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As local governments struggle to address aging infrastructure and capacity issues, opportunities exist to transition away from grey to green infrastructure. Communities across the Great Lakes basin are pushing their integrated stormwater management to the next level and using green infrastructure to minimize flooding risks by decreasing surface runoff into lakes and streams.
The Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Green Infrastructure Conference is the first conference to focus on using green infrastructure across the landscape with a primary goal of protecting the surface waters in the Great Lakes region. The time is right for a comprehensive look at this important topic of taking stormwater management into the 21st century. The conference location in Detroit is in the middle of the Great Lakes chain and at the forefront of many innovative green infrastructure projects.
This conference is intended for engineers, landscape architects, water quality professionals, government officials (local, state, provincial, and federal), developers, planners, academia, drain and road agencies, conservation and non-profit organizations, and interest groups from the Great Lakes basin in Canada and the U.S., who are working on integrated stormwater management and green infrastructure.
Save $55 by registering before May 12
Here’s why YOU should be there
Find solutions on integrated stormwater management and get up-to-date information on green infrastructure technology, economics, local government/public works, and multijurisdictional/regional scale from experts around the Great Lakes region.
Network with key leaders, clients, and potential customers.
Be inspired by our world class keynote speakers!
- Adam Freed, Principal, Sustainability Practice, Bloomberg Associates
- Andy Reese, Vice President, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure
- Palencia Mobley, Deputy Director/Chief Engineer, Detroit Water & Sewerage Dept.
- Jon Allan, Director, Michigan Office of the Great Lakes
Choose from over 130 concurrent technical presentations delivered by experts around the world.
Visit with exhibitors featuring emerging technologies, services, products and more.
Earn continuing education credits for your professional development.
It’s affordable – regular 2-day registration fee is only $295 (through May 12).
Check out tours of green infrastructure projects across metro Detroit. Choose from the Ford Rouge plant, RecoveryPark/LEAP Urban Vacant Lot Greening/Eastern Market, CSO Control with Detroit Water and Sewer Department/University of Michigan/Tetra Tech Inc., Lawrence Technological University, and Downtown Detroit Local Bike Tour.
Explore Detroit – recently named one of 6 Unexpected Cities for the Food Lover by National Geographic.
Co-located with ICA2017, WEF will host a 2-day Stormwater Seminar, June 15-16, on the use of smart systems/big data for innovative approaches to stormwater management.
Get more details on the WEF Stormwater Seminar as well as view a PDF of an updated seminar agenda.
All sewer system related presentations for ICA2017 have been put on Wednesday, June 13, to form a nice bridge with the subsequent WEF Stormwater Seminar (so people attending the seminar can pick this day from the ICA conference program as well).
Speaker: Greg Granato, U.S. Geological Survey and William Fletcher, Oregon Department of Transportation
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is collaborating with the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF) to conduct a webinar series that should be of interest to you and others in the community.
The topic of this series of three short, but informative sessions is: Integrated Stormwater Management for Highway and Transportation Sector: Database and Modeling Tool.
The webinars will be held from 1:00 – 1:30 pm ET on April 18th, May 16th, and June 22nd, 2017. All three events are free
WEFTEC®, the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world with the best water quality education and training available today.
Also recognized as the largest annual water quality exhibition in the world, the expansive show floor provides unparalleled access to the most cutting-edge technologies in the field; serves as a forum for domestic and international business opportunities; and promotes invaluable peer-to-peer networking among registrants.
Using trees in landscape design provides a multitude of environmental benefits, particularly when they are used in new and retrofitted stormwater management installations.
This webinar will introduce a new, free, interactive, web-based tool developed by the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Council of Governments and the U.S. Forest Service that will help you maximize the value of trees in stormwater management.
Join the
- Water Environment Federation,
- National Municipal Stormwater Alliance,
- National Association of Regional Councils, and
- national experts in green infrastructure design for an introduction to this exciting new tool that enables strategic placement of trees to improve stormwater management.
Help meet certification training needs of NGICP partners and training sites, or develop your own licensed, training program, through this Train-the-Trainer course.
The last day to apply is January 15, 2018.
Register now
Workshop Schedule
- Wednesday, January 17 – 8 am to 5 pm EST
- Thursday, January 18 – 8 am to 5 pm EST
- Friday, January 19 – 8 am to noon EST
Trainer Qualifications:
All NGICP approved trainers must possess two of the following three qualifications:
- Minimum of a bachelor of science degree in water resource management or environmental science
- Minimum 35 hours of experience as a trainer for hands-on, adult learning courses
- Direct experience in stormwater green infrastructure (GI) construction, inspection, or maintenance
Course Details:
The NGICP Trainer course covers a broad range of topics to prepare you as an NGICP approved trainer:
- NGICP curriculum, slides, interactive activities, field visits, etc.;
- NGICP policies and procedures;
- NGICP exam structure, format, blueprint;
- Basics of adult learning; and
- Lessons learned from previous training to help candidates successfully pass the NGICP exam.
This webinar will introduce the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). SWMM is used throughout the world for planning, analysis, and design related to stormwater runoff, combined and sanitary sewers, and other drainage systems in urban areas. There are many applications for drainage systems in non-urban areas as well. SWMM is a dynamic hydrology-hydraulic water quality simulation model. It is used for single event or long-term (continuous) simulation of runoff quantity and quality from primarily urban areas. The runoff component operates on a collection of sub-catchment areas that receive precipitation and generate runoff and pollutant loads. The routing portion transports this runoff through a system of pipes, channels, storage/treatment devices, pumps, and regulators. SWMM tracks the quantity and quality of runoff made within each sub-catchment. It tracks the flow rate, flow depth, and quality of water in each pipe and channel during a simulation period made up of multiple time steps. SWMM 5 has been extended to model the hydrologic performance of specific types of low impact development (LID) controls.
Registration
You must register in advance to participate in this free Webinar. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/epas-storm-water-management-model-swmm-tickets-42467853493.
Help meet certification training needs of NGICP partners and training sites, or develop your own licensed, training program, through this Train-the-Trainer course.
The last day to apply is March 1, 2018.
Register now
Workshop Schedule
- Wednesday, March 7 – 8 am to 5 pm PST
- Thursday, March 8 – 8 am to 5 pm PST
- Friday, March 9 – 8 am to noon PST
Trainer Qualifications:
All NGICP approved trainers must possess two of the following three qualifications:
- Minimum of a bachelor of science degree in water resource management or environmental science
- Minimum 35 hours of experience as a trainer for hands-on, adult learning courses
- Direct experience in stormwater green infrastructure (GI) construction, inspection, or maintenance
Course Details:
The NGICP Trainer course covers a broad range of topics to prepare you as an NGICP approved trainer:
- NGICP curriculum, slides, interactive activities, field visits, etc.;
- NGICP policies and procedures;
- NGICP exam structure, format, blueprint;
- Basics of adult learning; and
- Lessons learned from previous training to help candidates successfully pass the NGICP exam.
This 5 day workshop will cover GI construction, inspection, and maintenance; and will include an administered NGICP exam.
Registration closes Monday, March 12, 2018.
Get full details
- Schedule
Exam Training: March 19th – 22nd, 8:00am – 5pm and March 23rd, 8:00am – 11:00am - Exam Date: March 23rd, 12:30pm – 4:15pm
Course Details
NGICP represents the standard for national certification of green infrastructure (GI) construction, inspection, and maintenance workers. This course prepares participants to demonstrate their competency in in the following green infrastructure areas:
- bioretention (rain gardens, bioretention cells, curb extensions/bulb-outs, bioswales, stormwater planters),
- rainwater harvesting (rain barrels and cisterns),
- permeable pavements (porous concrete, pervious asphalt and permeable pavers),
- green roofs and blue roofs,
- dry wells and stormwater wetlands.
The Master Pond Manager (MPM) achievement course is designed to teach participants a wide range of pond management knowledge and skills. As a “hybrid” course combining online and face-to-face learning, it will incorporate self-paced lectures, discussion, quizzes, and other web-based methods of participant-instructor interaction, along with hands-on participation activities in the field.
The Spring 2018 course begin March 21 online and runs through May, with in-person field days held in the Charleston, S.C., area on May 9 and 10.
Registration is not complete until payment has been received by Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service. Payment must be received by Wednesday, March 14, 2018 in order to ensure your place as a participant in the course. Course is limited to 30 participants.
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