Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:30 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:30 – 5:00 pm
Understanding Stormwater Permit Requirements and Procedures
Background and development of national and state regulations and permit requirements
Introduction to Virginia Stormwater Management Program
Complying with Virginia Department of Environmental Quality regulations
• Review and permitting process
• Stormwater management plan technical criteria
• Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
• Construction general permit
Implementing, monitoring and assessing SWPPPs
Understanding and Applying the Science of Stormwater
Hydrology, soil science and drainage
Water quantity
Water quality
Virginia Runoff Reduction Method
Developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs)
Including required elements
Assessing construction sites
Choosing best management practices (BMPs)
Evaluating water quality and quantity compliance
Planning for required inspection, maintenance and recordkeeping
Obtaining plan certification
Implementing SWPPPs
Choosing Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Stormwater management planning
Overview of 15 Non-Proprietary BMPs
• Rooftop disconnection
• Sheetflow to filter areas/conserved open space
• Grass channel
• Soil amendment
• Vegetated roof
• Rainwater harvesting
• Permeable pavement
• Infiltration
• Bioretention
• Dry swale
• Wet swale
• Dry pond
• Wet pond
• Filtering practices
• Constructed wetland
Proprietary practices
Inspection, Monitoring, Maintenance and Recordkeeping
Monitoring and inspection
Construction record drawings
Implementing monitoring plans
Reviewing stormwater BMP case studies
Credits
Architects
7.0 HSW Cont. Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
7.0 Continuing Ed. Hours
Floodplain Managers
7.0 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Mandatory Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 continuing education hours to architects and landscape architects (HSW) and 7.0 continuing education hours to engineers in most states, including Virginia. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Virginia.
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885) and by the Landscape Architect Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW PDHs.
Architects, landscape architects, and professional engineers seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to apply the hours earned at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
The Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this event for 7.0 CECs.
This course offers a non-mandatory continuing education opportunity to contraction contractors. It has not been preapproved in any state with contractor continuing education requirements.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire program. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Thakur Dhakal
Fairfax CountyFairfax CountyMr. Dhakal is recognized as a leading stormwater management expert. His experience includes serving as a stormwater management expert in Land Development Services in Fairfax County Government, Virginia. He has 23 years of experience in hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, stormwater management plan review, policy making, and code interpretation, etc. Mr. Dhakal has developed and enforced stormwater management objectives related to land development activities through application of the principle and practice of engineering, policy, and research findings. He has reviewed, amended and implemented engineering standards as and when needed. Mr. Dhakal manages all aspects of stormwater management applications including BMPs, innovative practices, floodplains, dam standards, Chesapeake Bay preservation ordinances, MS4s, and TMDLs. He is a Virginia Department of Environmental Quality certified erosion and sediment control combined administrator and stormwater management combined administrator.