The World's Largest Stormwater Pollution Prevention Conference Brings Together USEPA, Wal-Mart, NAHB, Cities, Tribes, And DOTs, To Improve Water Quality
Santa Barbara, CA - No matter where you are, in rain or in drought, water running off roofs and streets sweeps up heavy metals, oil, fertilizer, pet poop, pesticides, debris, and plastic bottles and sends it to the nearest body of water. Thousands of public officials, engineers, compliance officers, and industry professionals will learn state-of-the-art techniques to prevent and mitigate stormwater pollution at the seventh annual StormCon, the world's largest stormwater conference, August 3-7, 2008, at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL. For more information, to register online, or to download the conference program visit www.StormCon.com.
The conference will draw attendees from public- and private-sector organizations, including USEPA; Wal-Mart; The Nature Conservancy; National Association of Home Builders (NAHB); Lennar Homes; Federal Highway Administration; Waterkeeper Alliance; Calgary (Canada); Caltrans (CA); Capitol Region Watershed District (MN); Center for Watershed Protection, Charlotte (NC); Dallas (TX); Los Angeles (CA); Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago (IL); Minneapolis (MN); Montana Department of Environmental Quality; North Carolina State University at Raleigh; Orange County (FL); Phoenix (AZ); Portland (OR); Port of Tacoma (WA); Puyallup Tribe (WA); Richmond (VA); Seattle Public Utilities (WA); St. John's River Water Management District (FL); Suwannee River Water Management District (FL); Tampa (FL); University of Florida at Gainesville; University of New Hampshire, every branch of the military; and agencies in Australia, New Zealand, and Britain.
The conference program offers six program tracks, special USEPA events, panel discussions, full-day pre-conference workshops, and pre-conference certification courses and exams. The program tracks, featuring 147 presentations, are: BMP Case Studies, The Construction Site and Stormwater, Low-Impact Development, Research and Testing of BMPs/Technical Issues, Stormwater Program Management, and Water-Quality Monitoring. StormCon also features the largest trade show of its kind with 200 vendors of stormwater-related equipment, technology, and services.
The opening keynote speaker will be Robert F. Kennedy Jr., environmental activist and attorney. Mr. Kennedy has a national reputation as a leading environmental defender, as senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper, and chair of Waterkeeper Alliance.
SOURCE: StormCon