Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series
Performance of Stormwater Products and Practices: Why it Matters.
Please join us in person or online on February 22, 2024 at 10am CST 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:?Performance of Stormwater Products and Practices: Why it Matters.
Speaker: Dr. Seth Brown, Executive Director, National Municipal Stormwater Alliance; Founder, Storm and Stream Solutions, LLC
Abstract: Upwards of 75% of developed land in the United States was urbanized prior to stormwater regulations and the existing stormwater infrastructure was given a ?D? grade by the American Society of Civil Engineers. There are many challenges to regulating stormwater runoff, including variable timing, duration, and magnitude of rainfall; variable landscapes producing variable water quality, and receiving water resources with different susceptibilities to volume and water quality impacts, among others. Even sampling of stormwater runoff is fraught with uncertainty and inaccuracy, making compliance with target performance or effluent concentrations challenging. These challenges are exacerbated by changing climate, continuous development and urban sprawl, and limited investment in stormwater infrastructure implementation, operation, and maintenance. As a result, stormwater practitioners have sought and developed testing methods for measuring performance of individual stormwater products and practices, both in the laboratory and in situ (in the field). The importance of measuring performance accurately cannot be overstated, and unbiased, verified performance data is invaluable to the stormwater industry.
This presentation will provide and update on Federal policies and national trends driving the stormwater sector today as well as share information on national-level initiatives that focus on developing, coordinating and planning for means to evaluate the efficacy of stormwater control measures in controlled environments as well as administering third-party testing efforts to provide users of stormwater infrastructure a high level of confidence in the performance of these control measures.
Date and Time:?Thursday, February 22, 2024, 10a - 12p US Central
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: Click here to Register
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