ASCE EWRI Sustainable Stormwater Infrastructure Committee Meeting

February 28, 2014, 3:00 PM EST

Conference Call - Minutes

Attendees: Bridget Wadzuk (Chair), Jeff Glenn (Vice Chair), Blaine Linkous (Secretary), Kwabena Osei, Peter Mattejat, Heather Seitz, Nathan Turk, Jessica Krueger, Michael Ports, Rahul Parab

Item / Issue / Action
1. / Introductory Matters
  • The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM.
  • The meeting attendees introduced themselves.
/ Info
2. / Minutes of Last Meeting
  • A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes from the last meeting held on 12/4/13. The minutes were then approved.
/ Info
3. / Update on EWRI 2014
  • Five sessions: Soil/Water Nexus, Stormwater BMP Maintenance, Emergency Disaster Management, Stormwater Controls, Green Highways/Green Streets
  • 23 papers, no posters. Three posters were submitted, but the authors did not register for conference
  • Sessions scheduled: Monday afternoon (last session), Tuesday morning and afternoon
  • Committee meeting sometime at Conference: attend or call in.
/ Info
4. / Update on Council Weekend
  • Focused on mission statement
  • Integrate at regional level: grow local chapters. Many people are registered but not many attend conferences. Recruitment, retention, integrate at local level also.
  • More access through web and online content. Website is static, message boards are more dynamic
  • Trying to have more links with municipal and industry contacts, move away from academic and focus on practicioners.
  • Joint breakfast Tuesday at Conference with the Environmental Council
  • 2015 Congress: May 17-21 in Austin, TX
  • August 2016 Hawaii conference
/ Info
5. / Task Committee Reports
  • Urban Stormwater Outreach
  • Bridget for Rob Traver – Alan Davis, UMB selected editor of Journal. Currently in process to find assistant editor. More technical notes and accessible info. If interested or for more information, contact Bridget
  • Guidelines for Certification of Manufactured Stormwater BMPs
  • Final stages, on its way to be published.
  • Stormwater BMP Maintenance
  • Report given by Blaine Linkous. Not making a whole lot of progress. Conference call next week to get draft put together and finalized and revise formatting issues.
  • Emergency Stormwater
  • Task committee meeting is a go. Could discuss at Conference in June during overall committee meeting.
/ Info
6. / New Task Committee Ideas
  • Bridget: consider new ideas and discuss in Portland.
  • Reach out to high school students for involvement. Create workshop module for teachers to use?
/ All
7. / Liaison Committee Reports
  • Green Highways and Green Streets Committee
  • No updates
  • Sustainability Committee
  • No updates
/ All
8. / Other Business
  • Time for committee meeting in Portland: Tuesday evening preferred by most.
/ Info
7. / Next Meeting
  • The next meeting is scheduled to occur in Portland. Final date, time, and location will be announced at a later date.
/ Info

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