Course level: Introductory
Access duration: 1 year
Applicable states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
This training course covers the following information:
- What stormwater management is
- Traditional stormwater management techniques and management problems
- The benefits of Low Impact Development (LID)
- LID structural and non-structural best management practices (BMPs)
- A review of the following LID practices:
- Bioretention cells
- Bioswales
- Downspout disconnection
- Tree box filters
- Dry wells
- Infiltration trenches
- Sand filters
- Check dams
- Green roofs
- Pervious pavement
- Permeable pavers
- Porous concrete
- Cisterns
- Underground detention systems
- Constructed stormwater wetlands
- Penalties for noncompliance
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