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BMP Selection, Maintenance & Effectiveness Seminar (Advanced)

This single day seminar offers an outstanding overview of Stormwater Best Management Practices. It will guide managers and engineer's through the criteria necessary to make the right selection of stormwater BMP's. Specific topics include:

• Preview of Florida’s “Unified” Stormwater Quality Rule
• Pollutants - Types, Sources, Loading and Removal Mechanisms
• New Development versus Retrofitting
• BMP Types - Alum, Ponds, Filters, Infiltration/Exfiltration Trenches, Constructed Wetlands, Proprietary BMPs and many others
• BMP Selection Criteria – Land Availability, Soil Types, Groundwater Level, Construction and Maintenance Requirements and Costs, Removal Efficiency, etc.
• BMP Monitoring – Dissolved and Gross Pollutants, First Flush, ASCE Database
• Pollutant Removal Calculations for BMPs – Modeling, Treatment Trains, Spreadsheets, Pre v. Post Pollutant Loading Calculations and Design
• NPDES/TMDLs – The seminar will also include a discussion of BMPs within the context of current NPDES and evolving TMDL requirements

Presenters

Gordon England, PE, DWRE, has over 27 years of experience in stormwater management, in both the public and private sectors. His experience includes stormwater master plans, modeling, stormwater utility creation and management and grant acquisition. His 10 years as lead engineer for the Bahamian Ministry of Works gave him a thorough understanding of municipal operations and perspectives. He is a recognized leader in the selection and design of innovative stormwater BMPs, and serves as an Editorial Advisor to Stormwater Magazine and on several task committees for the Environmental Water Resources Institute.

Carla Palmer, PE, has over 30 years experience in the stormwater quality improvement and environmental permitting arenas. Ms. Palmer taught in the School of Environmental and Civil Engineering at the University of Central Florida. She was a director of regulatory matters for two Water Management Districts: St. Johns and South Florida and led water quality planning and implementation initiatives at both districts. As an engineering consultant she has led creative teams in the design and development of innovative stormwater management systems. She serves on the Stormwater Management Academy Advisory Board for the University of Central Florida, the School of Engineering’s Advisory Board for the Florida Gulf Coast University and the Education Foundation Board for the Florida Stormwater Association.