The Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series provides an opportunity to learn about the most recent research, discoveries, and case studies around urban stormwater management specifically for an audience of stormwater practitioners, professionals, and researchers. Seminars include a presentation, panel discussion, and Q&A with participants.
2024 Seminars
- January 18: Capturing and quantifying coarse organic matter in urban stormwater - John Chapman, Univ. of MN
- February 22: Performance of Stormwater Products and Practices: Why it Matters - Seth Brown, NMSA
- March 14: Rethinking Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Place - Ashlynn Stillwell, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- April 18: Plants and vegetation in stormwater practices - John Bly
- May 16: Urban Long Term Ecological Restoration (LTER) Project - Sarah Hobbie
- June 20: Lauren McPhillips
Seminars
A new dynamic horizon in stormwater
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Infiltration is an active process during a storm event, evapotranspiration (ET) helps to restore soil storage capacity in between events, and there are seasonal and annual variations of all the components of the hydrologic cycle.
It rained two feet, now what?
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Epic rainfall events, while still 'epic,' may no longer be considered infrequent. What does this mean for engineering design standards?