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
Stormwater Management System Objectives and
Design Considerations
Complying with stormwater regulations
Site assessment
Preparing stormwater pollution prevention plans
• Stormwater goals
• Design considerations
Stormwater Basin/Underground System Design
Selection criteria
• Impact area
• Watershed and terrain considerations
• Stormwater contents
• Community and environmental factors
Choosing Basin Types
Detention basins
• Stormwater routing, sediment handling, outlet
Retention ponds
• Stormwater routing, sediment handling, soils and vegetation
Infiltration basins
• Stormwater routing, sediment and chemical handlings, soils and vegetation
Choosing an Underground Storage System
Retention systems
• Stormwater routing, sizing, design criteria
Detention/infiltration systems
• Stormwater routing, infiltration, sizing, design criteria
Sustainable Best Practices in Stormwater Detention/Retention
Naturalizing detention/retention basins
Small detention areas vs. large detention area
Rain gardens
Underground storage and water reuse options
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Professional Geologists
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW Clock Hours
6.5 LA/CES HSW PDHs
5.0 New Jersey CE Hours
Certified Floodplain Managers
6.5 CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and provides 6.5 PDHs to professional engineers and geologists and 6.5 continuing education hours to architects in most states, including Pennsylvania. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.
This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
This course offers 6.5 HSW clock hours to Pennsylvania landscape architects. It is approved by the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full attendance can be reported to the LA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York landscape architects. The New Jersey State Board of Architects has approved this course for 5.0 continuing education hours for landscape architects.
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
Gary R. Brown
President of RT Environmental Services, Inc.
Mr. Brown is president of RT Environmental Services, Inc., an environmental services firm located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. He is a professional engineer (P.E.) in 20 states, and he has been practicing environmental engineering in Pennsylvania and New Jersey since 1973. He is also a qualified environmental professional (Q.E.P) with over 30 years of diversified engineering experience, including 22 years of engineering management experience. Mr. Brown has worked in the waste management industry and designed stormwater facilities since 1978. He has completed expert work on state and federal court cases as well.