The World’s Largest Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference Brings Together USEPA, Wal-Mart, NAHB, Cities, Tribes, and DOTs, to Improve Water Quality
2008-07-24 16:17:00
The World’s Largest Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference Brings Together USEPA, Wal-Mart, NAHB, Cities, Tribes, and DOTs, to Improve Water Quality
SANTA BARBARA, CA–(EMWNews – July 24, 2008) – No matter where you are, in rain or in
drought, water running off roofs and streets sweeps up heavy metals, oil,
fertilizer, pet poop, pesticides, debris, and plastic bottles and sends it
to the nearest body of water. Thousands of public officials, engineers,
compliance officers, and industry professionals will learn state-of-the-art
techniques to prevent and mitigate stormwater pollution at the seventh
annual StormCon, the world’s largest stormwater conference, August 3-7,
2008, at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL. For more
information, to register online, or to download the conference program
visit www.StormCon.com.
The conference will draw attendees from public- and private-sector
organizations, including USEPA; Wal-Mart; The Nature Conservancy; National
Association of Home Builders (NAHB); Lennar Homes; Federal Highway
Administration; Waterkeeper Alliance; Calgary (Canada); Caltrans (CA);
Capitol Region Watershed District (MN); Center for Watershed Protection,
Charlotte (NC); Dallas (TX); Los Angeles (CA); Metropolitan Water
Reclamation District of Chicago (IL); Minneapolis (MN); Montana Department
of Environmental Quality; North Carolina State University at Raleigh;
Orange County (FL); Phoenix (AZ); Portland (OR); Port of Tacoma (WA);
Puyallup Tribe (WA); Richmond (VA); Seattle Public Utilities (WA); St.
John’s River Water Management District (FL); Suwannee River Water
Management District (FL); Tampa (FL); University of Florida at Gainesville;
University of New Hampshire, every branch of the military; and agencies in
Australia, New Zealand, and Britain.
The conference program offers six program tracks, special USEPA events,
panel discussions, full-day pre-conference workshops, and pre-conference
certification courses and exams. The program tracks, featuring 147
presentations, are: BMP Case Studies, The Construction Site and Stormwater,
Low-Impact Development, Research and Testing of BMPs/Technical Issues,
Stormwater Program Management, and Water-Quality Monitoring. StormCon also
features the largest trade show of its kind with 200 vendors of
stormwater-related equipment, technology, and services.
The opening keynote speaker will be Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental
activist and attorney. Mr. Kennedy has a national reputation as a leading
environmental defender, as senior attorney for the Natural Resources
Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, and
chair of Waterkeeper Alliance.
About StormCon
In its seventh year, StormCon, the North American Surface Water Quality
Conference and Exposition, is the largest conference for disseminating
techniques and technologies that fulfill the USEPA’s National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System permit program (authorized by the Clean Water
Act). StormCon is presented by Forester Media, the publisher of Stormwater
magazine. Visit www.StormCon.com for more information.
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