Low Impact Development Series
Course 2: Permeable Pavements
June 17-18, 2008
Seattle, WA
Permeable pavements are structural systems that support vehicle and pedestrian traffic while providing stormwater flow control and water quality treatment. Day one of this two-day course will provide the designer with an overview of the types of permeable paving, as well as detailed guidelines for construction and maintenance. The majority of day two will be in the field touring various permeable paving installations in the Central Puget Sound region. Morning coffee and lunch will be provided both days.
Course 3: Building Footprint Low-Impact Techniques
July 16-17, 2008
Seattle
This course will cover green or eco-roofs (intensive and extensive), low-impact foundations, rainwater capture or "harvesting" devices (cisterns and rain barrels), and downspout disconnection or dispersion. These techniques are highly adaptable integrated management practices within the low impact development (LID) toolbox that can act as both flow control and water quality treatment facilities. Day one of this two-day course will provide the designer with detailed guidelines to locate, size, construct, and maintain these facilities designed to minimize the impact of building foot-prints, as well as research examining flow control and water quality treatment performance. The majority of day two will be in the field touring various LID installations in the Central Puget Sound region. Morning coffee will be provided the first day of class. Lunch will be provided both days.
Faculty
Christopher W. May, Ph.D., is a senior environmental scientist/engineer at Seattle Public Utilities. He is an affiliate research scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington and also an adjunct professor at Western Washington University, UW-Tacoma, and Seattle University. His areas of interest include urban stream habitat assessment, watershed/stream restoration and stormwater management. He is currently doing research on the effectiveness of stormwater BMPs in mitigating the effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems.
Curtis Hinman is a faculty member at Washington State University and has been stationed in Tacoma as a Puget Sound Water Quality Field Agent for the past three years. Curtis graduated from the University of California at Davis with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning. In 1997 he received a Master of Science degree at Yale University with a focus on Watershed Management. He focuses on researching and implementing new Low Impact Development stormwater management practices to protect water quality and aquatic habitat and providing education in watershed ecology for local governments and citizens. Curtis recently wrote the Low Impact Development Technical Guidance Manual for Puget Sound.