EPA Offers Storm Water Webcasts Today, March 14

A new series of webcast training sessions for municipal storm water managers are available from the EPA. Designed for those unable to attend out-of-town or multi-day workshops, this series will provide a mix of basic and advanced topics in two-hour blocks. These webcasts will allow participants to listen to lectures and see presentations through their computers.

Webcasts will be scheduled approximately every other month from now until September.

The first webcast, “Post-Construction Overview and Introduction to Smart Growth and Low Impact Development” will be held March 14 from 1-3 pm EST.

More than 5,000 municipal storm water permittees are required to develop a post-construction program to address storm water runoff from new development and redevelopment.

The post-construction programs must include requirements to install BMPs and ensure maintenance of those BMPs. To implement an effective program, municipalities need to look beyond the individual site to assess how post-construction controls will affect the entire watershed.

This presentation will describe the post-construction program requirements and how innovative programs such as Low Impact Development and Smart Growth can be used to help meet these requirements.

Sign up for this webcast at: www.epa.gov/npdes/training

Source: EPA.