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.
2026/2027 Seminars
- November 12, 2026: John Chapman, Pond forebays and John Gulliver, Pond remediation
- December 17, 2026: Randy Neprash, The Value and Importance of MS4 Permittee Coalitions
- January 21, 2027: Stu Schwartz, Univ. of Maryland, on soil health and decompaction
- February 18, 2027: MN Research Spotlight: Andy Erickson - biofiltration and CECs & Bridget Ulrich - biochar & CECs
Seminars
Stormwater Pond Management: Sizing Pretreatment for Cost Effective Maintenance and Evaluating Remediation Methods
This seminar will share findings from two pond management research projects: one evaluating the effectiveness of iron and alum remediation treatments and whether enhanced street sweeping can help prevent the need for remediation, and another evaluating the costs and benefits of different pretreatment sizes to balance pollutant capture and maintenance costs.
Real-Time Control For Enhanced Urban Stream Health: Promising or Over-Promising?
This presentation will investigate real time control (RTC) at the site and system scales, providing a real-world case study of multiple controlled stormwater assets in one watershed, and observation of in-stream dynamics during control.
A Broader Look at Low Impact Development
Low Impact Development (LID) is a way of mimicking natural hydrologic processes when developing or modifying the land. This presentation will give an overview of some of the concepts of LID and briefly list some traditional urban practices. Then it will bring a deeper dive into actual pervious concrete pavement system applications from several different locations in the USA. However, LID can be applied in many other settings than urban. Concepts for applying LID to linear projects and some unique rural applications focusing on recent flooding in the Hill Country of Texas will be explored.