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Assessment of Stormwater Best Management Practices

 

About the Project

Developing the protocol is part of a larger project that seeks to assist municipalities by developing and explaining the rationale for a stormwater assessment protocol. The project will:

  1. Examine existing databases to understand current stormwater treatment practices in Minnesota
  2. Develop a stormwater treatment practice assessment approach for private and public entities
  3. Develop a draft assessment protocol with tools to assist in determining treatment type and assessment approach
  4. Test the protocol on selected field sites
  5. Establish collaboration among those monitoring and analyzing stormwater treatment practices
  6. Begin outreach and dialogue through workshops and public forums

Principle Investigators

James L. Anderson, Ph. D.
Professor and Co-director
UM Water Resources Center
Room 173 McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Ave
St Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 612-625-0279
Email: ander045@umn.edu

John S. Gulliver, P.E., Ph. D.
Joseph T. and Rose S. Ling Professor and Head
UM Department of Civil Engineering
122 Civil Engineering Building
500 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-625-4080
Email: gulli003@umn.edu

Participating UM departments and centers

Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

Civil Engineering

University of Minnesota Extension

St. Anthony Falls Hydraulics Laboratory

Water Resources Center

Participating funding partners

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)

Local Road Research Board (LRRB)

Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (Met Council)

For more information contact:

Joohyon Kang, Ph. D.
Post-Doctoral Associate
St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
University of Minnesota
2 Third Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 612-624-4613
Email: joohyon@umn.edu