NPDES Stormwater Management Program 2025
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Agenda
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
9:00 am – 4:30 pm CST
Presented by: Dr. Xixi Wang, P.E.
Understanding and Applying the Science of Stormwater
- Watershed characteristics and hydrologic processes
- Frequency rainfall and frequency discharge
- Rainfall-runoff relationships and stormwater modeling
- Runoff reduction, storage, and flow routing
- Infiltration and percolation processes
- Impact of pollutants in stormwater
- Types and sources of pollutants
- Strategies for pollutant reduction and management
Understanding National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
Stormwater Requirements
- Regulatory principles
- Definitions
- Stormwater discharges from construction activities
- Stormwater discharges from industrial sources
- Stormwater discharges from municipal sources
- Stormwater discharges from transportation systems
- Stormwater permitting for oil and gas activities
- Limited regulation of agricultural activities
- Permitting procedures
- Designation of impaired waters
- Emerging pollutants and current issues
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
- Detention/retention ponds
- Riparian buffers and filter strips
- Vegetated swales
- Disconnected runoff
- Stream daylighting
- Rain gardens
- Green roofs
- Stormwater planters
- Rain barrels/cisterns
- Pervious pavement
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
Developing Plans for Inspection, Monitoring, Maintenance and Recordkeeping
- Understanding the science and terminology of stormwater management and monitoring
- Implementing monitoring plans
- Reviewing stormwater BMP case studies
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Credits
Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
AIA - American Institute of Architects
6.5 HSW LUs
Landscape Architects
6.5 HSW CE Hours
LACES - Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System
6.5 HSW PDHs
ICC - International Code Council
.65 CEUs (Sitework)
Floodplain Managers
6.5 ASFPM CECs
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.5 PDHs for professional engineers, 6.5 HSW continuing education hours for licensed architects, and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours for landscape architects in all states that allow this learning method. Please refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida (Provider License No: CEA362), Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00049300) and North Carolina (S-0130). HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York engineers, architects and landscape architects via its registration with the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) and the Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA/CES). Other states do not preapprove continuing education providers or courses.
The American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.5 HSW LUs(Sponsor No. J885). Only full participation is reportable to the AIA/CES.
The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System has approved this course for 6.5 HSW PDHs. Only full participation is reportable to the LA CES.
The International Code Council has approved this event for .65 CEUs in the specialty area of Sitework (Preferred Provider No. 1232).
This Association of State Floodplain Managers has approved this course for 6.5 CECs for floodplain managers.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
*On-Demand Credits*
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate. The following pre-approvals may be available for the on-demand format upon request:
6.5 HSW LUs (AIA)
6.5 HSW PDHs (LA CES)
Speakers
Dr. Xixi Wang, P.E.
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University (ODU), Norfolk, Virginia, USAPrior to his current role, he served as an Associate Professor at ODU and an Assistant Professor at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Dr. Wang’s diverse professional experience includes roles as a Research Scientist at the Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota, a Civil Engineer at Michael Baker Jr. Inc. in Alexandria, Virginia, and a Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. He also previously held a faculty position as an Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Dr. Wang has extensive teaching and research experience in hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources engineering. His research focuses on the impacts of climate change and human activities on water resources, the water-soil-vegetation nexus in a changing climate, and watershed hydrology and stormwater management. Dr. Wang has published extensively, including numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, conference presentations, technical reports, books, and book chapters. He earned his bachelor’s (1989) and master’s (1993) degrees in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering (minor in Statistics) from Iowa State University in 2001. Dr. Wang has been a registered Professional Engineer in North Dakota (#5145) since 2003 and in Texas (#99798) from 2007 to 2011. Among his many honors and awards, He is a 2022-2023 U.S.-Australia Fulbright Scholar at University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia.
AIA Info
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Course Title: NPDES Stormwater Management Program 2025
Delivery Method: Live Online
Course Description: This 6.5-hour course focuses on the science of stormwater, management techniques (including runoff reduction, routing and storage), and the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), such as permitting and regulation of activities. The course will also assess a wide variety of stormwater best management practices and explain the development of stormwater pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs) and plans for inspection, monitoring and maintenance.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to adopt methods of stormwater runoff reduction, routing, storage and modeling, promote infiltration and percolation, and identify types and sources of various pollutants.
Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to explain the regulatory principles of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and how stormwater discharges from construction activities, industrial sources, municipal sources, transportation systems, and oil and gas activities are handled.
Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to comply with NPDES permitting procedures, identify designation of impaired waters, and discuss emerging pollutants, current issues and strategies for pollutant reduction and management.
Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to assess and utilize appropriate stormwater best management practices (BMPs), including green infrastructure such as permeable pavement, vegetated swales and green roofs.
LUs: 6.5 LU Type: LU|HSWs.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with stormwater issues
Advance Preparation: None
Program Level: Intermediate
Course Expiration Date: 10/23/2027
Complaint Resolution Policy:
Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to fchapman@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.
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