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Registration is now open for upcoming April 20th workshops highlighting products and practices that can assist municipalities with Low Impact Development and stormwater solutions. 

 

Please visit the link to program provider below to register online.

Low Impact Development Solutions to Meet RI Stormwater Regulations.   

 

When: Wednesday April 20, 2011

Time: 7:30 am - 11:00 am
Where: CCRI Newport, RI One John Chafee Blvd Newport, RI 02840
   

 

Registration is now open for a LID products seminar presented by GridTech and Contech Construction Products. This presentation will include information on LID products to meet new RIDEM stormwater regulations with an emphasis on municipal applications.  Featured projects will include road improvement projects in Narragansett and South Kingstown. Complimentary Breakfast provided.   

 

Topics will include:

 - Engineered Soils and Grasses for Stormwater  

    Treatment

 - Local LID Stormwater BMP Applications and  Design  

    Examples: Stormwater Projects Overview

 - LID Road Subgrade Stabilization and Pavement

 - Local Application in Narragansett and South  

    Kingstown 

 

3-hour PDH certificate available.

 

Keynote Speaker: Michael DePew, an Agronomist and Soil Scientist with Environmental Technical Services.  Presentation: Engineered Soils and Grasses for Stormwater Treatment.

 

Please visit the following link to RSVP:   

http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e3nyrtdjgm7qnenl/start 

If you are having problems with the link, please copy and paste it into your browser.

You can also RSVP by calling 774-402-0312 or emailing Tom Hennessey of CONTECH at hennesseyt@contech-cpi.com or by calling 401-849-7920 or emailing Arthur Erhardt of Grid Tech at aerhardt@gridtech.com.

Putting Stormwater in Its Place

in Southeastern Massachusetts

 

When: Wednesday April 20, 2011

Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Where:
Bristol County Agricultural High School
135 Center Street, Dighton, MA

A free conference presented by Mass Audubon's Shaping the Future of Your Community Program.  Learn from experts how your community can better put stormwater in its place to prevent flooding, reduce costs and protect our vital water resources.

 

Topics will include: 

 - Costs to municipalities and how to minimize and
    manage them
 - Preventing stormwater related flooding
 - Climate change and its relationship to stormwater  
    management
 - How to design and maintain LID systems
 - Retrofitting existing development
 - Challenges and success stories

Please visit www.massaudubon.org/shapingthefuture for more information.

Registration is requested. Contact selson@massaudubon.org / 781-259-2146
Sincerely,

 


Shannon McManus
RI NEMO
tel: 401.874.5687
e-mail:shannon_mcmanus@my.uri.edu