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
Filtration media expert panel discussion
The conclusion of the Spring of Media for the Minnesota Stormwater Seminar Series will involve a panel discussion with 6 individuals who have extensive experience on stormwater filtration and infiltration media.
Biofiltration Media – Phosphate release or capture, plant growth, chloride impacts, and more!
This presentation will share the final performance results including phosphate release or capture, plant growth, filtration rate, impacts from road salt addition on phosphate release, and simple tests and metrics that could be used to determine which components have potential to release phosphate.
Biochar for stormwater management: Challenges in translating success from the laboratory to the field
This seminar will provide an overview the utility of biochar as a media amendment for enhancing contaminant removal in stormwater filtration systems. Two case studies spanning from laboratory-scale testing to mesocosm- or demonstration-scale performance evaluation will presented, which resulted in mixed success.
Road salt impacts: Stormwater, surface water, groundwater, ecosystems and drinking water supplies
Understanding the factors that control chloride (and sodium) concentrations is essential to inform efforts to improve deicing salt application practices and reduce impacts on ecosystems and drinking water quality.
Infiltration as a stormwater management practice
This seminar will focus on some of the challenges in using infiltration as a stormwater management practice, discuss ways to address some of those challenges, and highlight current research, efforts, and resources available to practitioners and professionals.