Reducing Nutrient Pollution for Cleaner Water Seminar
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Before undertaking any on-demand effort, you should review the rules of your licensing/certifying entity.
It’s your responsibility to determine whether this on-demand course meets your continuing education requirements.
You must take and pass a quiz to receive credit. You can take the quiz as many times as needed and there is no time limit on the quiz.
Once the quiz is completed, you will be asked to download your certificate.
**Any on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Streamable MP4/PDF
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For AIA requirements only, the on-demand recording will have occasional question prompts that will not allow the video to progress unless they are answered, and you will not be able to skip forward while watching the video.
Please note, if you attempt to resume watching the video on a separate device, your progress will not be saved.
Click the link which appears at the end of the video to be taken to the course quiz.
You will have unlimited access to the on-demand video recording, and it will never expire.
**Any streamable on-demand programs that qualify for AIA or LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
USB MP4/PDF
HalfMoon will mail these materials via USPS.
USB orders ship approximately 3 business days after the program takes place or after the order is placed, whichever date is later. Please allow an additional 7-10 business days for shipping.
The link to the quiz will be available in a PDF in your USB drive marked QUIZ.
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Please contact HalfMoon Education if you have any questions during the process of taking this course. (715) 835-5900 or qchapman@halfmoonseminars.org
**Any USB on-demand programs that qualify for LACES credit will require an additional 2 business weeks for processing.
**AIA credit is not available in USB format.
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:30 pm
Aquatic Ecosystems
Land and water interactions
Vital habitats
Importance to humans
Nutrient Pollution: Sources and Impacts
Sources of nutrients
How nutrient pollution enters waterways
Effects of nutrient pollution and impacts from climate change
Costs of nutrient pollution
Improving Water Quality through Regulation
History of water pollution regulation in the United States
Regulated pollutants in aquatic ecosystems
• NPDES permitting for point sources
• Stormwater permits
• Agricultural runoff
The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan
Best Management Practices for Reducing Nutrient Pollution
Urban pollution reduction
• Wastewater
• Residential and commercial stormwater
Agriculture pollution reduction
Water quality trading
Building Effective Nutrient Reduction Strategies
Environmental modeling and targeting effective reductions
Understanding source sector performance
Co-benefits of pollution reduction strategies
Credits
This seminar is open to everyone who has a stake in clean water.
It provides 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states and
6.5 ASFPM-approved CECs to floodplain managers.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers in all states.
The Maryland Board for Professional Engineers has approved HalfMoon Education as a CPC provider. This is a Category A PE course.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 6.5 CECs for certified floodplain managers.
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
Michael Miles
Maryland Department of the EnvironmentMaryland Department of the Environment, Watershed Restoration Specialist, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Section
Growing up in Annapolis Maryland along the tidal waters of Chesapeake Bay, Mr. Miles was instilled with a love of nature from an early age. He now studies the effects of nutrient pollution on waterbodies as an environmental scientist. Mr. Miles has worked as a technical lead on high profile Chesapeake Bay restoration projects, including Maryland’s recent updated Watershed Implementation Plan for the Bay. He received special recognition from Maryland Department of the Environment for his work as the developer and content editor for Maryland’s Chesapeake Cleanup Center, a website that serves as a comprehensive resource for Bay restoration information in Maryland. Mr. Miles holds an M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Management from Duquesne University with minors in Biology and Chemistry. He is interested in aquatic ecosystems, environmental modeling and using science communication to drive meaningful improvements to the natural world.