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Please join us in person or online on October 23, 2024 at 10:00am 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: Watershed-scale effectiveness of green stormwater infrastructure
Speaker & Panelists:
- Aditi Bhaskar, Associate Professor; Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering; University of Colorado Boulder.
- Julie Westerlund, One Watershed, One Plan Coordinator; Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources
- Ed Matthiesen, Principal, Senior Civil Engineer; Stantec
- Paige Ahlborg, Assistant Administrator, Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
Abstract: This presentation will examine green stormwater infrastructure effectiveness at a watershed-scale. For the past 20 years, streamflow, water quality, geomorphology, and benthic communities were monitored in 5 watersheds in suburban Washington D.C. The monitored watersheds include a forested control, an urban control with centralized stormwater management, and 3 suburban treatment watersheds featuring low-impact development and a high density of infiltration-focused stormwater facilities distributed across the watershed. We found effective imperviousness to better explain the ecological outcomes in the treatment watersheds compared to either directly connected imperviousness or total imperviousness.
Date and Time: Wednesday, October 23, 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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