National Coastal Protection Conference Heading to Southern California

With the impacts of rising sea levels increasingly weighing and the need for effective action at hand, authorities from around the country will meet in Anaheim, Calif., this August for a focused symposium on protecting shoreline infrastructure from the potential devastation of the rising tides.

Procedures for evaluating sea level change, the unforeseen consequences of coastal flooding, impact assessment, response and adaptation strategies, new mapping tools and techniques for visualizing sea level rise, handling extreme storm surges and low-cost retrofitting to facilitate flood protection will be among the topics covered.

Preparing for the Rising Tide: Coastal Protection Symposium will be co-located with StormCon, The Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference. StormCon aims to bring together experts on storm and surface water quality to explore the newest water pollution prevention and mitigation technologies. Information and registration forms are available at http://www.stormcon.com/coastal_protection_symposium.html.

Participants will be key personnel from potentially impacted communities and organizations throughout California and all of North America. Organizations participating include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Texas A&M, Boeing, Waste Management, Cal State Long Beach, UC Davis, URS Corp., Brown & Caldwell, CDM, Kennedy/Jenks and many others.

Preparing for the Rising Tide: Coastal Protection Symposium covers eight separate sessions. The seven-track course curriculum of StormCon features more than 120 educational sessions presented by storm water experts and covers a range of material focusing on BMP case studies, green infrastructure, LID, storm water program management, NPDES, water-quality monitoring, industrial storm water management, erosion and sediment control and advanced research topics. Nearly 200 vendors and service providers will exhibit storm water-related products and equipment, the world's largest tradeshow of its kind.

Source: PR Newswire