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These workshops provide an incomparable opportunity to spend the day with nationally recognized stormwater experts who will present comprehensive, accredited program overviews addressing the areas of Stormwater Funding and Utility Development , BMPs: Pollutants, Selection and Maintenance , and The Complete NPDES Program From Design to Implementation.
BMPs: Pollutants, Selection and Maintenance
December 2, 2005
Room: Capitol 1
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. The workshop begins with a discussion of pollutant sources and types and an overview of pollutant removal mechanisms. Various 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, baffle boxes, 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 desired pollutant removal efficiency, available space, groundwater level, soil type, and maintenance costs. The workshop also includes discussions of first flush, maintenance of BMPs, total maximum daily loads, and the role of low-impact development practices. Modeling of pollutant loading and pollutant removal calculations for BMPs and for treatment trains is provided.
Course Outline
• Pollutant Types and Loading Mechanisms
Dissolved Pollutants
Suspended Solids
Gross Solids
• Pollutant Sources
Atmospheric
Point Sources
Nonpoint Sources
• Pollutant Removal Mechanisms
Infiltration
Settling
Flocculation
Filtering
Biological Reaction
Source Control
• The First Flush Myth
To LID or Not to LID
• BMP Selection
Types of BMPs
Five Types of Ponds
Alum Injection Systems
Constructed Wetlands
Seven Types of Media Filters
Baffle Boxes
Inlet Devices
Buffer Strips
Infiltration/Exfiltration Trenches
Construction Controls
Selection Criteria
Land Availability
Type of Pollutant to Be Removed
Groundwater Level
Soil Type
BMP Cost
Maintenance Costs
Desired Pollutant Removal Efficiency
• Maintenance of BMPs
• TMDLs
• Pollutant Loading Modeling
Spreadsheet
Hydrodynamic
• Pollutant Removal Calculations for BMPs
• Pollutant Removal Calculations for Treatment Trains
• Monitoring
Dissolved Pollutants
Gross Pollutants
Instructors:
Stuart Stein, P.E., President, GKY & Associates Inc.
Stuart Stein, P.E., has 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 Federal Highway Administration's popular "Evaluation and Management of Highway Runoff Water Quality" and "Urban Drainage Design Manual, Hydraulic Engineering Circular No. 22." He is currently assisting EPA's Office of Policy in evaluating the impacts of land development alternatives (e.g., traditional sprawl, smart growth) on water quality.
Stuart serves on the faculty of the Catholic University of America's Civil Engineering Department, where he teaches environmental systems design, water supply engineering, and wastewater engineering. He is chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Urban Water Infrastructure Management Committee, chair of the ASCE TMDL Evaluation Task Committee, and vice chair of the ASCE BMP Testing Program Task Committee.
Gordon England, P.E., Senior Engineer, Bahamian Ministry of Works
Gordon England, P.E., has gained expertise in every aspect of stormwater management in his 22-year engineering career. He has worked in the public and private sector, obtaining perspective on both sides of regulatory issues. His experience includes flood studies, master plans, modeling, stormwater utility creation and management, and stormwater grant acquisition. His 10 years as lead engineer with the Brevard County (FL) Stormwater Utility and current position as the senior engineer for the Bahamian Ministry of Works give him a thorough understanding of municipal operations and perspectives. While with Brevard County, he pioneered the use of several innovative stormwater BMPs and is a recognized leader in BMP selection and design.
Gordon is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Stormwater magazine and has written numerous papers on stormwater treatment techniques. He is past chairman of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Urban Water Infrastructure Management Committee, chairman of the ASCE BMP Testing Program Task Committee, vice chairman of the ASCE TMDL Evaluation Task Committee, and a member of ASCE's Urban Water Resources Research Council's Task Committee for Stormwater Gross Pollutants Monitoring. Gordon also coauthored the ASCE publication Selection Guide for BMPs in Urban Areas. |
Stormwater Funding and Utility Development
December
2, 2005
9:00 am–5:00 pm Room: Capitol 2
0.5 Continuing-Education Unit
Course Description
Municipal stormwater management programs are currently in transition in the United States. The compounding demands of aging infrastructure, stormwater quality requirements, new technology, increasing citizen expectations, and the aggregate impacts of urban sprawl all conspire to stretch scarce financial resources dedicated to stormwater management beyond the limit. As comprehensive stormwater programs grow in complexity, and as local governments begin to assume responsibility for more and more of a defined drainage system, stormwater programs begin to resemble water and wastewater utility systems and programs. It is increasingly common to consider stormwater in the same way when it comes to funding: as a public utility funded by a mix of funding methods suitable to the program plan.
Stormwater utilities have been around in the United States since the early 1970's, but there has recently been an explosion of new stormwater user fee, or utility, programs developed. Some have failed politically, technically or legally. But those that are successful have provided the necessary stable, flexible, adequate and equitable funding to support increasingly complex and comprehensive stormwater programs.
This course offers a comprehensive review of methods for funding your stormwater program and the fundamental information you need to know before you consider setting up a stormwater utility: How a utility works, how it compares to other funding methods, how it's set up, what the potential pitfalls are, and how to get one started in your community.
Course Outline
• Costs
and organization of stormwater programs
• Money,
revenue and resources and how to consider all three
• Stormwater
funding methods
• Structure
and understanding of a stormwater utility
• Steps
in establishing a utility—three different approaches
• The
feasibility study and how to make it successful
• The
stormwater business plan
• Programs—how
to establish a program vision and concept
• Rates—how
to establish a rate structure that is legal and
meets your needs
• Database—how
to d acquire the data you need and build a billing
system
• Public—how
to involve and educate the public and key stakeholders
to build support
• Real-time
exercise in a "quickie feasibility study"
• Why
utilities fail
•Utilities in California
Instructor:
Andrew Reese, P.E. , Vice President, AMEC Earth & Environmental
Andy is an expert in the institutional and technical aspects of municipal stormwater management with 23 years' experience in the field. He is a recognized expert on Phase II and one of the most experienced stormwater program developers in the country, having worked in 48 states. He is the co-author of the best-selling textbook Municipal Stormwater Management .
He has participated in over 50 stormwater financing studies and implementation of stormwater utilities in a number of states. A popular and entertaining speaker at more than 200 seminars and conferences, he was the keynote speaker for the first StormCon . Andy is Vice President of AMEC Earth & Environmental and lives south of Nashville, TN. The Complete NPDES Program From Design to Implementation
December 2, 2005
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Room: TBA 0.5 Continuing-Education Unit
Course Description
This MS4 NPDES program development workshop focuses on aiding communities in establishing an NPDES-compliant program. Five different experts share their years of experience in managing each facet of NPDES program development: public education, illicit discharge detection, construction-site runoff and program audits, post-construction methods and design, and wet-weather monitoring techniques.
This is a how-to workshop from the perspective of administering a program to improve water quality, and incorporating the use of technology to enhance the administration and performance of the program. This approach has been tested through EPA's storm water auditing program and has received excellent reviews. The workshop will be divided into five sessions, each covering one of the NPDES program areas listed above. The participants will be divided into five groups, with each group attending each session once. Each session will be an hour in length, with a 45-minute presentation and 15 minutes allotted for questions. Course Outline
- Introduction
- Course summary
- Comments on program effectiveness
- Development of an Effective Public Education and Involvement Program
- Outreach programs
- Volunteer programs and management
- Educational materials and presentations
- Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
- Dry weather screening
- Illicit detection and elimination
- Construction Site Runoff and Program Audits
- Audit applications
- Stormwater permit tracking
- Post-Construction Methods and Design
- Wet Weather Monitoring Techniques
- Event mean concentrations
- BMP performance monitoring
- TMDL development
Instructors:
Jason Gillespie, P.E., MS4 NPDES Program Manager, Greenville County, SC
Jason Gillespie is responsible for directing the Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District's implementation of the State Sediment and Erosion Control program and overseeing the County's Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Discharge permit program. This program includes the County's Stormwater Management Plan, outfall identification, dry screening, continuous monitoring, industrial stormwater program, illicit detection and elimination program, and public education programs.
Terri Reid, M.S., Project Manager, Woolpert, Inc.
Terri has nine years of civil engineering experience including hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, planning and design of storm water systems, and construction management. Terri has extensive experience with NPDES program implementation and has developed public education programs for various Phase I and Phase II communities throughout the Southeast. Terri also has experience with stream restoration, and mitigation.
Trevor Gauron, M.E.E.R.M., P.E., Project Engineer, Woolpert, Inc.
Trevor has 5 years of experience in water resources. As part of the NPDES permit requirements, he has supervised the illicit tracking activities in Greenville County for several years and is currently scheduled to perform more illicit tracking investigations for Fort Jackson, Charleston County, and the City of Charleston. Trevor is also responsible for Woolpert's effort with the University of Alabama to develop a software program to perform illicit discharge investigations more effectively.
JP Johns, M.S., P.E., Woolpert, Inc.
JP holds an M.S. degree in Biosystems Engineering. JP has worked for Woolpert Inc. for over 7 years and currently works in the Greenville, South Carolina office. He has significant experience in erosion control and sedimentology modeling and field implementation, water quality best management practices and hydrology, with a background in soils and agricultural engineering.
Dr. Bill Barfield, Senior Engineer, P.E., Woolpert, Inc.
Dr. Barfield is Professor Emeritus at Oklahoma State University after decades of undergraduate and graduate teaching and has over 40 years of experience in storm water management, water quality, erosion control, and sediment control. His project experience includes research and development of new best practice practices along with state of the art models for analysis and design of stormwater management, water quality, and sediment control. He has also participated in development of ordinances for states such as Maryland, Illinois, Ohio, and South Carolina. He has authored and coauthored a number of manuals for federal, state, and local governments and has helped to define the technologies used in stormwater, water quality, and sediment control through publication of a three reference books on the subject.
James Riddle, M.A., P.E., Woolpert, Inc.
James has seven years of experience in civil engineering and has worked in water resources with Woolpert, Inc. in Columbia, South Carolina for the past five years. James has experience in various aspects of water resources including municipal NPDES storm water permitting, automated water quality/quantity wet weather monitoring, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, and FEMA map revisions. |
