Stormwater Total Maximum Daily Loads
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Examining the Relationship between Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Stormwater Permitting
Types of National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permits
Standards and limits for permits
Stormwater management and pollution prevention plan requirements
Converting TMDL numbers into management strategies
Understanding TMDLs
General purposes of TMDLs
Addressing specific pollutants
• Nutrients and sediments
• PCBs
• Bacteria
• Mercury
• Trash
Establishing TMDL Wasteload Allocations (WLAs) for
Stormwater Sources and Establishing Permit Requirements
Characterizing land use
Characterizing impervious areas
Simple and complex methods of estimating pollutant loads
Addressing TMDL Requirements in Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Plans (SWPPPs)
Construction and industrial stormwater plans
MS4 stormwater plans
Choosing and implementing appropriate best management
practices (BMPs) to meet TMDL requirements
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.5 HSW continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in Ohio. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Ohio.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor for architects and landscape architects in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs.
Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Elizabeth Hiser
Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation DistrictNatural Resources Manager, Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation DistrictMs. Hiser is the natural resources coordinator for the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District. She coordinates the post-construction stormwater control measures long term operation and maintenance program. Ms. Hiser coordinates outreach and training efforts for community stakeholders, residents, students, businesses, and local governments to meet required public education and involvement goals. Her work includes field surveying, data collection and analysis, site inspections, written reports, and presentations. She also performs district stream assessments and provides technical assistance to communities related to land conservation and natural resource initiatives. Prior to joining the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District, Ms. Hiser was an environmental scientist with Tetra Tech where she had 11 years of experience providing technical support on projects for the USEPA’s TMDL Program and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. She earned her B.S. degree in Water Resources from Heidelberg College.