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 – 4:30 pm
Understanding Stormwater Permit Requirements and Procedures
Background and development of national and state regulations
and permit requirements
Activities exempt from construction general stormwater permit
requirements
Complying with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality procedures
• Notice of intent requirements
• Special conditions for sensitive waters
• Review and permitting process
Implementing, monitoring and assessing SWPPPs
Understanding and Applying the Science of Stormwater
Hydrology, soil science and drainage
Classifying storm events
Identifying consequences of storm events
Stormwater modeling
Developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP)
Including required elements
Assessing building sites
Choosing best management practices (BMPs)
Planning for required inspection, maintenance and recordkeeping
Obtaining plan certification
Implementing SWPPPs
Choosing Appropriate Stormwater Best Management
Practices (BMPs)
Stormwater management planning
Sizing criteria
Green infrastructure practices
• Preservation of natural features and conservation design
• Reducing impervious cover
Green management techniques
• Conservation of natural areas• Riparian buffers and filter strips
• Vegetated swales • Disconnected runoff
• Stream daylighting • Rain gardens
• Green roofs • Stormwater planters
• Rain barrels/cisterns • Porous pavement
• Proprietary practices
Credits
Architects
6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CEPHs/Contact Hours
6.5 LA CES HSW PDHs
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Contractors
Non-Credit Cont. Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public. It offers 6.5 HSW CEPHs to Texas architects and landscape architects and 6.5 PDHs to Texas professional engineers. Educators and courses are not subject to preapproval in Texas.
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 continuing education sponsor for New York architects and landscape architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, 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.
This course offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity.
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
Chris Maxwell-gaines
Innovative Water Solutions, LLC, Austin
Mr. Maxwell-Gaines received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering specializing in water and wastewater from Texas A&M University in College Station. After college, he and his wife joined the U.S. Peace Corps and accepted volunteer positions in Suriname, South America. They were assigned to the remote village of Godo Olo which is located in the Amazon rainforest, deep in the interior of Suriname. They helped the village implement a water well project, provided after-school tutoring, and provided business training for the villagers. They spent 27 months serving in the Peace Corps. After returning to Austin in 2002, Mr. Maxwell-Gaines worked at a civil engineering firm that provided a breadth of project experience ranging from TMDL computer modeling projects for impaired streams in Texas, to subdivision design, to water and wastewater treatment plant design. He became a licensed engineer in 2007. In 2004, Mr. Maxwell-Gaines started Innovative Water Solutions LLC. IWS is a design/build water conservation company that focuses on the nexus of stormwater management and water conservation. The company designs and installs rainwater/stormwater collection systems, stormwater management systems including green infrastructure, and graywater reuse systems, as well as efficient irrigation systems and water conservative landscaping for residential and commercial projects. To date, IWS has installed over 8,000,000 gallons of rainwater storage capacity across the state of Texas. Mr. Maxwell-Gaines has designed water conservation systems and green infrastructure projects for numerous institutions including: Texas A&M University; The University of Texas at Austin; City of Austin; Texas Department of Transportation; Texas Parks and Wildlife; numerous Independent School Districts (Austin, Dripping Springs, Wimberley Hays CISD); Atmos Energy; CubeSmart; Denton County, Texas; City of New Braunfels; San Jacinto River Authority; and SeaWorld.