Engineering Professional Programs

Track 3W: BMPs for In-Water Work

This course will provide maintenance employees with field experience applying in-water BMPs to a variety of maintenance situations. Participants will learn how to conduct maintenance activities in and around streams and ditches with minimum impacts to the aquatic environment. They will learn, and then practice, the BMPs needed to work in the water, including fish exclusion netting and a variety of cofferdams, bypasses, and other structures to manage water and sediment. In three sessions working in actual field conditions, they will practice the sequencing of installation and removal of water control structures. Other topics covered include site-specific design considerations, fish exclusion, monitoring, and site closure.

Course length

1 day

Course Fee

Local agency employees in Washington State and WSDOT employees:

Others:

What to Bring

Please bring a pen or pencil to class. Please note that Track 3W is conducted outdoors and participants will be involved in the installation BMPs in water that is up to two feet deep.

Please bring knee boots or waders. Please dress appropriately for rain or extremes of temperature.

Continuing Education Units

Course participants will earn 0.7 CEUs upon successful completion of this course. The CEU is a nationally recognized measure of participation in a noncredit continuing education program that meets established criteria for increasing knowledge and competency.