Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series

The Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series brings exemplars of advanced stormwater innovation and knowledge to Minnesota to share what they’ve learned and how they’ve pushed the boundaries in the stormwater arena. The monthly seminar series is dedicated to stormwater and green infrastructure topics with an emphasis on successes and lessons learned from field implementation and applied research and evaluation, specifically for an audience of stormwater practitioners and professionals. Each event includes a presentation, panel discussion and Q&A with participants. See the detailed schedule at right for topics, presenters, dates, and times.

Join in-person (Temporarily suspended due to COVID-19)
Join online (active ten minutes prior)
View past Seminars & Panels

For more information contact

Andy Erickson, P.E., Ph.D., Research Associate, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, eric0706@umn.edu, 612-239-2046.
John Bilotta, Senior Research and Extension Coordinator, bilot002@umn.edu, 612-624-7708

The Stormwater Seminar Series is hosted by the St. Anthony Falls Lab and supported by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center through an appropriation from the Clean Water Fund established by Minnesota Clean Water Land and Legacy Amendment.

Stormwater Seminar Schedule

2021 Stormwater Seminars Series:

All seminars begin at 10am unless otherwise noted. Dates and times are subject to change.
Upcoming:

September 16, 2021: Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight: Biofiltration Media Optimization: Phase I Results, Phase II preliminary results, and Future Work. Andy Erickson, Katie Kramarczuk, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota. REGISTER - Join Webinar
October 21, 2021: Spatial and Temporal Scaling of Biofilter Media Performance Data and Updates to WinSLAMM. Robert Pitt, P.E., Ph.D. BCEE, D.WRE, Emeritus Cudworth Professor of Urban Water Systems, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, The University of Alabama.
November 17, 2021 (*Note this is a Wednesday.) Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight, Pond treatment with spent lime to control phosphorus release from sediments Greg Wilson, Barr Engineering
December 16, 2021 Seminar featuring Michael Dietz, Water Resources Extension Educator and Director of Connecticut Institute of Water Resources, Department of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Connecticut

Past:

August 19, 2021: Underground Stormwater Control Measures James Lenhart, PE, D.WRE; Stormwater Northwest

June 17: Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight Identifying Sources of Contaminants in Urban Stormwater and Evaluation of Their Removal Efficacy through Urban Best Management Practices Heiko L. Schoenfuss, Professor of Anatomy; Director, Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, St. Cloud State University and Richard Kiesling, Hydrologist and Limnologist, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center
May 20: Permeable Pavement Maintenance: Designing to Reduce Maintenance, Planning for Maintenance Frequency, and Effective Techniques to Restore Pavement Hydraulics Ryan Winston, Assistant Professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering and the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, and Core Faculty for the Sustainability Institute at Ohio State University
April 15: Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight Inspiring Community Action for Stormwater Management (final report) presented by Sarah Roth and Amit Pradhananga
March 18: Green Infrastructure Strategies for Creating Sustainable Landscapes: Bioswales/’Scoop and Dump’/ CU-Soil Nina Bassuk, Professor and Program Leader, Urban Horticulture Institute, Horticulture Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
February 18: Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight Detecting phosphorus release from stormwater ponds to guide management and design John Gulliver or Jacques Finlay, University of Minnesota - Pond Treatment with Spent Lime to Control Phosphorus Release from Sediments Greg Wilson, Barr Engineering
January 21: Research on Green Infrastructure at the USEPA Michelle Simon, Senior Chemical Engineer, EPA Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response; Water Infrastructure Division.

2020 Seminars:

December 17: Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight: Pollutant Removal and Maintenance Assessment of Underground Filtration Systems (Phase I), Todd Shoemaker and Ali Stone & Temporal Dynamics of Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Raw and Treated Stormwater, Satoshi Ishii
November 19: Designing of the Next Generation of Sustainable Urban Stormwater Practices, Tom Schueler, Executive Director, and David Wood, Stormwater Coordinator, Chesapeake Stormwater Network
October 14: Minnesota Stormwater Research Spotlight: Characterization of Stormwater in Manhole Sumps, John Chapman and Developing a Street Sweeping Credit for Stormwater Phosphorus, Sarah Hobbie & Mike Trojan
September 17: Research to Practice: Lessons in Resilience from Monitoring Urban Stormwater Transportation Systems, Rob Traver
August 20: From Policy to Action: Community Driven Stormwater Management, Mae Davenport & Establishing a Geodata Standard for Stormwater Infrastructure, Geoffrey Maas
June 18: Pathogens in Urban Stormwater Systems: Tools for the Municipal Stormwater Manager Jane Clary - Vice President of Water Policy and Regulations - Wright Water Engineers
May 7: Bioretention Soil Media, Vegetation, and Maintenance: Lessons learned from Green Stormwater Infrastructure research in Vermont Stephanie Hurley - Gund Fellow, Associate Professor - University of Vermont Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
March 12: National Topics in Stormwater Relevant to Local MS4 Program Managers Seth Brown; Executive Director of the National Municipal Stormwater Alliance, Principal/Founder, Storm and Stream Solutions, LLC
February 27: Bioretention and Treatment Media: A Phosphorus Story Allen Davis - Charles A. Irish Sr. Chair in Civil Engineering; Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
January 16: Tree function in stormwater biofilters: The Green in Green Infrastructure Jon Hathaway - PhD, PE - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2019 Seminars:

December 19: What happens when permeable pavements freeze? Jenn Drake, University of Toronto
November 21: Optimizing Modeling: Can We Plan our Infrastructure More Efficiently? Using Renfrew, Calgary, as a Case Study Scott Struck, Geosyntec Consultants
October 14: Modernizing Performance Metrics for Stormwater Infrastructure Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Stevens Institute of Technology
September 19: Innovation and Technology Evolution in Water Resources Engineering: Where are we headed and how will we get there? Marcus Quigley
July 18: Moving from an industry of the problem to an industry of the solution: linking scientific research to decision-making and adoption approaches James Houle, UNH Stormwater Center
June 20: Investigating the Stormwater Quantity and Quality Impacts of Urban Trees Bill Selbig, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center
May 16: A New Dynamic Horizon in Stormwater Bridget Wadzuk, Villanova University
April 23: It Rained Two Feet, Now What? Bill Hunt, North Carolina State University