Philadelphia Low Impact
Development Symposium

Greening the Urban Environment

September 25-28, 2011, Philadelphia, PA

Image courtesy of Philadelphia Water Dept.

Click here for a pdf file of the FULL AGENDA (Oral Presentations)


Click here to view the POSTER SESSION listing.


Sunday, September 25, 2011

9:00am - 4:30pm Pre-Conference Workshops
9:00am - 12:00pm - LID 101: Basic Concepts and Applications
9:00am - 12:00pm - Extensive Green Roof Design for Civil/Stormwater Engineers
1:00pm - 4:30pm - LID 201: Design Guidelines for LID Practices
1:00pm - 4:30pm - Permeable/Pervious Pavement

Workshop descriptions can be found by clicking here.

LID Committee Meetings - 9am - 9pm
Committee meeting schedules will be posted shortly.

Pre-Conference Workshops
9:00am - 4:30pm
Commonwealth Rooms

 

Monday, September 26 - Plenary Session

Moderator: Robert G. Traver, Phd, PE, WRE
Professor and Director, VCASE and VUSP, Conference Chair

Mr. Howard Neukrug
Commissioner
Philadelphia Water Department

We are pleased to have Commissioner Howard Neukrug of the Philadelphia Water Department as our Plenary Speaker. Commissioner Neukrug has been the driving force behind the Green City, Clean Waters approach to solutions to the city's Combined Sewer Overflow challenges. Links to the city's plan can be found here: http://www.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/documents_and_data/cso_long_term_control_plan/

Joining Commissioner Neukrug in welcoming the participants will be:

  • Shawn M. Garvin, Administrator for EPA's Mid-Atlantic Region
  • Tom Davenport - Director, EPA 319 Non Point Source Monitoring Program
  • Glen Rider, Director, Bureau of Watershed Management, PA DEP

photo of Philadelpia
Photo Courtesy of the Philadelphia Water Department.

Plenary
Monday, 8:30 am
Regency Ballroom

 

LID-MARC

Moderator: Bill Hunt, PhD, PE
Associate Professor, NC State University
Conference Co-Chair

Present and Future Directions with LID Research

The Low Impact Development-Mid-Atlantic Research Consortium is comprised of the research groups of Robert Traver (Villanova University), Bill Hunt (North Carolina State University), and Allen Davis (University of Maryland).  Collectively, they have over 50 years of research and practical experience on urban stormwater control.  This session will highlight recent research results on bioretention/ bioinfiltration practices and other related stormwater control measures.  Emphasis will be on quantitative performance, design parameters for meeting specific hydrologic and water quality goals, and novel improvements for enhanced pollutant control.  Specific topics to be addressed include quantitative design for calculating bioretention/bioinfiltration volumetric storage, groundwater mounding, and enhanced nitrogen and phosphorus removal.

Bill Hunt, NC State University
Allen Davis, University of Maryland
Robert Traver, Villanova University

Technical Session
10:50 am, Monday
Location TBA

 

Chesapeake Bay Panel - "LID and the Chesapeake TMDL"

Chesapeake Bay

Moderator: Robert G. Traver, PhD, PE, WRE
Professor and Director, VCASE and VUSP,
Conference Chair

The purpose of this panel is to discuss the role of LID in meeting the TMDL requirements for Nitrogen and Phosphorus reductions in the Chesapeake Bay. Each panelist will be asked to first make a brief overview of their thoughts on the issue. A moderated discussion will follow based upon submitted questions to the moderator. Please feel free to submit questions prior to the conference to the moderator.
(Image Source – USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office)

Panel
3:45pm, Tuesday
Location TBA

 

Technical Sessions

  Track I Track II Track III Track IV Track V Track VI Track VII Track VIII
  SCMs I SCMs II Assessing LID Plan & Stnd Cities & Streets Models & CSOs Outreach & Codes 319 & Chesapeake
Monday, September 26, 2011  
10:50am LID/MARC Monitoring LID Econ I Design Standards I Sustain & LID I Filter/Manuf Outreach I 319 I - Planning & Information Exchange
1:40pm Bioret I Harscape I LID Econ II DesStand II Sustain & LID II Models I Outreach II 319 II - Design & Implementation
3:40pm Bioret II Hardscape II Metrics DesStand III Streets I Models II Outreach III 319 III - Bioretention Evaluation & Reporting
5:30pm - Poster Session & Reception, Millenium Hall (Click here to view the Poster Session List)  
Tuesday, September 27  
8:30am *5* NonStruct LID in Philly Region VolRed I Muni Pln I DC 1 CSOs 1 W'shed Pln I Ches LID & Fed Energy Act
10:55am Bioret III G. Roof I VolRed II Muni Pln II Streets II City Pln I Outreach IV 319 IV - Monitoring Program Results
1:45pm Bioret IV G. Roof II Attenuat'n City Pln II Streets III Models III Regs & Code I 319 V - Success Stories and the Future
3:45pm Chesapeake Bay Panel G. Roof III Campus City Pln III Streets IV Models IV Regs & Code II  
Wednesday, September 28  
8:30am *5* Operations & Maint. W. Harvest I Ecology W'shed Pln II Transportation I CSOs II DC Session II
LID Strategies 		Case Studies
10:55am Media W. Harvest II Extreme LID Climate Change Transporation II CSOs III Regs & Code III  

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Field Tours - 1:00 - 4:30pm
Tour A - Villanova Urban Stormwater SCM Research and Demonstration Park
Tour B - Reinventing the Neighborhood (PWD)
Tour C - Urban LIDs (PWD)
Tour D - Stroud Preserve and Stroud Water Research Center 319 NPS National Monitoring Site

Tour descriptions can be found by clicking here.

Field Tours
1:00pm - 4:30pm

 

 

Updated August 3, 2011