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Managing Municipal Stormwater Workshop Set For May 7 In Carlisle
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On May 7 a Municipal Stormwater Management Workshop will be held to help municipalities, municipal engineers and community planners implement new cost effective stormwater management practices in Carlisle.
This program was developed in partnership between Penn State Extension, Cumberland County Conservation District, Cumberland County Planning Department, DCNR Bureau of Forestry, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership and USDA Forest Service.
Dr. Robert G. Traver, Professor & Director, Villanova Center for the Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership is one of the featured speakers. He will be speaking on Sustainable Design and Best Management Practices for Urban/Suburban Stormwater.
Additional speakers will include Dr. Paul DeBarry, NTM Engineering, Inc., Dr. William Elmendorf, Penn State Community Forestry Professor and Vincent Cotrone, Penn State Extension. Information on the Cumberland County Stormwater Management Plan will be presented by Jeff Kelly, Assistant Director with the Cumberland County Planning Department.
In the afternoon, Cumberland County Conservation District staff will conduct a walking tour of installed stormwater best management practices.
Stormwater runoff is impacting our streams and watersheds, causing declines in water quality, streambank erosion, flash floods, degrading fish habitat, and reducing groundwater recharge. Studies have shown that significant impairment of waterways often occurs when 10 percent of the land in a watershed is covered with impervious surfaces such as parking lots and roof-tops.
The release of the 2006 Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual brought a new focus on water quality, designing systems that promote infiltration and capture “first flush” instead of just detaining volumes of stormwater.
By participating in this workshop, participants will learn how some of these new techniques are being used in the field and how well they are working.
The workshop will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Cumberland County Service Center which is located at 310 Allen Road in Carlisle.
Registration Fee is $35 per person if received by April 27. Online registration is available. If you do not have Internet access, you can call the toll free number at 877-489-1398 for assistance or contact Penn State Extension at 717-263-9226 ext 225 for more information.
Registration deadline is May 1 and seating is limited. Certificates of Attendance will be issued for Engineer PDH Credits.
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