The 2014 Regional Stormwater Summit hosted by the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office, Pure Oakland Water and Lawrence Technological University (LTU) will be held at on Friday, Oct. 3rd, on the university’s campus, 21000 West 10 Mile Road, Southfield.
Our 2014 Storm Water Summit is a Southeast Michigan regional gathering of government, industry, and community stakeholders interested in learning and sharing the latest technologies, new rules, and collaborative efforts around storm water issues. Everyone is welcome, but we are limited to the first 300 registrants.
Agenda
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration – Continental Breakfast Served
9:00 AM Welcoming Remarks: President and CEO, Lawrence
Technological University, Dr. Virinder Moudgil and
Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash
9:15 AM Keynote Speaker: Kevin Shafer, Executive Director,
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
10:00 AM Valerie Brader, Senior Policy Advisor, Michigan Office of the Governor
10:30 AM Break
10:45 AM Drinking Water in Crisis: Is Toledo a Game Changer for the Great Lakes?
Joel Brammeier, President & CEO Alliance for the Great Lakes
11:15 AM Green Infrastructure Planning for the Clinton River Watershed Council WaterTowns Initiative
Donald Carpenter, Ph.D. PE, LEED AP, Professor and Director,
Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute, LTU
Nina Ignaczak, Watershed Planner, CRWC
Rachel Pieschek, Graduate Assistant, LTU
NOON Lunch – Breakout Sessions*
1:00 PM Midwest Urban Stream Restoration Panel Discussion
Paul Kovalcik, Watershed Specialist, Northeast Ohio Regional
Sewer District
Brent Brown, PE, Hydrologist, CH2MHill, Milwaukee
Ralph Reznick, PE, Nonpoint Source Division and MI
Stream Team, MDEQ
2:15 PM Modeling Runoff GIS Tree Canopy Analysis
William Ayersman, M.A., GIS Analyst, Davey Resource Group
2:45 PM Break
3:00 PM Wetlands Special Banking Fund
Michael Pennington, Wetland Mitigation Specialist, MDEQ
3:30 PM Erb Family Foundation, Innovative Partnerships in Green Infrastructure
Jodee Raines, Vice President, Erb Family Foundation
4:00 PM Sustainable Landscapes, Tools for Homeowners
Michele Arquette-Palermo
Donald Carpenter, LTU
4:30 PM Closing Remarks
*Lunch Breakout Sessions/Options
1) Environmental Impacts of Water Use, Water Conservation
and Storm Water Management
Jeff Edstrom, Senior Water Resources Manager, ECT
2) The Caddell Drain and Natural River Restoration
Tom Bennett, Senior Scientist, FTCH
3) LTU’s LID Green Infrastructure Tour
4) Film Showing: Tapped
Click here to be introduced to Lawrence Technological University
Source: LTU
