Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series
Retrofitting existing SCMs to enter the nutrient trading market
Please join us in person or online on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 10a CDT for the next Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series event - a monthly experience featuring national, state, and local experts on stormwater and green infrastructure. This seminar series is a partnership between the University of Minnesota's St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Water Resources Center, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and made possible through the Minnesota Stormwater Research and Technology Transfer Program in collaboration with the Minnesota Stormwater Research Council.
Title: Retrofitting existing SCMs to enter the nutrient trading market
Keynote Speaker: Dr. William (Bill) Hunt; William Neal Reynolds Distinguished University Professor, Extension Specialist, and Professional Engineer, North Carolina State University.
Abstract: Stormwater retrofits are becoming more frequent in jurisdictions across the United States to meet a variety of goals. In North Carolina, where particular estuaries are nutrient-sensitive, a nutrient trading market has formed. In lieu of constructing new SCMs (which require space/land to be found and paid for), NC State is exploring cost-effective retrofits to existing SCMs to remove additional nutrients. Additionally removed nutrients can be quantified and then sold on the market. Retrofits such as floating wetland islands (on wet ponds), converting dry detention to constructed stormwater wetlands, and the addition of internal water storage to older bioretention will be discussed.
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 10a - 12pm CDT
In-person: St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Auditorium (2 Third Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN)
Online: https://z.umn.edu/mn-stormwater-seminar-series (active 10 minutes prior)
Registration: Register
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