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Bioretention Systems: The “Dirt” on Soils, Water, & Infiltration
Tuesday, August 9, 8:30 am – 1:30 pm
Minnetonka Community Center
WORKSHOP AGENDA
With links to materials
Participants Agenda
8:00 a.m. |
Registration |
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome & Introduction (2.99 MB PDF)
Leslie Yetka, Education Manager; Minnehaha Creek Watershed District |
8:50 a.m. |
Regulatory Overview: (9.01 MB PDF)
State: the old, the existing, and the new (MIDS) rules
Todd Smith, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Local issues (2.64 MB PDF)
Luke Schwitzer, Compliance Officer, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
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9:20 a.m. |
Assessing Existing Conditions (17.5 MB PDF)
Kurt Leuthold, P.E., LEEDŽ AP, Senior Civil Engineer, Barr Engineering Company
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9:40 a.m. |
Principles of Soil Infiltration (5.97 MB PDF)
Farzana Ahmed , Research Assistant, University of Minnesota
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
10:10 a.m. |
Designing and Selecting Infiltration BMPs that will work (30 MB PDF)
Kurt Leuthold, P.E., LEEDŽ AP, Senior Civil Engineer, Barr Engineering Company
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10:45 a.m. |
Bringing it all together (9.91 MB PDF)
Liz Stout, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, City of Minnetonka
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11:00 a.m. |
Break & walk over to the field exercise stations |
11:15 a.m. |
Field Exercise
Station A: (275.4 K PDF)
Farzana Ahmed, Research Assistant, University of Minnesota
Shane Missaghi, Water Resources, University of Minnesota Extension
Station B:
Liz Stout, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, City of Minnetonka
Leslie Yetka, Education Manager, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
Kurt Leuthold, P.E., LEEDŽ AP, Senior Civil Engineer, Barr Engineering Company
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Walk back to class room, Lunch, and Evaluations |
12:30 p.m. |
Forum: The Top 10 "not to dos" All presenters |
1:15 p.m. |
Wrap up & next Stormwater U (146.2 K PDF)
Leslie Yetka, Education Manager, Minnehaha Creek Watershed District |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Workshop Ends |
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