Largest Storm Water Pollution Prevention Conference Scheduled for July

Where does water pollution start? Look no farther than your own driveway. Wherever rain falls it washes pollutants such as heavy metals, oil drips, lawn fertilizer, and pesticides into storm drains and to the nearest body of water.

Public works officials, engineers, and construction and industry professionals will find solutions to storm water pollution at StormCon, the world's largest storm water conference, July 24-July 27, 2006, at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Denver, Co.

More than 200 of the nation's storm water experts will present 47 educational sessions at the fifth annual StormCon.

The conference is expected to draw 1,000 municipal and government officials, consultants, executives, and environmental professionals from the nation's leading companies and organizations, including Wal-Mart, Centex Homes, Target Corp., CH2M Hill, URS, City of Austin (TX), Contra Costa County (CA), City of San Jose (CA), City of Santa Monica (CA), Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver Public Works Department (CO), City of Tampa (FL), Broward County (FL), City of Portland (OR), Lucas County Port Authority (OH), Seattle Public Utilities (WA), Norfolk Naval Shipyard (VA), City of Dayton (OH), City of Virginia Beach (VA), City of Greensboro (NC), US EPA, US Geological Survey, US Navy, and USDA.

StormCon features the largest trade show of its kind with 190 purveyors of storm water-related equipment, technology, and services.

Catherine A. Leslie, executive director of Engineers Without Borders (EWB), will deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, July 25, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Adam's Mark Grand Ballroom, second floor. Leslie, a professional engineer, will discuss some of the 114 projects EWB has launched in 36 countries -- most of them water-related -- since its founding in 2000, and will address how engineers can be agents of change in the face of looming global problems. The keynote session is free and open to the public.

To download the conference program or register, please visit www.StormCon.com.

Source: StormCon