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BAE 590U Urban Stormwater Best Management Practices Design
Lead
Instructor:
Bill Hunt, PE, Extension Specialist,
Urban Stormwater Management, BAE
208 Weaver Labs, Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27695-7625
919-515-6751
bill_hunt@ncsu.edu
T.A.
:
Desiree Tullos
140 Weaver Hall, Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27606
Email: Desiree Tullos
Other Course Information
Scheduled
Class Time & Room:
Butler 104, Tuesdays 9-12noon
Summer Session #1, A 3/4 day field trip is required.
Office Hours: Thursday 9-12noon or by appointment
Prerequisites: Either BAE 471 or CE 383
Objectives:
Students will learn how to site and design the following stormwater
structural best management practices:
Stormwater Wetlands, Bio-retention areas, Green Roofs, Level Spreaders,
and Permeable Pavement.
Students will learn the basics of BMP design including but not limited
to:
Site selection, appropriate soils and water tables, determining water
capacity, removal effectiveness, structural design, and construction costs.
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Date |
Activities |
Notes/Readings: |
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5/27/03 |
Course Introduction. Overview of Structural BMPs. ** Hydraulics Review. Designing Grassy Swales(.ppt file) |
READ:
Malcom Ch 2, Structural
BMP Fact Sheet |
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6/03/03 |
Stormwater Wetland Overview. Pond Forebay sizing. Wetland Design. Vegetation Selection** |
READ: HW: Wetlands & Ponds , Map , MS Word version |
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6/10/03 |
Bio-retention Overview. Bio-retention Hydraulic design (surface area, soil selection, underdrain design, overflow design)** |
READ:
Designing
Rain Gardens HW: Bio-retention Design |
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6/17/03 |
Green Roof Overview. Green Roof Construction & Research Update. Design Issues. Level Spreader Overview |
READ:
Skimmer Handout |
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6/18/03 |
BMP Tour for Eastern NC - Meet in Raleigh @ NCSU McKimmon Center* SCHEDULE |
Tour Should run from 9am-3pm |
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6/19/03 |
BMP Tour for Western NC - Location TBD* SCHEDULE |
Tour Should run from 9am-3pm |
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6/24/03 |
Permeable Pavement. Overview. Structural Design. Hydraulic Analysis. Applications.** Course Shown By Video OR On-Line ONLY*** |
READ:
Online Permeable Pavement Handouts HW: On-line Quiz |
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6/27/03 |
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| Note: | All
Assignments are due 9 days (2 Fridays) after they are given. * Indicates that students are required to go to ONLY ONE of the tours **Indicates this lecture will be available in on-line format *** The instructor will be out of town for this class |
Materials:
Most materials are available on the web in PDF format.
Additionally, the following workbook available from NCSU’s Industrial
Extension is strongly suggested:
Elements of Stormwater Design,
by H. Rooney Malcom
Grading:
The homework will count 10% each (5 homeworks = 50% of total grade). Homeworks
are due by the following week's class. A final exam makes up 40%.
Class Participation is 10%.
| Letter Grade | Numeric | Letter Grade | Numeric |
| A+ | >98 | C+ | 77-79.99 |
| A | 93-97.99 | C | 73-76.99 |
| A- | 90-92.99 | C- | 70-72.99 |
| B+ | 87-89.99 | D+ | 67-69.99 |
| B | 83-86.99 | D | 60-66.99 |
| B- | 80-82.99 | F | <60 |
