Watershed Workshop

  
Watershed Workshop
Earn Up To 6.5 Contact Hours or 6.5 PDH's

 

 
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Registration 7:45 - 8:20 am
Workshop begins at 8:20 am

 
Location: The Ohio Union at OSU
1739 N. High Street
Columbus, OH 43210

Preordered Parking Voucher Instructions:
Upon arrival, please pull a ticket from the gate machine. You must have this ticket to depart from either garage. You may pick up your Single Exit Voucher at the OWEA Registration Desk. You will need this and your gate ticket (total of two tickets) to exit the garage.

If you did not preorder a parking voucher: The garages do not always have an attendant present, and there is a self-pay machine that accepts Visa, MC and Discover credit cards and cash.

Ohio Union Parking Info
OSU Map
 
Online Registration has closed. Please call 614.488.5800 or 614.361.2080 for late registration availability.
Brochure
 
Workshop Fee (Full day - technical sessions with lunch) - $50
 
Attention Students  - Apply to attend the Watershed Workshop on an OWEA "Scholarship"

  
Watershed Workshop Agenda

 

 
7:45 am - 8:20 am
Registration, Coffee, Juice, and Pastries
 
8:20 am - 8:30 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
 
8:30 am - 9:15 am
Watershed 101: Approach to Achieving Water Resource Management Goals - Joe Bonnell, PhD, Program Director, Watershed Management, OSU Extension
 
9:15 am - 10:00 am
Ohio's Water Quality Standard and the TMDL Process - Brian Hall, PE, Assistant Chief, Division of Surface Water Ohio EPA
 
10:00 am - 10:15 am - Break
 
10:15 am - 11:00 am
Implementation of a Regional Watershed Stormwater Management Program - Betsy Yingling, PE, Manager of Watershed Technical Support, NEORSD
 
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Approach to Balanced Growth and Best Land Use Practices - Gail Hess, Executive Director Ohio Lake Erie Commission
 
11:45 am - 1:00 pm - Lunch
 
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Planning Green Infrastructure Implementation - Hazem Gheith, PhD, PE, Principal Environmental Engineer, Malcolm Pirnie-ARCADIS
 
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
From Grey to Green, and Everything in Between: a CSO Case Study - John Menninger, PE, Stantec Consulting, Cincinnati, and Leslie Schehl, PE, LEED AP, Project Manager Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati
 
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm - Break
 
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Financial Assistance and Grant Opportunities for Watershed Management Projects - Pejmaan Fallah, Engineering Section Supervisor, Div. of Environmental and Financial Assistance - Ohio EPA, and Russ Gibson, Nonpoint Source Section Manager, Div. of Surface Water - Ohio EPA

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Alternative Stormwater Infrastructure Loan Program: Ohio's Other Rainy Day Fund - Diane Alecusan, AICP, LEED AP, Urban Revitalization Specialist, Ohio Department of Development
 
4:30 pm - 4:45 pm - Closing Remarks
 

Don't Miss This Workshop
  • 6.5 Contact or PDH Hours - $50
  • Workshop will be held in the Cartoon Room on the 3rd floor of the Ohio Union.
  • Snacks and beverages throughout the day.
  • Box Lunch included in Workshop fee - enjoy your lunch at one of many seating areas in the Ohio Union.
  • Parking available in the Ohio Union South Garage: parking vouchers available for $7.

Workshop Chairs:
 
Anil Tangirala, Watershed Chair
 
Nick Bucurel, YP Co-Chair