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GAWP Stormwater and Watershed Specialty Conference
May 11, 2010, Atlanta, GA
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EFC logo		 This day long conference was organized by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals' Stormwater Committee, in partnership with the Environmental Finance Center. It featured presentations on policy, planning and studies, as well as operations, management and design/construction. GA Environmental Protection Division Director, Allen Barnes, delivered the keynote adress. This conference was focused for stormwater managers, watershed specialists, consulting engineers, Federal and State agency representatives and others interested in watershed protection and quality.

 

    Track I   Track II
8:00   Registration
8:30   Flood Response and Management

Process Selection for Floodplain Mapping Updates (Patrick Gervais, CH2MHill)

Modeling and Mapping of Atlanta's Floodplains (Vivian Knight and Jeff Weston, Cardozo Engineering)

Flood Response Assistance Following the September 2009 Floods in Atlanta (Sharon Weske and Sam Fleming, Dewberry, Columbia Engineering)

2009 Floods in Georgia: Lessons in Monitoring, Mapping and Magnitude (Brian McCallum, USGS) 		  Stream Restoration and Mitigation

Stream Restoration: Methods, Purpose & Practice (Marcus Rubenstein, Register Nelson Environmental Consultants)

Lower Yellow River Watershed Improvement Plan Implementation (Joel Tillery, CH2MHill)

Stream and Riparian Buffer Restoration and Water Quality BMP in a County Park (Jill Stachura, Brown and Caldwell)

Mitigation Banking and the Watershed Approach Case Studies (Steve Glickauf, Wildlands)
10:00   Break
10:30   NPDES and TMDLs

MS4 NPDES Permit Program Updates (Connie Haynes, GA EPD)

Overview of Georgia EPD's New Watershed Improvement Program (Mary Gazaway, Georgia EPD) 		  Planning

Preparing for Tomorrow - Going Green in College Park (Jared Eubanks, Prime Engineering, and Jackson Myers, City of College Park)

Benefits of a Combined Public Utility System Ordinance to Enforce Stormwater User Fee Payment (Ron Feldner, Ecological Solutions, Inc.) -- attachments: Garden City's opposition to HB 316, and Gainsville's FDOT opinion
11:30   Lunch and Keynote Speaker - Allen Barnes, Georgia Environmental Protection Division
12:45   Water Quality Monitoring

Joint Watershed Monitoring Program in Bartow County (Catherine Fox, FOX Environmental, LLC)

Cobb County Stream Monitoring: An Evolving Program Supporting Jurisdictional Efforts to Assess Water Quality (Adam Sukenick and Erin Feichtner, Cobb County Water System)

Water Quality Assessment of Watersheds in Metropolitan Atlanta 2003-2007 (Jacob LaFontaine, US Geological Survey)

Biological Monitoring of Two Restored Stream Sites (Chris Crow, CCR Environmental, Inc.) 		  Stormwater Program Implementation

Creating a Stormwater Inventory in GIS (Jeff Stanley, City of Griffin)

A Comprehensive Approach to Good Housekeeping in the City of Cartesville (Christina Williams, City of Cartersville)

Simulation and Permitting Tool for Permeable Pavement and Bioretention (Matthew Jones, Hazen and Sawyer)
2:15   Break
2:30   Funding

Emerging Sources of Stormwater Funding (Stacey Isaac Berahzer, Environmental Finance Center)

Partnering with the Corps of Engineers to Develop Local Stream Restoration Projects (Lauren Murphy, CH2MHill) 		  Watershed Case Studies

Upper Flint River Watershed Master Plan (Chrissy Thom, CH2MHill)

TMDL Implementation Plan: A Case Study in Sandy Springs (Laurie Hawks and Aylin Lewallen, Brown and Caldwell)
3:30   Adjourn

 Other Links:
April 15, 2011 GAWRA & GAWP Stormwater Committe Meeting
MS4 Industrial and Highly Visible Pollutant Sources (HVPS) Inventory and Inspection (pdf)
Connie Haynes, GA EPD
April 15, 2011 GAWP Offices, Marrietta, GA