Stormwater Infiltration Webinar Series
Agenda
Infiltration and Soil: Water Science
Thursday, August 8, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Stormwater behavior before regulatory requirements
Stormwater management requirements
Benefits of infiltrating stormwater
• Reduced stormwater volume and peak flow
• Improved stormwater quality
Types of soils
Soil characteristics
Impact of water on soils
Movement of water through soils
Infiltrating Stormwater and Maximizing Infiltration
Thursday, August 8, 2019, 1:00 – 2:30 PM CDT
Defining infiltration
Measuring infiltration
Creating and using infiltration surfaces
Tips on maximizing Infiltration
• Getting buy-in from contractors
• Acceptable wetness of soils and surfaces
• Effects of construction equipment
Improving Infiltration with Low Impact Development Techniques
Friday, August 9, 2019, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM CDT
Bio-retention cells (rain gardens)
Pervious pavement
Vegetated filter strips
Stormwater retention and reuse
Wetlands
Stormwater infiltration case studies
Webinar Instructions
All attendees must log-on through their own email – attendees may not watch together if they wish to earn continuing education credit. HalfMoon Education Inc. must be able to prove attendance if either the attendee or HalfMoon Education Inc. is audited.
Certificates of completion can be downloaded in PDF form upon passing a short quiz. A link to the quiz will be sent to each qualifying attendee immediately after the webinar. The certificate can be downloaded from the Results page of the quiz upon scoring 80% or higher.
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Credits
Engineers:
4.5 PDHs
Architects:
4.5 HSW CE Hours
AIA:
4.5 LU|HSW
LA|CES:
4.5 HSW PDHs
Continuing Education Credit Information
These live, interactive webinars are designed to qualify for continuing education credit for professional engineers and architects in most states. Please see each webinar listing for the number of available continuing education credits. Course participants need to be aware of any licensing restrictions on online learning to fulfill their continuing education requirements.
HalfMoon Education Inc. is registered as a continuing education provider by the American Institute of Architects (No. J885). HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.
Halfmoon Education is an approved continuing education provider with the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System. See Stormwater Infiltration webinars for available HSW PDHs.
Participation and knowledge retention will be verified for these webinar events. Certificates of completion will be provided upon successful completion of the quiz at the end of each webinar, and earned LUs will be reported to the AIA/CES.
New York engineers who wish to claim continuing education credit for the Technical Writing webinars are advised to attend all four webinars in the series. Individual webinars in this series will not be accepted.
Speakers
Kristofor Kvarfordt
Cache County and Utah State UniversityLandscape Architect/Land Planner
Mr. Kvarfordt is a landscape architect and land planner with over fifteen years of experience working on a broad range of projects throughout Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and California. His experience includes large scale planning, trail and open space master planning, campus master planning and detailed site design and construction management for commercial and institutional projects.
He has had direct responsibility for management and construction observation for several rainwater harvesting, green infrastructure and low impact development projects throughout Cache County and on the Utah State University campus.
Mr. Kvarfordt works closely with civil engineers and other project specialists to create plans that are well integrated into all the various components of a project. His expertise is on developing site solutions that meet the needs of the user, while integrating innovative storm water collection, water sensitivity, treatment and re-use solutions.
Mr. Kvarfordt also serves as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University. He is a licensed landscape architect in the State of Utah. Mr. Kvarfordt received his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture degrees from Utah State University.