistency between their activities and those included in stormwater TMDLs and watershed management plans. Staff from Tetra Tech's stormwater and modeling groups will present information on assessment, planning, and management complete with detailed information on how to quantify existing pollutant loads and the benefits expected from proposed management practices. Material covered in the workshop will range from intermediate to advanced, with an array of case studies on various approaches for modeling current conditions and the performance of individual and multiple BMPs.

The workshop is intended for managers of medium-sized and large stormwater programs. Consultation and group discussions on issues raised by participants will be included.

Course Outline
Welcome and Introductions                                                             

• Workshop objectives
• The need for an integrated stormwater/watershed/TMDL approach

The Process and the Product: Water Resource Planning and Management

• Statutory & regulatory issues related to water resource management
• TMDLs, stormwater programs, and watershed planning
• Watershed characterization, problem identification and plan development     

Identifying Local Challenges to Integrating TMDLs and Stormwater Programs

• Facilitated discussion – let’s hear your war stories!
• What’s working, what’s not; what’s hard, and what’s easy
• How an integrated stormwater/TMDL/watershed management approach works

Tools for Identifying and Evaluating TMDLs and Existing Pollutant Loads

• Sources of key assessment information and water-quality data
• Online assessment tools: Enviromapper, STORET, and others
• Simple spreadsheets and the range of modeling options
• Accessing models and addressing data requirements

Approaches for Quantifying BMP Performance and Expected Load Reductions           

• Interpreting TMDLs and watershed plans to identify stressors and sources
• Linking parameters of concern with appropriate management practices
• Quantifying projected performance of structural and nonstructural BMPs
• Online and other tools for quantifying BMP performance

Lessons from the Field: Examples and Case Studies on Stormwater and TMDLs

• Using flow and load duration curves to identify point vs. nonpoint sources
• Integrating stormwater and water resource protection programs
• A site evaluation tool for characterizing current conditions and BMP impacts
• Quantifying the benefits of multiple site/watershed BMPs through modeling

Where Do I Begin?                       

• Facilitated group discussion on specific local stormwater and TMDL issues
• Identification of resources and tools for getting started
• Review of key topics of the workshop
• Adjournment

Instructors
John Kosco, Principal Engineer, Tetra Tech
John Kosco has over 14 years of experience working on stormwater and nonpoint-source projects. He manages Tetra Tech’s work supporting the USEPA’s stormwater program and is assisting state departments of transportation in Washington, Michigan, and Colorado in the development and implementation of their stormwater management programs. Kosco has led onsite evaluations of over 100 stormwater Phase I permit programs, is an experienced trainer, and is the author of several guidance documents and manuals on stormwater management, including the Stormwater Construction Inspection Guide for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. John has a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Penn State University and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from George Washington University.

Trevor Clements, Director of Watershed Management Services, Tetra Tech
Trevor has over 24 years’ experience in watershed assessment and management planning. He has managed and facilitated numerous watershed planning projects involving technical and policy advisory groups, including major water supply protection efforts for Falls Lake, Cane Creek Reservoir, Jordan Lake, Mountain Island Lake, Randleman Lake, and most recently, Lake Maumelle in Arkansas. In addition to his substantial contributions to the Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect our Waters, he is the lead author of Framework for a Watershed Management Program (WERF, 1996).

Barry Tonning, Director of Applied Research, Tetra Tech
Barry has provided technical and training support for the US EPA's stormwater and watershed management programs.

Steve Carter, Water Resources Engineer, Tetra Tech
Steve has more than ten years experience in a wide range of watershed, surface water, and other model applications.

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Stormwater Compliance in SWPPP Preparation and Construction Site Inspections
Two-Day Workshop
Sunday, August 3 and Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
1 Continuing Education Unit

The two areas this class will cover include knowing the general permit well enough to prepare a compliant SWPPP and making sure you understand what needs to be inspected to keep the SWPPP and the site in compliance at all times. Special attention will be given to common pitfalls that result in bad inspections. For example, one of the easiest things to be in compliance with on a construction site is the paperwork, yet this is still an area of opportunity for improvement.

1. The Regulations
2. The Forms
3. Text
4. Site Map and Detail sheet
5. Design Do’s and Don’ts

Day Two: Inspecting a Construction Site to Make Sure It Is in Compliance

1. The Regulations
2. Inspection Protocol (Do’s and Don’ts)
3. Inspecting the Paperwork
4. Inspecting BMPs
5. How to Write Up the Inspection
6. The Risks of Non-Compliance

Instructor
Shirley D. Morrow, CPESC, Environmental Scientist, Vice President, Stormwater USA
Shirley Morrow has worked in the erosion and sediment control industry for over 14 years. She prepared the USEPA-approved certified stormwater professional training program for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. under a consent order with the USEPA and conducted approximately 100 classes to certify over 4,000 superintendents, project managers, and construction managers with Wal-Mart. As a consultant she has prepared over 100 SWPPPs for construction activities in over 30 states. She has also provided expert investigations and research in erosion and sediment control for litigation projects. Morrow has been interviewed in Stormwater magazine and has served on the board of the International Erosion Control Association.

Low-Impact Development: Introduction, Applications, and Technical Implementation
Two-Day Workshop
Sunday, August 3 and Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
1 Continuing Education Unit

By integrating LID into site design you can replicate the natural sponge and pollutant assimilative capacity. A developed site can be designed to be a much more functional part of the watershed with intelligent use of LID practices and principles.

This workshop will provide an in-depth introduction to the economic benefits, ecological goals, planning techniques, design principles, analytical methodologies, and implementation strategies and monitoring results of LID techniques for urban stormwater management. Attendees will gain a thorough technical understanding of how to apply integrated LID management practices to meet local watershed protection and water resources restoration protection goals and regulatory requirements.

The course will cover the five basic management, planning, and design principles of LID: 1) conserve vital ecological/natural resources (trees, streams, wetlands, drainage courses); 2) minimize impacts at the site level by reducing imperviousness, conserving natural resources/ecosystems, maintaining natural drainage courses, reducing use of pipes, and clearing and grading; 3) maintain the predevelopment time of concentration by strategically routing flows to maintain travel time and control discharge; 4) provide runoff storage measures and dispersed controls uniformly throughout the landscape with the use of a variety of small decentralized detention, retention, and filtration practices such as bioretention, open swales, amended soils, and flatter grades; and 5) implement effective public education and incentive programs to encourage property owners to use pollution prevention measures and maintain on-lot landscape management practices.

• Comprehensive overview of LID’s unique philosophy, principles, practices, and processes
• Discussion of a watershed’s ecological processes vital to protecting receiving waters
• 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
• Discussion of available analytical tools and models for LID
• The use of LID for urban retrofit to address total maximum daily loads, combined sewer overflows, source water protection, and restoring urban waters
• LID program implementation strategies for local governments
• How LID can meet the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements
• Roadblocks to implementation
• Overview of monitoring results
• Demonstrate and discuss LID’s applications to unique and diverse geology, hydrology, and ecosystems

Instructor
Larry Coffman, President, Stormwater Services
Larry Coffman has over 30 years of experience in stormwater management, flood control, watershed planning and restoration, and public outreach and education. He is a pioneer of bioretention or "rain gardens" and is considered one of the nation's leading experts on LID technology. He has taught LID courses across the nation, authored numerous papers and articles, and is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers' Urban Water Resources Research Council and the Water Environment Federation Stormwater Technical Advisory Committee. Coffman developed the practices known as low-impact development techniques in 1990 as the associate director of resources and planning for Environmental Resources in Prince George's County, MD. Coffman adapted techniques from a variety of long-established fields and invented new techniques to specifically meet the challenges of municipal stormwater management. 

New Advanced BMP Design, Installation, and Maintenance: New Generation Stormwater Treatment Practices
Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education UnitCourse Description

An interactive, hands-on workshop to develop and adapt effective design specifications for the new generation of stormwater treatment practices specifically geared toward local stormwater managers and design consultants. Participants will learn state of the art, innovative stormwater practices and will leave the workshop with customized design specifications that will work effectively in their communities.

The workshop will also focus on improving design standards and specifications for four innovative stormwater treatment practices: soil conservation, bioretention, dry swales, and linear wetlands. The morning will focus on key adaptations to make them work effectively, given local terrain, climate, water-quality objectives and development conditions, present the research and experience that has shaped the new generation designs, and present a basic design template for local use. The afternoon will feature an interactive discussion on how to troubleshoot the specifications to ensure proper installation and future maintenance. Participants are encouraged to bring their laptops and end the day crafting customized new designs to implement in their community.

• The do’s and don’ts of crafting stormwater design specifications from someone who has made just about every mistake
• The latest science on soil conservation, bioretention, dry swales, and linear wetlands
• The missing link: the construction sequence and a realistic maintenance program
• One size does fit all- key tips for adapting STP designs to work in the demanding conditions present in your community
• 4 new base templates for innovative STPs
• The balance between being prescriptive versus flexible
• Plan review, construction inspection, and maintenance inspection checklists
• Interactive work session to develop your own customized design specifications

New Advanced Post-Construction Stormwater Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair
Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Course Description
This comprehensive full-day workshop will cover the diverse areas of maintaining post-construction stormwater management facilities, inspection protocol, maintenance requirements of infrastructure, and various BMPs. Repair issues and implementing a multi-site inspection and maintenance program will also be covered.

Post-construction stormwater BMPs have been required to be constructed for several decades. However, until recently the inspection and maintenance of these facilities has been a relatively dormant issue. The lack of maintenance and repair actions can cause stormwater facilities to become a liability, public hazard, and point source of pollution. The result can be detrimental to the environment and have negative financial impacts for property owners, managers, and municipalities. As regulatory prioritization and enforcement of maintenance issues vary significantly, owners and managers of stormwater infrastructure are beginning inspection and maintenance programs for varied reasons. This workshop explores the need for maintenance and offers an insider’s look at the various elements of a stormwater inspection, maintenance, and repair program. A wide variety of pertinent issues are reviewed, including design purpose of devices, inspection and maintenance procedures, and alternative approaches.

1. Can inspection and maintenance programs be avoided? A look into the reasons for programs including regulatory requirements and best practices for infrastructure management
2. Design intent of various practices. We look at the purpose behindthe design of various BMPs and how they influence inspection and maintenance procedures
3. Field identification. A review of infrastructure and various typesof BMPs including: conveyance systems, above ground facilities, below ground facilities, and proprietary devices
4. Inspections. We discuss pertinent aspects of inspections and programs including intervals, protocol, and procedures
5. Routine maintenance. A look at the intervals and procedures to follow for routine maintenance
6. Repairs. A review of common repairs and how to avoid them by inspection and routine maintenance.
7. The Other Approach: Reactive.
8. Who can do the work, including Inspection, Maintenance, and Repairs.

Guest Speaker (Tentative)
Matthew Foster, P.E., Lowe’s Companies
An owner’s perspective: ‘The Challenges of Implementing a National Multi-Site Program’

New Advanced BMP Design, Installation, and Maintenance: Large Municipal Projects
Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Course Description
This interactive workshop will focus on theory, design criteria and the decision making process for selecting and designing advanced treatment BMPs to address pollutants of concern from urban stormwater runoff. 

Municipalities, DOTs and developers are required to address post-construction stormwater runoff from new development and redevelopment that disturbs one or more acres. As runoff flows over areas altered by development, it picks up harmful sediment and chemicals such as oil and grease, pesticides, heavy metals, and nutrients (e.g., nitrogen and phosphorus). The best way to mitigate stormwater impacts from new development is to use practices to treat, store, and infiltrate runoff onsite before it can affect water bodies downstream. In many communities, receiving water bodies on the 303 (d) list and the subsequent development of TMDLs has forced the consideration of specific BMPs to address the receiving waters pollutants of concern. This one-day course presents a comprehensive view of stormwater management with an emphasis on the current design practice for treatment BMPs. Design procedures for several BMPs are presented including, infiltration, media filters and treatment trains. Attendees will get an in-depth understanding of how to design, construct and operate advanced treatment BMPs.

Course Outline                                                                                  

1. Introduction
2. Brief Overview of Stormwater Management
3. Brief Overview of the Regulatory Framework
4. Understanding Hydromodification
5. Understanding Pollutants of Concern (POC)
6. Design Criteria – Water Quality Volume
7. Design Criteria – Water Quality Flow
8. Common Treatment BMPs
9. Advanced Treatment BMPs
10. Selecting the Appropriate BMP for Site Specific POCs
11. Design of Infiltration BMPs
12. Design of Sand Filter BMPs
13. Design of Treatment Trains
14. Construction of Treatment BMPs
15. Operation and Maintenance of Treatment BMPs
16. Closing

Instructor
James Sullivan, P.E., Project Manager, Metcalf & Eddy|AECOM
Mr. Sullivan is a project manager with considerable experience in facilities planning, conceptual design, final design, and construction management of large municipal, and civil engineering projects. For the last decade, he has focused on wet weather engineering and drainage design, with particular attention to stormwater treatment to address site-specific water-quality objectives. He has designed numerous stormwater treatment BMPs, including advanced pilot studies in California as well as BMPs for large municipal projects in the Northeast. He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell.  He currently resides in Connecticut.

BMPs: Selection, Inspection, and Maintenance
Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Course Description
Selecting the right best management practices (BMPs) is crucial for achieving water-quality goals, 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 to make good selections. It begins with a discussion of pollutant sources and types and an overview of pollutant removal mechanisms. 33 types of BMPs are covered in detail—from ponds, alum injection systems, and constructed wetlands to different types of media filters, inlet devices, buffer strips, hydrodynamic devices, and more. A section on selection criteria gives participants a wide-ranging list of considerations for making the best choices, including not only the type of pollutants, but also pollutant removal efficiency, available space, groundwater level, soil type, and maintenance costs. The workshop also includes discussions of first flush, monitoring of BMPs, total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), and the role of low-impact development practices. Modeling of pollutant loading and pollutant removal calculations for BMPs and treatment trains are provided, along with a new method for design of pre vs. post pollutant loadings. Stormwater reuse, along with case studies, are discussed. An in-depth look at BMP inspections and maintenance will also be given.

Course Outline                                                                                  

1. Pollutant Types and Sources                                                    
2. Pollutant Impacts                                                                      
3. Pollutant Removal Mechanisms                                    
4. Selecting Structural Best Management Practices (BMPs)
   a. Discussion of 33 Types of BMPs
   b. How they work
   c. Constraints on operations
   d. Measuring performancee. Modeling
   f. Treatment trains
   g. Design for Pre vs. Post Pollutant Loadings
5. Stormwater Reuse
6. Inspecting BMPs
   a. Policy and Process Issues
   b. Field Inspection
7. BMP Maintenance

Instructors
Gordon England, P.E., D.WRE, GPI Southeast Inc. 

Gordon England has over 27 years of experience in stormwater management, in both the public and private sectors. His experience includes stormwater master plans, modeling, stormwater utility creation and management, and grant acquisition. His 10 years as lead engineer with the Brevard County (FL) Stormwater Utility and tenure as senior engineer for the Bahamian Ministry of Works gave him a thorough understanding of municipal operations and perspectives. He is a recognized leader in the selection and design of innovative stormwater BMPs and serves as an Editorial Advisor to Stormwater magazine and on several Task Committees for the Environmental Water Resources Institute.

Stuart Stein, P.E., D.WRE, President of GKY & Associates, Inc.
Stuart Stein has over 20 years 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 is currently teaches stormwater management to State DOTs nationwide, serves as Principal Investigator for the FHWA Hydraulics Research Laboratory, and assists a number of municipalities with their NPDES stormwater programs.

Stein serves on the faculty of Virginia Tech, where he teaches Urban Hydrology and Environmental Hydrology. He served as chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Stormwater Infrastructure Committee, chair of the ASCE TMDL Evaluation Task Committee, and vice chair of the ASCE BMP Testing Program Task Committee.

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EPA Presents Post-Construction, LID, and Smart Growth as Stormwater BMPs
Monday, August 4, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
0.5 Continuing Education Unit

Communities across the country are working hard to build comprehensive stormwater management programs that meet the goals of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II regulations. Perhaps the most challenging aspect of this program is the post-construction minimum measure that focuses on permanent stormwater controls installed on newly developed or redeveloped land.

In addition to the basic challenges of getting a municipal post-construction program up and running, there are new and emerging techniques that have the potential to significantly improve the environmental effectiveness of these programs. Development is a major threat to our watersheds due to the increases in impervious surfaces associated with our current patterns of growth. There is compelling evidence that low-impact development or better site design techniques that seek to manage stormwater at the site and focus on maximizing infiltration can significantly reduce the impact of stormwater pollution from individual sites. To make these municipal post-construction programs truly effective, the USEPA is finding that we also need to raise our focus from individual sites up to the neighborhood and watershed levels. Smart growth seeks to examine development patterns at the macro level and come up with better solutions—solutions that result in many benefits, including improved water quality, reduced air pollution, and better quality of life.

The goal of this workshop is to help those involved with local stormwater management build stormwater programs that will result in real improvements to local rivers, lakes, and coastal waters. Municipalities can build much more effective programs by incorporating LID and smart growth ideas into their programs, ordinances, master plans, and guidance documents.

Course Outline

• Overview of post-construction requirements, LID, and smart growth
• Making the link between the site and the watershed – smart growth as a BMP
• Watershed planning exercise
• You get what you ask for: site-based stormwater criteria
• Site planning exercise
• Tools for developing a post-construction program

Lisa Nisenson, Policy Analyst, Tetra Tech.
Lisa Nisenson has over 15 years experience working on smart growth professionally and as a citizen activist. She previously worked for the Development, Community and Environment Division in EPA’s Office of Policy, focusing on growth and water policy, including development of “Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices,” as well as numerous articles for stormwater and planning journals. Her current work as a consultant focuses on developing multi-objective zoning and ordinance language to meet environmental, transportation and economic goals. Ms. Nisenson graduated from Meredith College with a B.S. in biology and earned a Master’s Degree in Education Administration at Harvard University. 

John Kosco, Principal Engineer, Tetra Tech.
John Kosco has over 14 years of experience working on stormwater and nonpoint-source projects. He manages Tetra Tech’s work supporting the USEPA’s stormwater program and is assisting state departments of transportation in Washington, Michigan, and Colorado in the development and implementation of their stormwater management programs. Kosco has led onsite evaluations of over 100 stormwater Phase I permit programs, is an experienced trainer, and is the author of several guidance documents and manuals on stormwater management, including the Stormwater Construction Inspection Guide for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. John has a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering from Penn State University and a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from George Washington University.

David Hirschman, Senior Water Resources Specialist, Center for Watershed Protection
David Hirschman joined the Center for Watershed Protection staff in 2005. Prior to his Center employment, Dave worked in the public and private sectors working on stormwater and water resources topics. Most recently, he worked for Biohabitats of Virginia, specializing in innovative stormwater management, wetlands, and water resources planning. Dave also served as water resources manager for Albemarle County, Virginia for over 11 years. He was responsible for the development of a stormwater management program, including authoring a stormwater ordinance and design guidance, coordinating plan review and construction inspection efforts, and undertaking stream assessments and stormwater master planning. Dave has taught water resources and environmental courses at the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. He has a B.A. in Biology from Duke University and a Master’s Degree in Urban & Regional Planning from Virginia Tech.

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