2009 Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Symposium an Enormous Success
October 14, 15, 2009, Villanova PA –
Hundreds of professionals attended the successful two-day conference Wednesday, October 14th and Thursday, October 15th with a focus on the latest issues in stormwater planning and policy.
On Wednesday, Robert G. Traver, Director, VUSP welcomed conference attendees to Wednesday’s concurrent sessions on:
- VUSP Research
- Stormwater and the River
- Watershed Planning and Policy
- Watershed Perspective
- Stormwater BMP Processes, and
- Stormwater Monitoring and Design.
Ken Murin, Chief, Waterways, Wetlands, and Stormwater Management, PADEP addressed all on the Future Directions of Water Management. Poster Sessions featured descriptions, details and photographs of sixteen intriguing stormwater projects and research throughout the Commonwealth. The Municipal Workshop included presentations by engineering professionals on Critical Aspects of Stormwater Infiltration, Runoff Controls for Small Projects, and Longterm Costs for Maintaining BMPs and Stormwater Systems.
Thursday highlights included presentations by:
- Barry Newman, Chief, Stormwater Planning and Management, PaDEP on Evolving Stormwater Discussions in the Commonwealth Act 167/NPDES MS4 Program Update
- Howard Neukrug, Director, Office of Watersheds, City of Philadelphia on Clean Water - Green Cities; and
- other informative experts on variety of topics.
Afternoon tours included VUSP BMPs, Suburban BMPs, Urban BMPs, and Stream Restoration with the weather providing sufficient quantities of stormwater runoff for visual effect!
Well done VUSP and presenters! Presenters and their topics are too numerous to list, but you can view the presentations by visiting the VUSP website.
It is largely because of events like the Villanova Stormwater Symposium that stormwater best management practices in Pennsylvania have come such a long way!
Link to Symposium Internet Broadcast, October 14th and 15th
Link to Municipal Internet Broadcast, October 14th
