Stormwater Manual webinars

This page contains information on webinars for the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. Please note that the PowerPoint files may contain links. To make the links live you must be running the Powerpoint slide show.

Information: We are tentatively planning a webinar in April, 2018. The webinar topic will be Constraints to Infiltration. The webinar would focus on reviewing the infiltration constraints included in the Construction Stormwater General permit, discussing each of the constraints (e.g. why, how to identify, etc.), and include examples or case studies.

January 9, 2018 - Maximizing stormwater BMPs for phosphorus removal

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) hosted a live webinar on Tuesday, January 9, 1:30-3:30 (Central time).

Abstract: Despite our best intentions, sometimes our stormwater Best Management Practices do not do what we want or expect of them. This is particularly true for stormwater management of phosphorus. We have invited three expert speakers to discuss three particularly important and perhaps not fully understood BMPs – wet ponds, bioretention, and street sweeping/litter management. The speakers will discuss why these BMPs have often not achieved water quality goals for phosphorus and present approaches to maximizing their pollutant removal effectiveness.

Speakers:

• Joe Bischoff - Principal Aquatic Ecologist; Wenck Associates, Inc.
• Dr. Andy Erickson - Research Associate; St. Anthony Falls Laboratory; University of Minnesota
• Dr. Sarah Hobbie – Professor; Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; University of Minnesota

Links

• Presentations
• Recording of the webinar
• Professional development hours are available [File:January 9 - 2018 generic PDH - MN Stormwater Manual- Maximizing stormwater BMPs for phosphorus removal.docx here]. READ THE SECTION ON PDHS BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE CERTIFICATE
• Q&A - coming soon

May 30, 2017 - Bioretention From the Ground Up

The MPCA hosted a live webinar on updates to the MIDS Calculator (Version 3). This webinar focused on bioretention media, bioretention vegetation, and tree-based bioretention. Guest speakers included:

• Fred Rozumalski, Registered Landscape Architect- Barr Engineering
• Marcy Bean, Professional Landscape Architect-Mississippi Watershed Management Organization and
• Mike Isensee-Administrator, Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization

Links

• Presentations
  • File:Freds Rozumalski Plants.pdf
  • File:Marcy Bean Trees.pptx
  • File:Mike Isensee Media.pptx
  • File:May 30 webinar.pptx
• Recording of the webinar
• Professional development hours are available here. READ THE SECTION ON PDHS BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE CERTIFICATE
• Q&A - coming soon

March 15, 2017 - Updates to the Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) Calculator

The MPCA hosted a live webinar on updates to the MIDS Calculator (Version 3). This webinar focused on recent updates to the MIDS Calculator and included example applications and a tour of the supporting information in the Minnesota Stormwater Manual. The webinar included the following topics:

• Using the new underground infiltration BMP
• Using the updated harvest and use BMP
• Using the new impervious surface disconnection BMP
• Several other minor changes will be briefly discussed (see Updates to the MIDS Calculator)

Links

• Recording of the webinar - link
• Professional development hours are available here. READ THE SECTION ON PDHS BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE CERTIFICATE
• The PowerPoint file can be accessed at File:March 15 webinar.pptx

January 25, 2017 - Stormwater Harvest and Use/Reuse

• Presenters were Meghan Funke and Brett Emmons, EOR), Anne Gelbmann (MPCA), and Mike Trojan (MPCA)
• The PowerPoint file can be accessed at File:January 25 Reuse.pptx
• To watch the recorded webinar, click here
• Questions and answers
• Professional Development Hour certificate: READ THE SECTION ON PDHS BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE CERTIFICATE - File:Professional Development Hours Certificate January25 - 2017.docx

December 15, 2016 - Infiltration Practices

• Presenters were Greg Wilson (Barr Engineering), Anne Gelbmann (MPCA), and Mike Trojan (MPCA)
• The PowerPoint file can be accessed at File:Updates to the Minnesota Stormwater Manual.pptx
• To watch the recorded webinar, click here
• Questions and answers
• Professional Development Hour certificate: READ THE SECTION ON PDHS BEFORE DOWNLOADING THE CERTIFICATE - File:PDH Certificate December 15.docx

Professional development hours

Attendance at a Stormwater Manual webinar qualifies for Professional Development Hours (PDH) for the Minnesota Board of AELSLAGID. Typically, most webinars are 1.5 hours in length and therefore 1.5 PDH is offered. Look for links to certificates with each qualifying webinar (above).

Note that it is your responsibility to attend the webinar and document your attendance, including downloading the certificate. The MPCA documents people who attended the webinar, including the times they were logged in to the webinar. We cannot document people who have viewed recorded webinars. We provide a form summarizing the justification for offering pdhs. See File:CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSESSMENT FORM - Stormwater Manual webinars.docx