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EDUCATION FOR CITY STAFF AND CONTRACTORS
We all want clean lakes and drinking water, but navigating the ins and outs of stormwater permits and pollution
control laws can be frustrating. The Washington Conservation District has educational programs to help city staff and their contract
employees stop stormwater pollution at the source, and we're available to help you meet the requirements of your
SWPPP (Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program).
Stormwater U is a series of workshops for engineers, planners and public works staff. Past workshops include:
- Designing to Meet Volume Control Requirements in the East Metro
- Raingarden Maintenence 101
- Integrating Water Resource Protection into Comprehensive Plans
- Storm Pond Management - Outfalls and Inventories
The next Stormwater U workshop planned will be a storm pond inspection field session for city and county public works staff. The workshop is scheduled for July 31, 2008 in North St. Paul. More information to follow.
With a grant
from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, we are currently working to develop an education toolkit with materials for cities and watersheds throughout Minnesota to
use when conducting stormwater education. Many effective educational tools exist already, although we also recognize the need to develop new
materials for certain topics and audiences. The goal of this project is to compile new and existing educational materials in an easy to use
format, create new tools when needed, and make these tools available on-line and as hard-copies for MS4 entities to use. The toolkits will be completed in May 2009. |
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