The Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series provides an opportunity to learn about the most recent research, discoveries, and case studies around urban stormwater management specifically for an audience of stormwater practitioners, professionals, and researchers. Seminars include a presentation, panel discussion, and Q&A with participants.
2024 Seminars
- January 18: Capturing and quantifying coarse organic matter in urban stormwater - John Chapman, Univ. of MN
- February 22: Performance of Stormwater Products and Practices: Why it Matters - Seth Brown, NMSA
- March 14: Rethinking Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Place - Ashlynn Stillwell, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- April 18: Plants and vegetation in stormwater practices - John Bly
- May 16: Urban Long Term Ecological Restoration (LTER) Project - Sarah Hobbie
- June 20: Lauren McPhillips
Seminars
Retrofitting existing SCMs to enter the nutrient trading market
Retrofits such as floating wetland islands (on wet ponds), converting dry detention to constructed stormwater wetlands, and the addition of internal water storage to older bioretention will be discussed.
Filtration media expert panel discussion
The conclusion of the Spring of Media for the Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series will involve a panel discussion with 6 individuals who have extensive experience on stormwater filtration and infiltration media.
Biofiltration Media – Phosphate release or capture, plant growth, chloride impacts, and more!
This presentation will share the final performance results including phosphate release or capture, plant growth, filtration rate, impacts from road salt addition on phosphate release, and simple tests and metrics that could be used to determine which components have potential to release phosphate.