National Conference on Urban Stormwater: Enhancing Programs at the Local Level

A wide array of effective storm water management and resource protection tools have been developed for urban environments, but their implementation continues to be hampered by a lack of technology transfer opportunities. At the national conference Urban StormWater: Enhancing Programs at the Local Level (February 17-20, 2003), attendees learned about state-of-the-art technologies and implementation programs that have proven success in local communities. This page provides papers from that conference.

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Full Report (PDF, 23MB)

By Paper:

• Source Area and Regional Storm Water Treatment Practices: Options for Achieving Phase II Retrofit Requirements in Wisconsin (PDF, 394KB)
• Management Strategies for Urban Stream Rehabilitation (PDF, 397KB)
• Remediation of Stormwater Residuals Decant with Hydrocotyle Ranunculoides (PDF, 463KB)
• Inappropriate Discharge Detection and Elimination: What Phase I Communities are Doing to Address the Problem (PDF, 171KB)
• Use of the Clean Water State Revolving Fund for Municipal Storm Water Management Programs (PDF, 113KB)
• Planning and Assessment of Best Management Practices in the Rouge River Watershed (PDF, 114KB)
• The Maryland Stormwater Management Program: A New Approach to Stormwater Design (PDF, 88KB)
• Enhancing Storm Water Infiltration to Reduce Water Temperature Downstream (PDF, 944KB)
• Local Solutions to Minimizing the Impact of Land Use Change (PDF, 50KB)
• Thornton Transitional Reservoir Strom Water Management (PDF, 749KB)
• Developing Split-Flow^tm Stormwater Systems (PDF, 331KB)
• Reforest the Bluegrass: Empowerment of the Citizen Watershed Manager (PDF, 119KB)
• Storm Water Phase I MS4 Permitting: Writing More Effective, Measurable Permits (PDF, 55KB)
• Conservation Design Tools for Stormwater Management (PDF, 32KB)
• Using Technical Data and Marketing Research to Change Behavior (PDF, 343KB)
• Evaluating Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies Under the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program (PDF, 84KB)
• Using an Indicators Database to Measure Stormwater Program Effectiveness in Hampton Roads (PDF, 346KB)
• Using Incentives and Other Actions to Reduce Watershed Impacts from Existing Development (PDF, 424KB)
• Lessons Learned from In-Field Evaluations of Phase I Municipal Storm Water Programs (PDF, 50KB)
• EcoRoofs (Greenroofs) - A More Sustainable Infrastructure (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Storm Water Management in the City of Chicago (PDF, 94KB)
• Regional Facility vs. On-Site Development Regulations: Increasing Flexibility and Effectiveness in Development Regulation Implementation (PDF, 107KB)
• A Regional Approach to Phase II Permitting Encourages Cooperation and Reduces Cost (PDF, 383KB)
• Fish Community Response in a Rapidly Suburbanizing Landscape (PDF, 459KB)
• Elements of Successful Stormwater Outreach and Education (PDF, 178KB)
• A Conservation Plan for Three Watersheds within the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) (PDF, 799KB)
• Critical Components for Successful Planning, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Stormwater Best Management Practices (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Evaluation of NPDES Phase I Municipal Stormwater Monitoring Data (PDF, 792KB)
• Funding Phase II Storm Water Programs (PDF, 172KB)
• Protecting Water Resources with Higher Density Developments (PDF, 712KB)
• Predicting the Impact of Urban Development on Stream Temperature Using a Thermal Urban Runoff Model (TURM) (PDF, 949KB)
• Rain Barrels--Truth or Consequences (PDF, 41KB)
• The Stranger Amongst Us: Urban Runoff, The Forgotten Local Water Resource (PDF, 860KB)
• A Process for Determining Appropriate Impact Indicators for Watershed Projects (PDF, 309KB)
• Dual Function Growth Medium and Structural Soil for Use as Porous Pavement (PDF, 232KB)
• The Wash Project--Thinking Outside the Culvert (PDF, 335KB)
• Necessity and Opportunity: Urban Stormwater Management in Rockville, Maryland (PDF, 335KB)
• Re-Inventing Urban Hydrology in British Columbia: Runoff Volume Management for Watershed Protection (PDF, 217KB)
• Development of the San Diego Creek Natural Treatment System (PDF, 1.3MB)
• "Sherlocks of Stormwater" Effective Investigation Techniques for Illicit Connection and Discharge Detection (PDF, 52KB)
• Low Impact Development Strategies for Rural Communities (PDF, 380KB)
• An Assessment and Proposed Classification of Current Construction and Post Construction Structural Best Management Practices (BMPs) (PDF, 585KB)
• Overcoming Challenges in Establishing a Regional Public Education and Outreach Partnership (PDF, 76KB)
• The WaterShed Partners: An Education Collaboration that Works (PDF, 72KB)
• Educating the Las Vegas Community about Storm Water Pollution (PDF, 441KB)
• Illicit and Industrial Storm Water Controls: A Municipal Perspective (PDF, 61KB)
• A Reassessment of the Expanded EPA/ASCE National BMP Database (PDF, 211KB)
• Evaluating Innovative Stormwater Treatment Technologies Under the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program (PDF, 414KB)
• Managing Storm Water in Wisconsin: A Local Partnership Protects the Kinnickinnic River (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Maximum Utility for Minimum Cost: Simple Structural Methods for Stormwater Quality Improvement (PDF, 200KB)

Fact Sheets:

• EPA's Management Measures Guidance to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas: It's Time to Develop and Implement Your Storm Water Management Program....Are You Ready? (PDF, 956KB)
• Duluth Streams: Community Partnership for Understanding Urban Stormwater and Water Quality Issues at the Head of the Great Lakes (PDF, 2.6MB)