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Stormwater Chemistry: Principles and Applications to Storm Water Treatment and Management, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 22 - 23, 2015

Start
January 22, 2015
8:00 AM (HST)
End
January 23, 2015
5:00 PM (HST)
Location
Federal Building, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 4-127, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850

Registration

Stormwater Chemistry Dec. 4 - 5, 2013 – $495.00
$395 per additional person

January 22 - 23, 2015, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. (2 Days) Hawaii DOH, Clean Water Branch, 5th Floor Conference Room

919 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, Hawaii [directions]

Instructor: Erick McWayne, NEMA, LLC

Note: This is an old web page. Please visit our training calendar for our current list of upcoming classes.

Overview: This practical and highly acclaimed course provides a comprehensive overview of stormwater pollution chemistry and its applications to stormwater monitoring and treatment. Topics include an overview of stormwater contaminant sources, characteristics, transport and fate, monitoring, treatment best management practices (BMPs), BMP selection and performance, current research, and emerging technologies. Surface water and groundwater protection are also covered.

Course Topics

Runoff Characteristics
• Stormwater and MS4s
• Dry Weather Base Flows
• Combined Sewer Overflows
• Urban Snowmelt
• Hydrographs
• Chemo/Pollutographs
• Common Pollutant Sources
• Atmospheric Deposition
• Chemistry Variability Factors
• Cross-Media Contamination
• Aquatic Habitat Degradation

General Stormwater Chemistry
• Fates of Contaminants
• Chemistry Basics
• Pollutant Transport
• Solubility Rules
• Metal Pollutant Properties
• Organic Pollutant Properties
• Partitioning Coefficients
• Complexation & Speciation
• Cation Exchange
• Redox Potential
• Acidity (pH)
• Alkalinity and Hardness
• Conductivity
• Chemical Reaction Types
• Primary Soil Properties
• Vadose Zone Processes

Pollutant Chemistry
• Thermal Pollution
• Solids (Turbidity, TS, TSS, TDS, and SSC)
• Nanoparticles
• Acid/Base Generating Material
• Metals (Al, Ag, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, Sb, and Zn)
• Salts and Other Minerals
• Nutrients
• Oxygen Demanding Pollutants
• Oil and Grease
• Antifreeze Glycols
• Detergents, Soaps and Other Surfactants
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
• Persistent Organic Pollutants
• PAHs
• PCBs
• Phthalates
• Pesticides and Degradates
• Pathogens

Stormwater Management
• Management Paradigms
• Contaminants versus Pollutants
• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Tests
• Toxicity Variations
• Construction Stormwater Issues
• Stormwater Monitoring
• High Risk Contaminants
• Contaminant Relationships
• Grab versus Composite Sampling
• Event Mean Concentrations
• Pollutant Loads
• Managing First Flush
• Sediment Chemistry

Stormwater Treatment Processes
• Coagulation/Flocculation
• Precipitation
• Sedimentation
• Flotation
• Laminar Separation
• Vortex Separation
• Screening
• Filtration
• Sorption
• Temperature Reduction
• Acid/Base Neutralization
• Volatilization
• Disinfection
• Biodegradation
• Phytodegradation
• Soil Processes

BMP Effectiveness
• BMP Selection Criteria
• Performance Assessment
• International BMP Database
• Concentration Reduction
• Load Reduction
• Efficiency Ratio
• Summation of Loads
• Effluent Probability Method
• Online vs. Offline Facilities
• Treatment Trains
• Technology Evaluation Resources
• Zero Valent Iron Pilot Studies
• Biochar Pilot Studies
• Engineered Hyporheic Zones

Surface Water and Groundwater Protection

Intended Audience: Water quality professionals seeking an improved understanding of stormwater chemistry and its applications to stormwater treatment and management. Scientists, engineers, enforcement and field staff, program managers, and stormwater policy makers will benefit from attending.

Education Level: Introductory to intermediate/refresher. Current research and advanced topics are included to ensure all experience levels benefit from attending.

Course Materials: Course proceedings and reference material.

Credit: 15 PDHs and 1.5 CEUs for completing 15 hours of instruction.

Registration: $495 ($395 per additional person registered as a group). You may register online or by calling us toll-free at (800) 385-0783.

About the Instructor: Erick McWayne has eighteen years of environmental chemistry experience and has conducted numerous soil and water quality investigations as well as teaching related courses. As an environmental consultant, Mr. McWayne served as a project manager for water quality investigations at numerous Department of Defense and other contaminated sites. He currently manages NEMA and teaches courses in stormwater chemistry, groundwater chemistry, contaminant transport and fate, and hydrogeology around the country.

(800) 385-0783