Next week in Anaheim, California, hundreds of stormwater
professionals will gather for StormCon ’09. Those of you who’ve been following
Scott Nania’s blogs know about many of the
events that will be happening at the conference. I’d just like to highlight a
couple of new presentations here, as well as one that’s changed it’s format a
bit.
A presentation has been added on Tuesday, August 18, at 4:15:
“Computational Fluid Dynamics for Evaluating Hydrodynamic Particle Separators.”
The speaker is Oliver Heynes of MMI Engineering.
A presentation has also been added on Thursday, August 20, at
9:30: “Putting Quality Into Water-Quality Monitoring.” The speakers are James
Scholl of Malcolm Pirnie in Lansing, Michigan, and Bruce Abernathy of SKM in
Kirkland, Washington.
Finally, one of the presentations has a bigger cast of
characters than when we originally envisioned it. On Wednesday, August 19,
Andrew Reese of AMEC Earth and Environmental in Nashville will be speaking on
“Volume-Based Hydrology.” He has recruited four additional people to join him in
addressing different aspects of the topic: Gordon England of Stormwater
Solutions will talk about infiltration as it’s been practiced in Florida; John
Kosco of Tetra Tech will address EPA’s perspective on new requirements in this
area; Eric Strecker of Geosyntec Consultants will talk about applications in
California; and Neil Weinstein of the Low Impact Development Center will discuss
what federal facilities are doing with regard to meeting predevelopment
hydrology, as required by Section
438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act. Audience members will
have a chance to comment and ask questions during this hour-long session, which
takes place from 2:15 to 3:15.
You can see the full conference program here.