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Efficient, Effective, Innovative BMPs (May 2018)

By Amber Garnett May 2, 2018

This webinar discussed innovative best management practices for state DOT stormwater programs. The webinar covers innovative linear BMPs that fit well in transportation corridors, the importance of infiltration and current research to support use of roadway embankments as a BMP, winter storm management BMPs and technologies, measuring winter storm BMP performance, and addressing total maximum daily load and regulatory issues. The webinar also addresses open graded friction course (OGFC) as a BMP and performance and uses of OGFC.

New Hampshire DOT Pioneers New Approach to Construction Stormwater Management

By Amber Garnett December 12, 2016

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation’s award-winning work managing construction stormwater to protect two water bodies adjacent to Interstate 93 has been a successful demonstration of innovative techniques under real-world…

Stormwater Program Organizational Structure (March 2016)

By Amber Garnett March 17, 2016

To keep up with ever-increasing state and federal regulations on stormwater management, state departments of transportation (DOTs) are shaking up their stormwater management programs to make them more effective at curbing pollutants in stormwater runoff. This was the topic of a March 17 web forum held by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Stormwater and DOT Construction Projects (January 2016)

By Amber Garnett January 28, 2016

A web forum was held for Departments of Transportation (DOT) stormwater practitioners to discuss the lessons learned, and process improvements for temporary construction BMP practices and administrative processes regarding DOT construction projects. This was the second of three planned web forums on topics that are relevant to the implementation of DOT NPDES Programs.

Water Quality Post-Construction BMPs and Project Delivery (December 2015)

By Amber Garnett December 5, 2015

This webinar addresses how water quality is affecting the project delivery process, describes post-construction treatment best management practices, and discusses green infrastructure and low impact development implementation for highways.

MS4 Audit (September 2014)

By Amber Garnett September 1, 2014

This webinar addressed the MS4 Audit.

Oregon DOT Develops Center to Test Stormwater Treatment Technologies

By Amber Garnett August 25, 2014

A facility to help practitioners test the effectiveness of stormwater treatment technologies is being developed by the Oregon Department of Transportation. The Stormwater Technology Testing Center (STTC), under construction at…

National Stormwater Practitioners Meeting (July 2014)

By Amber Garnett July 31, 2014

This meeting brought experts together to share best practices, issues, and opportunities in an effort to continue improving DOT stormwater programs, understand compliance with water quality regulations, and incorporate solutions in day-to-day practices.

Connecting the DOTs through Collaboration in Stormwater Management (October 2012)

By Amber Garnett October 23, 2012

This webinar provides information presented and discussed at the AASHTO National Stormwater meeting. The presentations provide support for DOTs facing new and more complex state and federal regulation to reduce pollution in stormwater discharges.

Post Construction BMP Selection – Runoff Management to Meet Quantitative Pollution Limits (June 2012)

By Amber Garnett June 7, 2012

This webinar emphasizes the experience that DOTs have gained regarding the design, operation and maintenance of BMPs to meet increasingly more stringent and pollutant specific permit requirements. The webinar highlights the increasing permitting requirements, the availability and use of several NCHRP reports intended to assist DOTs in the selection and design of BMPs to meet water quality goals for new projects, as well as retrofits and actual DOT experiences and methods for meeting permit requirements.