2010-2011 Stormwater Training Course Descriptions
Registration for the Fall 2010/Spring 2011 Stormwater Training Series is now open. The courses listed in this year’s schedule were developed by Donald Lake, P.E., to address current stormwater management challenges in NYS. This year’s series marks the first time these courses are being presented.
The fee for each course is $230. All courses will be held at the CNY RPDB offices at 126 N. Salina Street in Syracuse unless noted otherwise below. Pre-registration is required. Payment can be made by check or purchase order only. No credit cards will be accepted. Registration fees include course handouts, lunch and breaks. Class size is limited to 20 participants.
Advance registration and payment are required in order to secure your seat.
Seats will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Complete contact information is required for notification in the event of weather-related cancellations.
Course Descriptions and Registration
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The Classification & Engineering Use of Soils, Wednesday, October 13, 2010: Knowledge of soils is an important component in the planning, design and construction of stormwater management practices. Whether utilizing soils for infiltration practices for water quality; using soils as a construction material to create embankment for stormwater ponds and wetlands; or completing soil restoration on over compacted soils; soil classification and engineering characteristics are critical to proper design and performance. Gradation, plasticity, permeability, bearing capacities, compaction methods and drainage design will be covered in this course and applied to practical design examples.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring a variable exponent function calculator.
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“New” Hydrology, Monday, November 8, 2010: The Northeast Regional Climate Center at Cornell University is completing an evaluation of rainfall values and rainfall distributions for all major design storm events for the Northeast. This information updates the current rainfall data being used based on TP-40 published in the 1960’s. It also will provide a different rainfall distribution for each storm frequency rather than the Type 2 or Type 3 storms currently used by TR-55 and TR-20 methodology. This course will provide attendees the updated computer programs and process for using this new data. Laptop computers will be needed to experience the full value of this course. Site specific designs will be used to demonstrate the new methods as well as compare the results to the results of the former programs.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring a laptop computer, a variable exponent function calculator and the New York Stormwater Design Manual.
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Green Infrastructure, Monday, January 10, 2011: The NY Stormwater Management Design Manual has been updated and includes Green Infrastructure Practices as Chapter 5. The major purposes of these practices are to increase pollutant removal from water runoff by getting closer to the source and to reduce the amount of runoff by providing planning and treatment practices that enhance infiltration and mimic pre-development hydrology. This course will take participants through the process and use of the practices on site specific designs to achieve the goals established in the manual. Detailed sizing exercises of treatment practices will be performed in design teams.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring an engineering scale, a variable exponent function calculator and the New York Stormwater Design Manual.
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Green Infrastructure, Monday, February 28, 2011: The NY Stormwater Management Design Manual has been updated and includes Green Infrastructure Practices as Chapter 5. The major purposes of these practices are to increase pollutant removal from water runoff by getting closer to the source and to reduce the amount of runoff by providing planning and treatment practices that enhance infiltration and mimic pre-development hydrology. This course will take participants through the process and use of the practices on site specific designs to achieve the goals established in the manual. Detailed sizing exercises of treatment practices will be performed in design teams.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring an engineering scale, a variable exponent function calculator and the New York Stormwater Design Manual.
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Stormwater Design on Re-Development Projects, Wednesday, March 2, 2011: Many communities have created land use plans placing emphasis and incentives on in-fill and re-development in order to minimize and limit urban sprawl. There are unique challenges and opportunities in designing stormwater management practices for re-development projects. This course will cover the New York State standards and criteria for different re-development scenarios through actual site specific examples and design calculations.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring an engineering scale, a variable exponent function calculator and the New York Stormwater Design Manual.
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Design of Filtering & Infiltration SMPs, Thursday, March 24, 2011: In this course participants will learn how to select the appropriate practice for the site; use the water quality treatment volume to size infiltration trenches, basins, and dry wells; bioretention cells; sand filters and dry and wet swales. Pre-treatment methods and calculations will be covered as well as flow splitting techniques for proper siting of these off-line practices. Participants will carry out design calculations of site specific projects.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring an engineering scale, a variable exponent function calculator and the New York Stormwater Design Manual.
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Stormwater Retrofit Planning & Design, Wednesday, March 30, 2011: Many watersheds have experienced water quality degradation due to an historical lack of stormwater management practices or ineffective planning regulations. Stormwater retrofitting combines the processes of determining how the receiving water is currently being impacted, establish restoration objectives, and evaluate alternatives that include mitigating past mistakes and seeking creative solutions to re-establish water quality in impaired watersheds. The “Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices” manual published by the Center for Watershed Protection will be used for site specific projects by participating design teams on actual watershed locations.
Course Requirements: Attendees must bring an engineering scale, a variable exponent function calculator and the New York Stormwater Design Manual. Attendees must also down load the “Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices” manual from the Center for Watershed Protection website at www.CWP.org.
Principle Instructor Donald W. Lake Jr., P.E., CPESC, CPSWQ
Don graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York, a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC), and a Certified Professional in Stormwater Quality (CPSWQ). Don “retired” from the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service in 1995 after 27 years of service. He served as Engineering Specialist to the NYS Soil & Water Committee from 1996 to 2006 assisting NYS-DEC with the implementation of their stormwater program. He is the principal author of the “New York Standards and Specifications for Erosion and Sediment Control”, the “New York Contractors Erosion and Sediment Control Field Notebook”, and co-author of “Construction Site Erosion and Sediment Controls – Planning, Design, and Performance”. He is an Adjunct Professor at Syracuse University and at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry where he teaches a graduate engineering course on erosion control and stormwater design. He developed the Stormwater Short Course curriculum for practicing professionals originally presented through Syracuse University, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, and currently the Central New York Regional Planning & Development Board. He has presented over 1,390 lectures, seminars, and training workshops in erosion and sediment control, hydrology, and stormwater management throughout the country. He is the 1996 recipient of the International Erosion Control Association’s Sustained Contributor Award.