Stormwater Best Management Practices

Registration Eligibility
None
Start Date
12/11/2020
End Date
12/11/2020
Description
This is a 7.0 hour live lecture presentation with the instructors and students together in the same room. It will be conducted in a handicap-accessible conference room with ample seating space and writing surface for all attendees. Bound written materials, authored by the faculty, will be distributed to all participants at the program. Attendance will be monitored and reported to LA/CES.

This course covers the selection of stormwater best management practices, reducing site disturbance, permeable pavers, vegetated roofs, rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens, filter strips, drainage swales, detention basins, and ponds.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Water / Stormwater Management
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
7.0
Learning Outcomes
Learners will be able to identify and describe the criteria that needs to be evaluated and considered when selecting stormwater best management practices, including site topography, hydrology, soils, and system size and design.

Learners will be able to apply, and explain the benefits of, practices that reduce site disturbance during project development and increase natural landscaping.

Learners will be able to describe the benefits, installation, and costs of permeable pavers, and they will be able to identify the benefits, life cycle costs and maintenance of vegetated roofs.

Learners will be able to describe the benefits and application of rain barrels, cisterns, rain gardens, filter strips, drainage swells, detention basins, and ponds as practices to manage stormwater and protect the environment.
Instructors
Ginny Snead
Course Codes
093020W0830
Provider
HalfMoon Education Inc.


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