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 St. Anthony Falls Lab Auditorium, Minneapolis
In-person remote viewing Minnesota Sea Grant at UMD, Duluth
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
2020 Stormwater Series Semianars:
*Dates and times are subject to change
- January 16, 2020: Tree function in stormwater biofilters: The Green in Green Infrastructure Jon Hathaway - PhD, PE - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Recording
- February 27, 2020: 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 Recording
- March 12, 2020: 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
- April 23, 2020: CANCELLED
- May 7, 2020: 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
- June 18, 2020: Pathogens Jane Clary - Vice President of Water Policy and Regulations - Wright Water Engineers
2019 Stormwater Series Seminars:
- April 23, 2019: It Rained Two Feet, Now What? Bill Hunt, North Carolina State University Recording
- May 16, 2019: A New Dynamic Horizon in Stormwater Bridget Wadzuk, Villanova University Recording
- June 20, 2019: Investigating the Stormwater Quantity and Quality Impacts of Urban Trees Bill Selbig, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center Recording
- July 18, 2019: 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 Recording - August: No seminar ASCE O&M Conference
- September 19, 2019: Innovation and Technology Evolution in Water Resources Engineering: Where are we headed and how will we get there? Marcus Quigley Recording
- October 14, 2019: Modernizing Performance Metrics for Stormwater Infrastructure Elizabeth Fassman-Beck, Stevens Institute of Technology Recording
- November 21, 2019: Optimizing Modeling: Can We Plan our Infrastructure More Efficiently? Using Renfrew, Calgary, as a Case Study Scott Struck, Geosyntec Consultants Recording
- December 19, 2019: What happens when permeable pavements freeze? Jenn Drake, University of Toronto Recording
Topics for future seminars include: innovative design and implementation on a national scale, performance and cost effectiveness from an international perspective, winter maintenance, road salt, permeable pavements, advances in bioretention and media amendments, bioretention soils, innovative green infrastructure in urban corridors through landscape architecture, and more!
