TMDL 2009 Conference will take place in Alexandria on next sunday
Aug 07, 2009
Alexandria, Va. - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) will present TMDL 2009: Combining Science and Management to Restore Impaired Waters from August 9-12, 2009 at the Hilton Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minn. Co-sponsored by the Central States Water Environment Association, with support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Advisory Committee on Water Information, and the Water Environment Research Foundation, this conference will focus on the Clean Water Act and the full scope of pollutants that impact our nation’s water bodies.
- Pollutant-Specific TMDLs: Including nutrients, bacteria, sediment, metals, toxics, and others.
- Water Quality Standards: Development of site-specific criteria and refining its uses, listing methodology and integrated reporting, use attainability analysis, interpretation of noncompliance with standards, and narrative standards.
- Modeling: Data needs, model uncertainty, calibration and verification, design and selection.
- Stormwater and Nonpoint Source Issues: Urban and agricultural best management practices, measuring and estimating wet weather pollutant loads, agricultural and urban runoff characterization.
- Stakeholder Involvement and Public Participation: Public participation and outreach tools, conflict resolution, including nonpoint source stakeholders, third-party TMDLs, and the influence of stakeholders on allocation and implementation.
- Regulatory, Policy, and Implementation Issues: Adaptive implementation and phased TMDLs, wastewater and stormwater permitting issues, water quality trading, regulatory flexibility, and interjurisdictional TMDLs.
- Other Related Current Issues and Topics
Encouraged to attend are consultants, municipal wastewater and water treatment professionals, industrial wastewater and water treatment professionals, local, state, and federal regulators, model users and designers, scientists and researchers, watershed groups, civil and environmental engineers, association representatives, and community planners.
Contact:
Water Environment Federation
Lori Harrison
601 Wythe Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-1994
PH.: 703-684-2480
E-Mail: lharrison@wef.org
Internet: www.wef.org
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