Managing Wet Weather with <br>Green Infrastructure Workshop

Workshop Location  

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention
  Center, Room 001
200 E. Market Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205
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Agenda

Day 1 , February 17, 2009
7:45 - 8:30 Registration
8:30 - 8:45 Conference Opening (Stormwater Engineering Public Works City of San Antonio)
Welcome & Introductions
8:45 - 9:15 Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure (Abby Hall, EPA)
Introduction to green infrastructure; description of EPA's program and support for green infrastructure, discuss use of green infrastructure in wet weather management
9:15 - 10:00 Benefits of Green Infrastructure (Steve Wise, Center for Neighborhood Technology)
Water quality & quantity, energy savings, urban heat island reduction, etc. Summaries of what we know to-date about benefits of green infrastructure approaches.
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:00 Large Scale Bioretention (Dr. Ming-Han Li, Texas Transportation Institute)Proposed research on stormwater management with bioretention and roadside vegetation management for improving stormwater quality and reducing soil erosion for Central Texas conditions.
11:00 - 11:45 Local Incentives (Abby Hall, EPA)
Summaries of local incentives that communities have used to encourage the use of green infrastructure approaches
11:45 - 1:00 Lunch: catered in HemisFair Park
1:00 -1:45 Soils and Plant Selection (Emily Manderson, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center)
Research on plant selections and soil conditions when using green infrastructure for managing stormwater in Central Texas.
1:45 - 2:30 Operation and Maintenance (Chris Kloss, Low Impact Development Center) Important elements of green O&M; approaches taken by communities with developed/developing green infrastructure controls, including policies, guides, etc.
2:30 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:30 Retrofit (Chris Kloss, Low Impact Development Center)
Transportation rights-of-way (roads, curbs, sidewalks) and parking lots are often the 'low hanging fruit' and discussion of relevant policy issues and summaries of what several communities have done in this area.
3:30 - 4:30 What Else Do We Need To Know Expert Panel
  • Abby Hall, EPA
  • Steve Wise, CNT
  • Chris Kloss, LID Center
  • Michael Barrett, Center for Research in Water Resources (Edwards Aquifer Technical Guidance Manual)
  • Emily Manderson, Environmental Designer, Wildflower Research Center
  • Andy Johnston, LID Engineer for Jacobs, Carter and Burgess
  • Laith Alffaqih, LID Engineer for CH2M Hill
  • Dr. Ming-Han Li, Landscape Architect Texas A&M University and TTI
Day 2 , February 18, 2009
8:00 - 8:45 Codes and Ordinances (Abby Hall, EPA)
8:45 - 9:00 Local Drainage codes (Bob Browning, City of San Antonio)
9:00 - 9:15 Water Quality for the County's MS4 Permit (Andrew Winter, Bexar County)
9:15 - 9:30 Tree, Landscape, Open Space codes (Debbie Reid or TBD, City of San Antonio)
9:30 - 12:30 Break-Out Work Session—opportunities and issues for codification
(Bob Ashcroft, Facilitator)