Stormwater Engineers and System Designers, Staff and Third Party Service Providers that Review Post-construction Plans for MS4 Programs

Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Advance registration required–space is limited.

Training participants will:

• Understand how new regulations and impaired watersheds are changing the standard of practice for stormwater design professionals.
• Understand how different stormwater treatment practices work, how they perform with regard to water quality treatment and runoff reduction, and how they can work together effectively as a system.
• Discuss technical barriers to implementation of effective stormwater treatment systems and identify how the technical information and research presented can combine with local resources to better understand and address these barriers.

This training is based on the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center’s (UNHSC) independent, scientific evaluation of the water quality and runoff reduction performance of stormwater treatment systems. The trainer will outline differences in the design and unit operation processes of systems and how these differences translate into performance. Participants will connect what they learn about system design and unit operation processes to design criteria and site specifications. The efficacy of connecting systems in treatment trains for targeted pollutant removal will be explored.

The UNHSC operates a nationally unique field site at which the performance of stormwater treatment systems is evaluated in a side-by-side setting. Center scientists combine this evaluation with research that targets specific issues in the rapidly evolving field of stormwater management. You can learn more about the center and its work online: http://www.unh.edu/erg/cstev/

This training is made possible through a partnership of the UNHSC, the NOAA Coastal Services Center, the Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology, and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System Coastal Training Program. Stormwater professionals from northern Ohio provided input on course design through focus groups and by serving on the planning committee for this event.

For additional information on this workshop, contact Heather Elmer, Program Coordinator, Ohio Coastal Training Program, at 419-433-4601 or heather.elmer@dnr.state.oh.us. For questions regarding registration or payment, contact Daila Shimek, Project Manager, GLEFC, at 216-687-9221 or d.shimek@csuohio.edu.

Funding and planning assistance for this workshop were provided by:
Ohio Coastal Training Program – ODNR Division of Wildlife and Office of Coastal Management, Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Reserve, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, and Ohio Lake Erie Commission; Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Soil and Water Resources; Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center at Cleveland State University; Northeast Ohio Urban Team of Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District; Chagrin River Watershed Partners, Inc. through a USEPA National Community Decentralized Demonstration Project; Summit, Stark Cuyahoga, and Erie Soil & Water Conservation Districts; GPD Group; Lake County Stormwater Management Department; Cuyahoga County Board of Health; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the Miami Conservancy District; City of Sandusky; Firelands Coastal Tributaries; and City of Aurora.