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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 Successful examples of stormwater fees across the country

You are invited to attend a webinar co-hosted by EPA’s Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center and the Water Environment Federation. This webinar will provide specific successful and leading-edge examples of how communities have supported their stormwater programs using stormwater fees.

Hear about successes, challenges, and lessons learned from stormwater fees from speakers in Philadelphia, Santa Monica, and Abilene Texas. Come with questions and hear discussion about this innovative series of stormwater financing practices.

Speakers:

• Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia, PA
  • Philip Pickering, Engineering Supervisor, Stormwater Incentives Program
  • Mike Romankiewicz, GIS Supervisor, Stormwater Billing Program
• City of Santa Monica, CA
  • Neal Shapiro, Watershed Management Program Coordinator
  • Curtis Castle, Principal Civil Engineer
• City of Abilene, Texas
  • Srinivas Valavala, Stormwater Services Administrator, Stormwater Services Division

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