Conference Program: StormCon 2023

Wednesday, August 30, 2023
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Opening Keynote: A Texas Sized Planning Effort – TWDB’s Statewide Flood Planning Reem Zoun - Texas Water Development Board
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Channel Stabilization to Protect Transmission Facilities Richard Besancon - Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc		Problem Evaluation and Best Management Practices Assignment Decision Support Tim Kelly - Coon Creek Watershed District		Urban Gardening and Stormwater Management Sami Khalil - Jefferson Parish Environmental
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Evaluating Maintenance Needs for Manufactured Treatment Devices following the TAPE Protocols paired with Monitoring and Testing Stormwater Treatment Systems Carla Milesi - University of Washington Douglas Howie - WA. State Department of Ecology Lisa Simms - Oldcastle Infrastructure		Operation Sweep the Creek: An Initiative to Address Pre-production Plastic Pellet Loss in Stormwater from Plastic Manufacturers in Toronto, Canada Eden Hataley - University of Toronto Michael Hannah - Enviropod International Limited		Integrating Cityworks with a Citywide Creek Erosion Assessment Tiffany Tillison - City of Frisco Will Janney - City of Frisco
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Beyond Blue Carbon: Using the Principles of Living Shorelines to Strengthen Shorelines Eric Seidl - Envirolok		Increasing Competition for Critical Drainage Infrastructure in Texas Jonathan Sickels - Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.		Stormwater Hydrologic and Quality Modification by Permeable Interlocking Pavement (PIP) System: Implication of Sustainable Urban Development Jong-Yeop Kim, PhD - Florida Gulf Coast University
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Introduction to Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (Intro to IDDE) Brad Flack - StormwaterONE		Large-diameter Surface Water Interceptor Adds Capacity to Support Growth Ben Fuentes - Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Ted Jones		A Field Study of Biochar Amended Soils: Water Retention, Infiltration and Nutrient Removal from Stormwater Runoff Joseph Brown - Murfee Engineering Company
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Panel Discussion: Utilizing STEPP to Move the Industry Forward Seth Brown - National Municipal Stormwater Alliance Robert Adair - Convergent Water Technologies, Inc. Greg Williams - StormTrap Katie Johns - Endeavor Business Media
Thursday, August 31, 2023
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM	A Proactive Approach to North Central Texas Growth and Development: Integrating Transportation and Stormwater Infrastructure (TSI) Jai-W Hayes-Jackson - North Central Texas Council of Governments	Gravel Lane TSS Abatement Study and Pilot Projects Erica Yaholnitsky - City of Calgary		Integrated Stormwater Management Program in North Texas: Overview, Enhancements and Implementation Saumya Sarkar - Halff Associates, Inc. Casey Cannon - North Central Texas Council of Governments Kevin Hurley - City of Dallas		Green Stormwater Infrastructure/Low Impact Development Standards in an Arid Environment Sarah Ganley - Bohannan Huston, Inc. Kali Bronson - Bernalillo County
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM	MnDOT’s I35W Stormwater Storage Facility: Design and Constructing Hydraulic Resiliency in a CMGC Procurement Environment Thomas Pullen - Brierley Associates	The Washington State Department of Ecology’s Water Quality Program Brian Johnson - Washington Department of Ecology		Stormwater BMPs can be Beautiful! Native Plants Not Only Reduce O&M Costs, They Can Add Value to Your Site Michael Drennan - NV5 Jackson Wandres - NV5 Mike Smyth - NV5		Brentwood Bound Flood Mitigation Daniel Gummersheimer - City of Brentwood Eric Gruenenfelder - City of Brentwood
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Using HSPF Special Actions to Model Recirculation Flows in the San Antonio River Tunnel System Ka-Leung Lee - LAN Paul Duda - RESPEC Sheeba Thomas - San Antonio River Authority	Reimagining the Schoolyard as a Stormwater Practice and Incentive Programs That Will Help P. Trinh Doan - DC Department of Energy & Environment		Planning and Progress of Green Stormwater Infrastructure Solutions for Transportation Infrastructure in New Mexico Sarah Ganley - Bohannan Huston, Inc. Antonio Griego - New Mexico Department of Transportation		Stormwater Regulation at the Single Family Lot Level - Is It Worth It? Janet Vick - Arlington County Department of Environment Service Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Aurora Ohio’s Stormwater Master Plan and Asset Management Program Harry Stark - City of Aurora	Overcoming Construction Challenges of Green Infrastructure Best Management Practices Chris Bogdan - Ferguson Waterworks		Key Components of Effective Sediment Basins Brian Free - Faircloth Skimmer		Recipe for Success! A Joint Stormwater Management Program Story Liz Stone - Quiddity Engineering
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Green Infrastructure for Flood Resilience: An Approach to Increase Institutional Adoption with Community Involvement in the DFW Metroplex Fouad Jaber - Texas A&M AgriLife	Strategic Approach to Urban Flood Modeling and Mitigation Seneshaw Tsegaye - Florida Gulf Coast University		Environmental Program Guide for Sustainable Land Development Kevin Mitchell - Town of Mount Pleasant Marissa Noble - Town of Mount Pleasant		Digital Transformation in Action: Improving Construction Stormwater Compliance in the City of Denton Aimee Grove - Cloudcompli JoEtta Dailey - City of Denton
1:45 PM - 2:30 PM	Don't Let Stormwater Be Stale Annette Lucas - McAdams	Denver’s Green Continuum: Streetside GI for Urban Heat Mitigation Colin Bell - City and County of Denver		Large Diameter Culvert Spray Applied (SAPL) Geopolymer Linings for City of San Antonio and Bexar County, TX		Coastal Strategies for Drainage Resilience and Permitting in Florida Carlton Spirio - Burgess & Niple

2023 Conference Program