Green Infrastructure Mapping and Modeling Tools for CSO and Stormwater Management

Please email Michael Navabi at MNavabi@PrimeEng.Com to register for this webinar and to qualify for CEU. If you have any questions, please call Michael Navabi at 614-839-0250 or preferably email MNavabi@PrimeEng.com.
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* Open only to Central Ohio Section Members
* Bring your own lunch

Credit CEU:0.2
Instructor: Sam Shamsi, Ph D., PE
Course Length: 1.5 Hours

This webinar was co-sponsored by ASCE's ASCE's Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) and ASCE Continuing Education.

Purpose and Background
Stormwater Low Impact Development / Green Infrastructure (LID/GI) controls are sustainable development practices designed to capture surface runoff using some combination of detention, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. Recently, stormwater utilities have started to embrace the use of LID/GI controls as a viable means of managing stormwater runoff from new and existing development. However, the benefit that this type of sustainable infrastructure can play in the reduction of combined sewer overflow (CSO) discharges is not well understood and is often overlooked.

New hydrologic & hydraulic modeling programs (e.g., LID Modules in U.S. EPA's SWMM5) are now available to quantify the water quality and quantity benefits of green solutions to control stormwater runoff and CSO discharges. New GIS program (e.g., U.S. EPA's SUSTAIN) can help us locate the high potential areas for implementing green solution using user-specified LID/GI siting criteria. Such tools require specific input data at various resolutions depending on the size of study area. This Webinar summarizes the capabilities and limitations of software tools, data requirements, and required effort.

Primary Discussion Topics
Triple bottom line: Benefits and limitations of green infrastructure for CSO and stormwater management
Green infrastructure types and placement criteria for CSO and stormwater management
GIS applications to determine potential green infrastructure locations
Hydrologic & hydraulic modeling applications to estimate the performance of green infrastructure
Examples and case studies

Learning Outcomes

• Triple bottom line: Benefits and limitations of green infrastructure for CSO and stormwater management
• Green infrastructure types and placement criteria for CSO and stormwater management
• GIS applications to determine potential green infrastructure locations
• Hydrologic & hydraulic modeling applications to estimate the performance of green infrastructure
• Examples and case studies

Webinar Benefits

• Compare green and gray solutions
• Learn how to quantify runoff and sewer overflow reductions using green solutions
• Find out the latest green infrastructure mapping and modeling programs
• See innovative GIS and modeling applications for planning and designing green solutions
• Customize the default criteria for your LID/GI projects
• Evaluate the cost effectiveness of your LID/GI projects
• Avoid costly mistakes by using wrong data and programs

Intended Audience

• Civil engineers
• Environmental engineers
• Water resources engineers
• Planners
• Landscape architects
• GIS professionals

Webinar Outline

• Webinar introduction
• Green infrastructure types
• Triple bottom line: benefits and limitations of green solutions
• LID/GI design criteria
• GIS applications
• Hydrologic & hydraulic modeling applications
• Examples and case studies

The Central Ohio Section of ASCE sponsors free continuing education webinars as a service to our members. These webinars are produced by ASCE and normally cost $250 or $300 for ASCE members. However, the Central Ohio Section is paying the registration fee and inviting any interested section members to attend for free.

You can see the complete list of webinars available from ASCE National on their website. If you see one you like, let us know. If you and your company would like to host one, let us know that too. If you open it up to any interested Central Ohio ASCE section members to come, we will pay the registration fee.