Information from the The BMP Design Workshop held on June 13, 2006. The curriculum is primarily for engineers, landscape architects, architects and planners. Topics include: What is a Design Storm?, Stormwater BMP Maintenance, Stormwater Wetland Design and Bio-retention Design.

(Distributed 06/30/06) The LSU AgCenter recently conducted an Urban Stormwater Academy to help engineers, architects and municipal officials learn about practices that will both reduce stormwater runoff and its contaminant load at construction sites.

Urban areas with their concentrations of people, vehicles, homes, parking lots, streets, small and large business, industry and sewage can create heavy loads of pollutants in their Stormwater runoff.

Discusses the causes and mitigations of soil erosion by water through a presentation created by the NRCS.

Discusses and demonstrates ways to prevent pollution in water.

Demonstrates the construction pollution prevention plan through images, illustrations, and examples.

Discusse the inspections and maintenance associated with handling storm water on small constructon sites.

Discusses the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) pertaining to storm water management on small construction sites.

Demonstrates construction BMP's through various images and illustrations.

Stormwater is the water that runs off the land following rains. It is the primary source of most of the water in our rivers and streams.