[OKC] Engineered Rainwater Collection for Sustainable Water Management, March 8 10:30-2:30, OSU-OKC

[Alig, Jennifer L.]

From: Shields, Susie 
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 2:39 PM
Subject: Engineered Rainwater Collection for Sustainable Water
Management, March 8 10:30-2:30, OSU-OKC

 

Announcing a new training opportunity!  The Oklahoma Cooperative
Extension Service and OSU-OKC are offering a training event on Rainwater
Harvesting on Monday, March 8 from 10:30-2:30 at the Oklahoma County
Extension Center at 930 N. Portland by the campus of OSU-Oklahoma City.

 

The training will include a live ASCE Web/Teleconference Seminar
"Engineered Rainwater Collection and Case Studies for Sustainable Water
Management" and a tour of the new rainfall harvesting system at OSU-OKC.

 

There is a site fee of $299 for the webinar, so we will be charging a
nominal fee for this training which will be dependent on the number of
people who attend.  Previously I had sent out an announcement and 23
people indicated that they would be interested in attending.  If 23
people attended, the fee would be $299/23=$13.  Additionally, since the
training will be going over lunch, we will plan to purchase sub
sandwiches and soda for everyone in attendance and pass the hat to pay
for that (max of $5 per person).  As indicated below, you can earn 1.5
professional development hours for attending the ASCE webinar.  Payment
for the training will be accepted by check the day of the event.

 

The preliminary schedule for this training will be as follows:  

10:30-11:00         Registration

11:00-12:30         ASCE webinar "Engineered Rainwater Collection and
Case Studies for Sustainable Water Management"

12:30-1:15           Lunch, with presentations by OSU Extension Engineer
Sharla Lovern, PE,  and Dr. Jeff Sallee, OSU 4-H Youth Development about
the rainwater harvesting system at Skyline Elementary in Stillwater,
rain barrel construction, and the statewide 4-H Rainfall Harvesting
Program

1:15-2:00              Tour of the rainfall harvesting system at OSU-OKC
by Dr. Dave Edwards, OSU-OKC Horticulture Department

2:00-2:30              Wrap-up discussion

 

Feedback and additions to this schedule are encouraged if there is
something additional regarding rainwater harvesting you would like see
on the agenda.

 

To confirm your participation in this event, please respond to Jason
Vogel (jason.vogel at okstate.edu) by March 1, 2010.  If you decide to
attend after March 1 we will not turn you away, but that will give us an
idea for planning purposes of the number of people that will be
attending.

 

Here is a summary of the ASCE webinar:

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Rainwater harvesting is an age-old method still used in many parts of
the world today and it is on-the-rise in the United States.  As
flooding, water supply, and water quality issues continue to increase in
the 21st century, rainwater collection systems offer a simple and
time-proven solution.  In the summer of 2009, ASCE presented an
introductory webinar on Sustainable Water Management: Rainwater
Collection Systems and Analysis. The webinar provided practical tools
and tips to select and analyze rainwater collection systems. Design tips
and operation and maintenance strategies were also discussed. Engineered
Rainwater Collection and Case Studies for Sustainable Water Management
takes this discussion a step further and will examine several case
studies to illustrate system components, design, analysis, and
operation.  Case studies include residential, commercial, and
park/public systems.

Seminar Benefits:


*	Gain exposure to up-to-date sustainable water management 
*	Understand how different applications affect design of rainwater
collection systems 
*	Become familiar with several "on the ground" rainwater
collection systems 
*	Discover how to maximize the long-term effectiveness of
rainwater collection systems 
*	Enhance ability to engineer rainwater collection systems for
public, residential, and commercial applications 
*	Earn 1.5 Professional Development Hours (1.5 PDHs) 

Seminar Outline:


*	Residential and commercial case studies 
*	Park/public land case studies 
*	Site layout, selection, and sizing 
*	Practical advice and recommendations

Seminar Instructor:


Jennifer J. Walker, P.E., D.WRE, CFM, is one of the first 500 engineers
to receive the Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer certification (D.WRE)
from the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers. She is a
nationally Certified Flood Plain Manager (CFM). Walker is a
nationally-recognized leader in stormwater management, hydrology and
hydraulics, green infrastructure, detention, and Low Impact Development
(LID). She has extensive experience in water resources planning,
analysis, and design for land development, public works, and
transportation projects. Walker is a certified Permaculturist with a
decade of hands-on construction and maintenance experience with LID for
small-scale residential applications.  She has hands-on experience with
a multitude of LID micro-concepts, such as:  harvesting rainwater,
constructing bioretention/rain gardens, altering time of concentrations,
amending soil, disconnecting impervious cover, removing impervious
cover, and recycling gray water. 

What Past Attendees Have Said About This Webinar:


*	"Good overview of the rainwater harvesting topic, interesting
and diverse examples." 
*	"Liked that it was easy to access, easy to ask questions, and
all questions were answered promptly. Worked well."

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Email me if you have any questions.

 

Thanks,

Jason

 

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Jason R. Vogel, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Stormwater Specialist

Department of Biosystems Engineering

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK 74078

Phone: (405) 744-7532

Cell: (405) 334-6512

Fax: (405) 744-6059

Email: jason.vogel at okstate.edu

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