Agenda - Managing Stormwater in Washington

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Track A

Fundamentals

Industrial Fundamentals

Details:

Gain a thorough understanding of the basic elements of industrial stormwater management including general permit requirements and enforcement; creating Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs); proper sampling techniques; and the most common Best Management Practices (BMPs) for industrial sites, such as source control and site maintenance.

Moderator:

Kristine Sommer, Clear Water Services

Speakers:

Ben Billick, Washington State Department of Ecology
Marcy Hupp, Perkins Coie LLP
Josh Sexton, Anchor QEA, LLC

Municipal Fundamentals

Details:

Gain a thorough understanding of the basic elements of municipal stormwater management including general permit requirements and enforcement; watershed planning; source control; creating Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs); proper sampling techniques; and the most common Best Management Practices (BMPs) in municipal settings.

Moderator:

James Packman, Aspect Consulting, LLC

Speakers:

Cynthia Hickey, King County
Don McQuilliams, City of Bellevue
Erin Nelson, Altaterra Consulting LLC

Construction Fundamentals

Details:

Gain a thorough understanding of the basic elements of construction stormwater management including general permit requirements and enforcement; creating Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs); proper sampling techniques; and the most common Best Management Practices (BMPs) in construction settings.

Moderator:

Christine Nancarrow, Pacific Stormwater

Speakers:

Julia Lerch, Honeywell
Frances Love, Pacific Stormwater
Devyn Newcombe, Imber Design, LLC

Track B

Industrial

Ten Years of Level 3 Corrective Action

Details:

In 2010 the ISGP was revised to include a more definitive process for implementing treatment BMPs at industrial facilities. The update included clearer triggers, submittal requirements, and timelines for the implementation that drove many permitted facilities into Level 3 Corrective Action. This session will explore the regulatory, a treatment vendor, and permitted facility perspective of accomplishments, growing pains, and lessons learned.

Moderator:

Nathan Soccorsy, Anchor QEA, LLC

Speakers:

Nathan Holloway, Clear Water Services
Jasper Boas, Waste Management
Travis Porter, Washington State Department of Ecology

Optimizing Treatment System Performance

Details:

As more facilities are being required to install treatment systems, they are finding that the initial installation is not the end of the task. Maintenance, modifications, and adaptive management are typically required to optimize the performance of these systems. The session will feature presentations from professionals with three distinct perspectives: a water treatment company; an environmental engineer; and a permitted end user. Panelists will present a general overview of industrial stormwater treatment, provide case studies and theoretical backgrounds, and lessons learned from existing industrial stormwater treatment systems.

Moderator:

Derek Heitz, Clear Creek Systems, Inc.

Speakers:

Anita Fichthorn, Northwest Seaport Alliance
Daniel Lipinski, Clear Water Services
Katie Saltanovitz, Landau Associates, Inc.
Eric Toews, Port of Port Townsend

Effective Treatment of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Stormwater Runoff

Details:

Growing evidence suggests that persistent organic pollutants, like PCBs and PAHs, can be found in stormwater runoff from all types of land uses across Washington. Because these pollutants persist in rivers, lakes, and marine waterbodies, they can create long-term impacts, affecting human health and aquatic species. These types of pollutants can persist up the food chain, leading to high levels in top predators such as the Southern Resident Killer Whale population. This session will highlight three recent studies that have investigated the effectiveness of bioretention Best Management Practices to remove persistent organic pollutants from stormwater runoff. Results form these studies suggest that bioretention BMPs can effectively remove persistent organic pollutants from stormwater runoff. Presentations will highlight bioretention design parameters that can improve removal of persistent organic pollutants from runoff, including bioretention soil media selection and design treatment flow rates.

Moderator:

Rich Wildman, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.

Speakers:

Myles Gray, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
Richard Jack, King County
Chelsea Mitchell, Washington State University

Track C

Municipal & Development

Climate Change and Stormwater

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How will climate change impact the Pacific Northwest? For stormwater impacts, heavy rainfall events are projected to become more intense over time. With help from the UW Climate Impacts Group, local jurisdictions and stormwater professionals are assessing the impact of urban and rural runoff, stream response and BMP performance under different climate scenarios and the projected increase in heavy precipitation.

Moderator:

John Phillips, Parametrix

Speakers:

Jeff Burkey, King County
Guillaume Mauger, University of Washington
Christian Nilsen, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
James Robertson, The Nature Conservancy

Keys to Successful Infiltration

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Infiltration is a great way to manage stormwater, but it doesn’t work everywhere and poor planning, testing, analysis, and design can lead to failed infiltration systems. Speakers will present a holistic process for planning infiltration systems, then dive into the details on field testing and using test information to support design.

Moderator:

Tammie Wilson, Terraphase Engineering Inc.

Speakers:

Andrew Austreng, Aspect Consulting, LLC
Sarah Cox, Port of Seattle
Scott Kindred, Kindred Hydro, Inc
Erik Pruneda, Aspect Consulting, LLC

Permeable Pavement and Bioretention Media

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Our panel of experts will present recent case studies and monitoring data regarding the performance of permeable pavement and new bioretention media mixes. A case study from Gresham, OR will be presented along with the latest Ecology-funded research regarding the treatment capacity of permeable pavement and high performance bioretention media mixes.

Moderator:

Scott Kindred, Kindred Hydro, Inc

Speakers:

Curtis Hinman, Herrera Environmental Consultants Inc.
Katie Holzer, City of Gresham
Mark Palmer, Sound Transit

Track D

Science & Research

Low Tech Solutions

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Join us in exploring ‘low tech’ stormwater solutions at both industrial and municipal facilities in the pacific northwest. Low tech solutions include both operational and structural site improvements in addition to gravity based, passive stormwater treatment systems. The speakers will discuss how low tech BMPs were effectively incorporated into their stormwater management programs. Let’s help you get the most water quality bang for your buck! Go ahead, try this at home!

Moderator:

Samantha Karpa, Kennedy Jenks

Speakers:

Chance Berthiaume, City of Bremerton
Matt Graves, Port of Vancouver
Nathan Ward, Kennedy Jenks

High Tech Innovations

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Now more than ever before, huge amounts of data, processing power, and technology are available to us to assist in stormwater management tasks – from making field inspections easier to managing the data obesity that can easily overwhelm. But where do you start when people, time, and money may be limited? Hear from a range of organizations who are successfully using the latest high-tech tools to get things done in down-to-earth ways.

Moderator:

Julie Brandt, Parametrix

Speakers:

Joshua Ahmann, Parametrix
Chris Apple, Fruitland Mutual Water Company
Mike Krueger, City of Bellevue
Erin Rothman, StormSensor

Stormwater and PFAS

Details:

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been an emerging contaminant of concern to groundwater and surface water, especially with respect to potential exposure through drinking water. With increasing knowledge of the sources of PFAS and its persistence in the environment, there is expectation that there will be emerging needs to deal with PFAS in stormwater runoff as well. Speakers will discuss PFAS sources, a background on the many different chemical forms of PFAS, its fate and transport in the environment, site case studies, treatment approaches, and Department of Ecology’s evaluation of this issue.

Moderator:

Joe Kalmar, Landau Associates, Inc.

Speakers:

Bob Anderson, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
Frances Bothfeld, Washington State Department of Ecology
Jack Spadaro, Wood PLC

Featured Plenary Session

The Impact of Third-Party Lawsuits

Clean Water Act lawsuits brought by public interest groups have become an effective enforcement tool for stormwater permit compliance. Functioning as a supplement to agency enforcement efforts and feared by regulated industry, these citizen suits can lead to unwanted scrutiny and often carry stiffer penalties than an agency enforcement action.

What triggers a third-party lawsuit? How does it begin and what’s its life cycle once it’s in motion?

Join our panel of experts as they shed light on the citizen suit provision of the Clean Water Act; causes and timing; and what you can expect if you find yourself in trouble.

Veronica Keithley
^Associate
^{Stoel Rives LLP}

Katelyn Kinn
^{Staff Attorney}
^{Puget Soundkeeper}

Owen Reese
^{Sr. Associate Water Resources Engineer}
^{Aspect Consulting, LLC}

Erika Spanton
^Associate
^{Beveridge & Diamond PC}