STORMWATER U: INNOVATION IN BMPS
Agenda
Class Goals:
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Learn about innovative applications, installation, and maintenance of stormwater BMPs.
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Learn from examples of how other local communities and watersheds use these innovative
techniques to meet their clean water goals.
Registration and continental breakfast (7:30 – 8:00 AM)
Welcome and Introductions (8:00 – 8:15 AM)
SESSION 1 (8:15 – 9:45 AM)
Soil amendments for removing phosphorus, metals, and hydrocarbons
Andy Erickson, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
Creating a treatment train with an iron-enhanced sand filter in Dakota County
Jim Davidson, Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District
Major retrofits – reducing pollutant loading to Comfort Lake using iron filings
David Filipiak & Jeremy Nielsen, SRF
Break (9:45 – 10:00 AM)
SESSION 2 (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
Construction quality control for new bioretention media mixes
Mike Isensee, Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization
Managing stormwater with tree pits and tree trenches
 Maplewood Mall
Cliff Aichinger, Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
 Green Line LRT Project
Forrest Kelley, Capitol Region Watershed District
Recap/discussion of morning sessions (11:30 – 11:45 AM)
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LUNCH (11:45 AM – 12:30 PM)
SESSION 3 (12:30 – 2:00 PM)
Harvesting stormwater to use in toilets at the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis campus
Cathy Abene & Nirmal Jain, University of Minnesota
Incorporating public art in stormwater projects
 Maplewood Mall
Cliff Aichinger, Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
 Green Line LRT Project
Anna Eleria, Capitol Region Watershed District
Break (2:00 – 2:15 PM)
SESSION 4 (2:15 – 3:45 PM)
Using hydro-excavation to locate buried utlities for road right-of-way rain gardens
Bryan Pynn, Washington Conservation District
Developing a stormwater BMP maintenance program
Paige Ahlborg, Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
Maintaining stormwater BMP pre-treatment devices
Bob Fossum, Capitol Region Watershed District
Wrap-up and Conclusions (3:45 – 4:00 pm)
Workshop Sponsors:
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Capitol Region Watershed District
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East Metro Water Resource Education Program
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Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District
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University of Minnesota: Extension Stormwater Education
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University of Minnesota: Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Programs
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Washington Conservation District