2009


ASCE-EWRG & APWA
1st Annual Sustainable Stormwater Symposium
and the ASCE-EWRG 4th Annual Willamette River Boat Tour

September 15-17, 2009
Ecotrust Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center, Portland, OR

Day 1 – Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009

3:00 pm Willamette River Boat Tour (Separate Registration)
Board at the OMSI Boat Dock

6:30 pm Return from Boat Tour

Day 2 – Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009

8:00 am Symposium Registration and Continental Breakfast (Provided)

8:30 am Welcome and Opening Remarks
Deb Stewart, PE – Inter-Fluve, Inc. & ASCE-EWRG Vice President

8:45 am Urbanization, Stream Channel Change, and “Hydromodification”
Derek Booth, PhD, PG, PE – Stillwater Sciences

9:30 am The Evolution of Sustainable Stormwater in Portland
Dave Elkin, RLA – City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services
Tim Kurtz, PE – City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services

10:15 am BREAK

STORMWATER MONITORING
Moderator: Kevin Timmins, PE – OTAK


10:45 am Water Quality Improvements from a Large Regional Stormwater Facility
Torrey Lindbo, Water Quality Specialist - City of Gresham

11:15 am Stormwater Monitoring Approaches for Municipal and Industrial NPDES Permit Requirements
Paula Calvert, Stormwater Coordinator - Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

11:45 am LUNCH (Provided)

STORMWATER MODELING
Moderator: Ian Besaw – DHI Water and Environment, Inc.


12:45 pm Modeling for Sustainable Stormwater Management
Wayne Huber, PhD, PE - Oregon State University

1:30 pm Does the Extra Detail and Effort of 2D Modeling Deliver Anything Useful? Comparison of Stormwater Modeling Approaches on a Gauged Catchment
Robert Carr, PhD - DHI Water and Environment, Inc.

LINKING STORMWATER AND WATERSHED HEALTH
Moderator: Jeff Blank, PE – HDR, Inc.


2:00 pm Salmon as Sentinels of Stream Health
Nat Scholz, PhD – Northwest Fisheries Science Center

2:30 pm The Geomorphological Impacts of Stormwater
Janine Castro, PhD – US Fish & Wildlife Service

3:00 pm Managing Stormwater Impacts to Protect Imperiled Aquatic Species
Seth Wenger, PhD - University of Georgia and Trout Unlimited

3:30 pm BREAK

PLANNING & PERMITTING
Moderator: Angela Brown, PE – URS Corporation


4:00 pm Watershed Action Plan Aftermath - Implementation Using an Asset Management Framework
Carol Murdoch, GIS Analyst – Clackamas County Water Environment Services

4:30 pm The Challenges and Strategies for Permit Negotiations that Reflect Basin Specific Solutions
Bob Baumgartner, Regulatory Affairs Division Manager - Clean Water Services

5:00 pm POSTER SESSION AND HAPPY HOUR (Included w/ Registration)

Day 3 – Thursday, Sept.17, 2009

GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE & CASE STUDIES
Moderator: Marjorie Wolfe, PE, CFM – Clean Water Services


7:30 am Continental Breakfast (Provided)

8:00 am Session Introduction
Marjorie Wolfe, PE, CFM – Clean Water Services

8:10 am The Latest in Stormwater Mythology: We Have Solved the Problem (Again)!
Eric Strecker, PE – Geosyntec Consultants

8:55 am Permeable Pavement Research and Associated Changes to North Carolina Design Standards
Bill Hunt, PhD, PE - North Carolina State University

9:40 am Green Streets - A Process for Choosing Optimal Solutions
Steve Fancher, PE – City of Gresham

10:10 am Sustainable Land Development Resources for Design and Deliverables
Maria Cahill, Sustainable Sites Specialist - Green Girl Land Development Solutions

10:40 am BREAK

11:00 am Outreach and Education with Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods
Lyn Bonyhadi, Sr. Development Partnerships Coordinator - Metro
Gail Shaloum, Sr. Development Practices Coordinator - Metro

11:30 am Clean Water Service’s Low Impact Development Approaches Handbook
Carrie Pak, PE – Clean Water Services

12:00 pm So, You Think You Know How Your Stormwater Facility Works? Developing Credible Performance Information through the Sustainable Stormwater Research Collaborative
Dave Kliewer, PE – City of Portland, Bureau of Environmental Services
Derek Godwin, Extension Watershed Management Specialist – Oregon State University

12:30 pm LUNCH (Provided)

1:45 pm Bike-BMP-n-Brew (B3) Tour (Included w/ Registration)
Around Downtown Portland and the Pearl District

5:00 pm BRIDGEPORT BREW PUB SOCIAL (Included w/ Registration)