2024 Conference Agenda & Presentations
Day 1 | Thursday, September 5
Registration in the Lobby & Tradeshow Breakfast
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7:00 - 8:00
Opening Remarks and Keynote Address in VT & NH Room
8:00 - 10:00
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The Cumberland County Soil & Water Conservation District staff welcome you to the 2024 Maine Stormwater Conference.
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Dr. Obropta is the Extension Specialist in Water Resources with Rutgers Cooperative Extension, and he is a Professor with the Department of Environmental Sciences at the School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, Rutgers University. He has a background in watershed management, water quality modeling, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, and coastal engineering. His specific experience includes watershed restoration, onsite wastewater treatment system design and management, wasteload allocations and TMDL studies, stormwater management, wetland design, effluent dilution analyses, longshore sediment transport, computer-aided design, and geographic information systems (GIS).
Break
10:00-10:30
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Session 1
10:30 - 12:00
Connecticut & Rhode Island Room
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Horsley Witten collaborated with the Town of Mendon to restore the Town Hall campus and highlight newly implemented Low Impact Design & Green Stormwater Infrastructure bylaws. The project included a variety of stormwater management techniques to meet the site constraints, including permeable pavement, permeable pavers, underground detention, and several iterations of bioretention facilities. The Town Hall campus now serves as a living library to illustrate the Town’s goals for development and provide an accessible, welcoming, and educational hub for residents and visitors.
Eliza Hoffman | Horsley Witten Group, Inc.
Eliza Hoffman is a civil and environmental engineer focusing on site design, low impact development, green stormwater infrastructure, hydrologic modeling, and watershed assessment. Over the last six years, Eliza has worked throughout New England, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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New England communities are both curious and cautions about enacting user fees, how it helps to build critical infrastructure, improve the environment, and fund projects for a more climate resilient future. The New England Environmental Finance Center will describe its approach and lessons learned to providing technical assistance to communities that want to establish a stable, dedicated, and equitable source of revenue for current and future stormwater projects and services.
Laura Collins | New England Environmental Finance Center
Laura manages the New England Water Infrastructure Network (NEWIN) and provides direct technical, financial, and project management support for the region’s municipalities, utilities, and tribes. She has a background in water resource management, with expertise in community-driven program management, strategic planning, and impact evaluation.
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After ten years of work, the Town of Franklin was finally able to implement a Stormwater Utility...and then the real work began. Learn how the Town utilized existing tools to create a workflow to track and manage the intricate components of the utility while ensuring accurate billing for residents and capturing up-to-date information for new construction.
Kate Hinckley | Town of Franklin, MA
Kate is the Director of GIS for the Town of Franklin, MA. In her role she has overseen the integration of GIS into the daily workflow of the DPW and coordinated the Stormwater Educational Outreach Program.
Vermont & New Hampshire Room
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Merrimack River Watershed Coalition established a project team consisting of Groundwork Lawrence, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, the Cities of Lawrence and Methuen, and Tighe & Bond to develop a Watershed Based Plan to address water quality of the Spicket River. The project's collaborative technical approach and community engagement strategies offer a replicable model for selecting green stormwater infrastructure projects that address water quality issues in urban river corridors, particularly in under-resourced communities.
Kayla Larson | Tighe & Bond
Kayla Larson, PE is a water resources engineer and Project Manager at Tighe & Bond. Kayla has 11 years of professional consulting experience, focused on sewer collection systems and pump station design, CSO mitigation, and MS4 stormwater compliance in Massachusetts.
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Field monitoring of a 400-acre watershed, that started at 30% effective impervious cover (EIC) and was brought to 10% EIC via the implementation of LID stormwater retrofits, was used to calibrate a long-term hydrologic simulation model. This model was then used to demonstrate how conventional LID design alone does very little to control the 100-year flood at the watershed scale.
Tom Ballestero | University of New Hampshire
Tom Ballestero is the former Director of the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center. His general area of expertise is the restoration of natural aquatic systems. This expertise includes efforts in stream restoration, wetlands restoration, living shorelines, and stormwater management. Dr. Ballestero has been at the University of New Hampshire since 1983.
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Lack of maintenance or improper maintenance results in the rapid loss of infiltration capacity of permeable pavements. 50 sites in the northeast USA were studied to understand the loss of permeable pavement permeability. Two sites that were clogged had their permeabilities recovered with aggressive maintenance methods.
Tom Ballestero | University of New Hampshire
Tom Ballestero is the former Director of the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center. His general area of expertise is the restoration of natural aquatic systems. This expertise includes efforts in stream restoration, wetlands restoration, living shorelines, and stormwater management. Dr. Ballestero has been at the University of New Hampshire since 1983.
Lunch
12:00-1:00
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Session 2
1:00 - 2:30
Connecticut & Rhode Island Room
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Illicit discharges are defined as any discharge into a storm drain system that is not entirely composed of stormwater. We will discuss pollutants commonly associate with illicit discharge with references to polluted water bodies including the Ohio River. Approaches to address discharges at industrial sites will be discussed including permeable paver systems and industrial manufactured water quality units.
Doug McCluskey | EJ Prescott
Doug McCluskey is EJ Prescott's Western Erosion Control & Stormwater Specialist and is experienced in the promotion & education of various product lines related to Stormwater, Geosynthetics, Erosion Control, Sediment Control, & Ground Stabilization. In this role Doug is in contact with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies and he also works closely with engineers, landscape architects, municipalities, and contractors in both the public and private sector.
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Conventional IDDE approaches can tell you when you have a bacteria problem, but do not help differentiate whether the source is human and a pathogenic source of bacteria with higher risk attributed to a sanitary waste source. The addition of bacteroides analysis to your normal suite of laboratory parameters can provide significant value with the addition of a distinct human DNA marker to interpret data and guide further investigation of bacteria sources.
Rich Niles | Woodard & Curran
Rich has over 24 years of experience providing consulting services and has worked with close to 50 communities in New England to meet MS4 Permit requirements and develop robust stormwater management programs. He has significant experience with water quality investigation programs and the integration of MS4 and sanitary sewer assessments to address water quality issues.
Vermont & New Hampshire Room
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The challenges are universal in nature for stormwater managers & floodplain managers. These issues can create barriers for effective stormwater management. With modern processes and solutions in place to effectively address these three specific challenges, stormwater professionals can create tangible improvements for surrounding communities and have an improved understanding of the options to help their staff & elected officials make informed decisions related to budget, staff, resources, & disaster preparedness.
Derek Slocum | OTT HydroMet
Derek joined OTT HydroMet in 2020 as a Hydrology Advisor and Business Manager, specializing in urban flooding. With a 20-year background in municipal work in North Carolina, he advanced from a staff engineer to Public Works Director, handling water distribution, wastewater, stormwater management, and infrastructure projects. He played a key role in stormwater program development in two cities, addressing challenges in drainage and compliance with EPA's stormwater regulations.
Dan Penczak | OTT HydroMet
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Many communities seek to get the maximum benefit out of their stormwater infrastructure. The City of Burlington, Vermont is doing just that through the use of innovative technologies and projects. This presentation will discuss how flow is being restored in Englesby Brook through the use of continuous monitoring and adaptive control (CMAC) technology installed as a retrofit to an existing stormwater pond in a highly developed watershed.
Joe Bartlett | Fitzgerald Environmental
Joe is a Senior Watershed Scientist at a small water resources consulting firm in Colchester, Vermont. His work is primarily focused on stormwater design, permitting, and implementation projects.
James Sherrard | Woodard & Curran
James is a seasoned stormwater professional with 14 years of water resource experience – the last 12 of which have been providing technical stormwater support for municipalities in the Northeast. Prior to his transition to Woodard & Curran as a Stormwater Technical Manager, James managed the City of Burlington’s Stormwater Program where he was responsible for both the separate and combined storm sewer collection networks, MS4 Permit compliance, capital project coordination, infrastructure maintenance and inspection, design plan review, and CSO mitigation.
Break
2:30 - 3:00
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Session 3
3:00 - 4:30
Connecticut & Rhode Island Room
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Presentation
The SPSC (also known as Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC)) technology was originally developed in Maryland over two decades ago. Slowly, the approach - which fills eroded gullies with a blend of sand and wood chips and involves the installation of stone grade control structures - has been adopted throughout the mid-Atlantic and elsewhere in the country. This presentation will focus on the technical approach, as well as scientific research evaluating project performance.
Erik Michelsen | Anne Arundel County
Erik is a Deputy Director for Anne Arundel County’s Department of Public Works, heading its Bureau of Watershed Protection and Restoration. He guides the County’s efforts to conduct its environmental assessments, restoration implementation, and ecological evaluation work to support the County’s clean water obligations under the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit and the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). Erik also serves as Anne Arundel County’s Senior Environmental Policy Officer.
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One of the challenges facing New England communities is the uncontrolled discharge of stormwater outfalls into open space areas, which results in erosion, sediment and nutrient runoff, and flooding. This presentation will discuss an innovative nature-based BMP called regenerative stormwater conveyance systems (RSC) that has been used throughout the mid-Atlantic to address eroding outfalls and restore habitat. The presentation will highlight technical details, design considerations, and review case studies to demonstrate how this approach might be applied in Maine.
Kevin Dahms | Biohabitats
Kevin is a water resources engineer with over 10 years of experience in applying nature-based approaches to stormwater, resilience, and urban planning challenges. With a passion for integrating ecological function and habitat restoration into design solutions, he is inspired by natural systems and their ability to adapt and provide multiple co-benefits.
Joe Berg | Biohabitats
Joe is an ecologist and has over 30 years of experience in systems ecology, with an emphasis on the interaction of physical, chemical, and biological systems. He possesses a strong background in wetland mitigation design, stream channel restoration design using principles of fluvial geomorphology. At Biohabitats, he manages complex interdisciplinary projects that involve assessment and evaluation of wetland and upland habitats; conservation planning and restoration design; and project implementation and adaptive management.
Vermont & New Hampshire Room
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As towns and cities across the country seek to implement (GSI) retrofit projects there are a series of unique challenges that differ from managing wet weather on private site development projects. This presentation seeks to identify many of the key challenges, provide simple guidance to designers and program managers on how to plan for and account for them from planning through to post installation O&M, and include a series of small GSI retrofit case studies.
Rob Woodman | Ferguson Waterworks
Rob studied Civil Engineering in Australia. He spent the first 10 years in private consulting then shifted to the products/solutions side in 2014. Rob is now Director of Engineering and GSI at Ferguson Waterworks and leads a team across the country. He is a PE in Maine and Pennsylvania, NGICP and CPESC certified, and a Maine DEP Certified Stormwater Inspector.
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In this presentation we will introduce the New England Stormwater Retrofit Manual which provides guidance on how to approach the management of stormwater through installation of Stormwater Control Measures (SCMs) in existing or reconstructed development situations (retrofits) where regulatory requirements do not dictate prescribed SCMs, We will focus on how the EPA’s BMP Performance Curves, which are a main component of the Retrofit Manual, are leading New England to regional consistency on stormwater treatment tracking and accounting.
Theresa McGovern | VHB
Theresa is a water resource engineer with extensive environmental consulting experience with focus on watershed evaluation and planning, water quality modeling, TMDL compliance, hydrology and hydraulics, and stormwater management and design.
Jamie Houle | University of New Hampshire
Jamie is the Director at University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center and focuses on innovations in stormwater treatment.
Networking Reception
4:30 - 6:30
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Day 2 | Friday, September 6
Registration in the Lobby & Tradeshow Breakfast
7:00 - 8:30
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Session 1
8:30 - 10:00
Connecticut & Rhode Island Room
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Stay up to date on MaineDOT stormwater projects, including the updated Transportation BMP Manual, national 6PPD-quinone research, and their Smart Chloride project.
Cindy Dionne | Maine Department of Transportation
Cindy is the Stormwater Program Manager at the Maine Department of Transportation. She formerly worked at the Maine Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Quality for 10 years as Supervisor and Permit Writer of the MEPDES Discharge Program.
Garrison Beck | VHB
Garrison Beck is a Water Resource Planner and Project Manager at VHB in Maine and New Hampshire. A graduate of Colby College, he specializes in stormwater management, surface water quality, habitat restoration, and environmental policy. Garrison is VHB’s project manager leading the development of MaineDOT’s post-construction BMP stormwater manual, and currently serves on the board of Maine Lakes.
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How to review projects for the basic standards, general standards, phosphorous standards, and flooding standards. We will also discuss common mistakes and what to look out for.
Cody Obropta | Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Licensed professional civil engineer working for the Maine DEP Land Bureau as a Stormwater Engineer.
Vermont & New Hampshire Room
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Floodplain restoration on Long Creek near the Maine Mall in South Portland, ME was completed to remove a stormwater retention basin that was built on and constricted the floodplain. The floodplain was inundated within three months of project completion for the first time in 40 years and has reduced flow velocities and fine sediment inputs more effectively than the retention basin. The project illustrates the need for proper placement of retention basins and to avoid constructing stormwater control infrastructure on floodplains.
John Field, PhD | Field Geology Services
Dr. John Field received a PhD from the University of Arizona in fluvial geomorphology and has been completing geomorphic assessments and innovative stream and floodplain restoration projects in New England for more than 20 years that have received awards from environmental and engineering organizations.
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The Great Meadow is the largest freshwater wetland in Acadia National Park and a popular recreation area. The wetland outlet – an undersized, failing culvert – has led to flooding, channel degradation, and fluctuating wetland water levels. Starting in 2021, VHB developed a comprehensive 2-dimensional hydraulic model of the Great Meadow and designed a stream-simulation wetland outlet replacement. Teaming with Friends of Acadia, the Park has expanded the culvert replacement to a watershed-level wetland restoration project.
David Cloutier | VHB
Dave is a Senior Water Resources Engineer with VHB specializing in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling of riverine systems. He has completed multiple culvert replacement and dam removal stream restoration projects in Maine and New Hampshire incorporating geomorphic field evaluations, stream simulation design, and aquatic organism passage.
Lauren Gibson | Friends of Acadia
Lauren is Friends of Acadia’s Wild Acadia Coordinator. She works closely with Acadia’s Resource Management Team, as well as Friends of Acadia and partners at Schoodic Institute. Lauren has a background in project management, public outreach, and coordination, having served multiple roles at NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.
Break
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10:00 - 10:30
Session 2
10:30 - 12:00
Connecticut & Rhode Island Room
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation implemented a flood resiliency project for Route 9, suffering from hazardous flooding. Through collaboration with the engineering firm VHB, they designed a cost-efficient solution featuring two stormwater infiltration basins, effectively addressing the issue and providing immediate relief to the community. This presentation will discuss the project’s purpose, design elements considered, challenges overcome, and outcome from the project.
Eric Monkiewicz | VHB
Eric Monkiewicz is a seasoned Water Resource professional, bringing over 20 years of experience. Eric has a wide array of stormwater management design experience on transportation and land development projects and serves as Design Leader for stormwater design development on his team.
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Sewer separation remains the most effective method for reducing CSO and pollution into Portland Harbor, however retrofit green infrastructure provides additional benefits. This presentation will go into the details of sizing a dedicated storm drain system and the calibration techniques used for estimating CSO reduction for various design storms. The results provided the City with a list of recommended projects and associated CSO estimated volume reductions.
Owen Chaplin | Wright-Pierce
Owen Chaplin is a project manager within Wright-Pierce's Civil Practice Group with over a decade of municipal infrastructure experience, including transportation design, stormwater management, utility upgrades, and project management.
Alex Liptak | Wright-Pierce
Alex Liptak is a project engineer with Wright-Pierce and holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has over six years of engineering consulting experience with a focus on stormwater management, hydraulic and hydrologic modeling, stormwater plan and report production, and construction inspection.
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As a general rule, the City of Ellsworth's storm drain system had not received much attention in the many decades since its installation, necessitating an extensive condition and capacity assessment. By combining onsite inspection with the best available hydrologic and hydraulic tools, Ellsworth's understanding of their system and how to manage it has grown by leaps and bounds. This presentation shares lessons learned throughout the project regarding the investigation process, data management, model development, and alternative development and communication.
Kevin Trainor | Woodard & Curran
Kevin Trainor is a Technical Manager at Woodard & Curran with 12 years of experience in the analysis and design of gravity stormwater and wastewater collection systems. He is a PE and received his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maine.
Vermont & New Hampshire Room
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Climate change has brought unexpected weather events, particularly in the area of Stormwater, that have the potential to cause devastation with little warning. In recent years there have been more frequent Stormwater related emergencies that have come unexpectedly at times, costing communities millions of dollars in repairs and recovery. Be prepared, be smart, and save money!
Derek Adams | Town of Franklin, MA
Derek Adam is Environmental Affairs Coordinator and Stormwater Superintendent for the Franklin Department of Public Works for 12 years. Derek earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a Master of Science in Emergency Management from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He also holds a Commercial Driver’s License, Hoisting License, Commercial Pesticide License, Water Treatment Grade 2, Water Distribution Grade 3, and he is a Massachusetts Certified Arborist.
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Green Infrastructure can be challenging in coastal areas, specifically southeast Louisiana. High groundwater table, antiquated grey infrastructure, and hazardous weather make flood mitigation efforts nearly impossible. This presentation will highlight the success and failures of New Orleans at implementing Green Infrastructure.
Anthony Kendrick | City of New Orleans, LA
Anthony Kendrick is a Project Manager for the Stormwater and Green Infrastructure department at the City of New Orleans. He received his bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of North Texas. Currently, Mr. Kendrick manages federally funded Green Infrastructure projects for the City of New Orleans.
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Presentation
Given the large number of historic buildings in Maine, it is important for owners to develop sensitive flood resiliency strategies while maintaining historic character. Kleinfelder will discuss two climate adaptation projects that involved historic properties: Camp Ellis in Saco and the Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion in Portsmouth, NH. Both projects included flood projections and recommendations to better prepare properties for increased risks of flooding, with lessons that can easily be applied to other coastal buildings and communities.
Erin Ware | Kleinfelder
Erin Ware is a Secretary of the Interior qualified Architectural Historian. She has completed historic evaluations for a variety of property types throughout New England and has extensive experience with Section 106 compliance. She has also written multiple National Register of Historic Places nominations.
Kyle Johnson | Kleinfelder
Kyle Johnson leads Kleinfelder’s climate resiliency practice group in New England and is a technical expert in climate vulnerability and adaptation planning, resilient infrastructure design, and specialized retrofits. He and his team frequently assess and develop flood solutions that account for unique sensitivities when adapting cultural resources and historic assets.
Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
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12:00 - 1:00
Panel Discussion in the VT & NH Room
1:00 - 2:30
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Jamie Houle, Ph.D. | University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center Director
Fred Dillon | City of South Portland
Nathan Marles | Stormwater Compliance, LLC
Richard May | City of Bangor
Cody Obropta, PE | Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Moderator: Rob Woodman, PE | Ferguson Waterworks
Break & Bus Tour Departs
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2:30-3:00
3:00-4:30
Connecticut & Rhode Island Room
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Presentation
This talk provides insight into the current best practices for construction of vegetated geomodular structures, for the purposes of erosion control, slope stability, retaining walls, and overall sustainability. Vegetated geomodular systems combine traditional segmental systems and flexible facings, thereby creating a class of construction that is more resilient to natural processes, and that lasts longer than traditional hard armor facing systems. Using globally accepted mechanically stabilized earth design methodology and bioengineering best practices, geomodular systems provide designers and owners an engineered, low carbon solution for a broad variety of environments.
Fred Waite | FlexMSE
Flex MSE Business Development Specialist, Fred Waite, has over 30 years of global experience in Civil Geosynthetics and Stormwater Solutions. His key expertise extends from roads, drainage, stormwater detention/retention and slope stabilization into MSE/RSS systems. With years of exposure to a wide variety of projects in diverse environments, Fred has a unique outlook on how to approach obstacles faced in real-world scenarios.
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This presentation will cover the importance of Establishing Sustainable Vegetation for Erosion Control. The importance of doing a soil test and what to look for when trying to sustainable vegetation. The applications that are used to protect the soil and seed while vegetation is being established.
Mike Everhart | EJ Prescott, Inc.
Mike Everhart has worked for EJ Prescott, Inc. since 2009. Mike’s current title is Eastern Erosion Control & StormWater Specialist. Since joining EJ Prescott, Mike has spoken at National and Regional conferences regarding Stormwater Management & Erosion Control. His articles have been published in Stormwater Solutions Magazine in 2019, 2022, and 2023.
Vermont & New Hampshire Room
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With more intense storms and increased flooding in the Northeast, many municipalities are recognizing the need to understand the condition and vulnerabilities in their drainage systems. Using New England case studies, we will discuss the process of developing culvert asset management programs to identify culverts in poor condition or that are likely undersized and develop a risk-based plan for maintenance and replacement. In this presentation, we will review the varying implementation strategies and lessons learned.
Katelyn Donovan | Tighe & Bond
Katelyn Donovan, E.I.T., is a staff engineer specializing in stormwater management, MS4 compliance, and stormwater asset management. Katelyn’s experience includes serving Massachusetts public sector clients at various levels on water resource projects. She has a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Jamie Fitzpatrick | Tighe & Bond
Jamie Fitzpatrick, E.I.T., is a staff engineer specializing in bridge and culvert design as well as stormwater asset management projects. Jamie’s experience includes surveying municipal clients on a variety of projects. She has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from University of New Hampshire.
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Presentation
Tidal stream crossings present a unique set of challenges associated with providing reliable transportation infrastructure, supporting aquatic organism passage, habitat connectivity, and accommodating utility infrastructure. The topic of this presentation focuses on a framework of project specific decision making, including tolerance-based selection of sea level rise scenarios to develop a resilient stream crossing design that meets the need of project stakeholders. Wright-Pierce will provide an overview of the design process and challenges encountered along the way.
Jason Gallant | Wright-Pierce
Jason Gallant is a senior project manager for Wright-Pierce and leads the Transportation Infrastructure Group. Jason has over 25 years of experience in structural and transportation engineering and has completed over 50 municipally owned bridge projects.
Jake Shactman | Wright-Pierce
Jake Shactman is a project engineer with Wright-Pierce and holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has over five years of engineering consulting experience with a focus on stormwater management, coastal resiliency, environmental permitting, and site design.
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Unpack the comprehensive overhaul of Sugarloaf, a premier northeastern ski resort in Maine's Longfellow Mountains. This session explores the innovative sustainability solutions adopted to combat various project limitations, including steep slopes, wildlife habitats, and sizeable terrain. Learn how this project, marking a significant evolution in the Resort's 70-year history, overcame environmental and design challenges and offers invaluable insights into efficient water resource management.
Zelda Dively | VHB
Zelda Dively, Civil Designer for VHB's Land Development team in South Burlington, Vermont, specializes in stormwater and environmental permitting in ski mountain contexts. She is an alumna of the University of Vermont, holding two degrees in Environmental Engineering, along with a professional certificate in Geographic Information Systems and Data Communication.
Peter Smiar | VHB
Peter Smiar, Director of Land Development in VHB’s South Burlington office, brings expertise in land use planning, stormwater design, and permitting with 19 years of experience. Incorporating advanced stormwater technologies, he’s ensured the success of 50+ stormwater management systems, many of which are located in challenging urban and mountain terrains.
Bus Tour
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Review of design, permitting, and construction of stormwater BMP retrofits project within a 48-acre catchment to address water quality concerns in Long Creek including temperature, dissolved oxygen, chlorides, nutrient levels, metal concentrations, and runoff volume.
Peter Carney | Long Creek Watershed Management District
Mr. Carney joined the District as its Executive Director in 2016 after working for over eleven years in the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s Office of the Commissioner where he focused on regulatory and policy work. He is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and also holds a degree from the ecology-oriented program in Landscape Architecture at the S.U.N.Y. College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Peter Heil | Acorn Engineering
Mr. Heil joined Acorn as a Project Manager in 2020 and provides urban redevelopment, civil/site design, construction administration and municipal consulting with a focus on the construction of infill site development, restoration of urban impaired watersheds, stormwater design & retrofits, and low impact development.
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This presentation will provide a brief history of Portland’s Capisic Brook watershed management planning efforts, tell the convoluted tale of the challenging planning, design and construction process and share an update on the current status of the stormwater BMPs, including the lessons learned when implementing green infrastructure at this scale into an existing neighborhood streetscape.
Justin Pellerin | City of Portland
Justin Pellerin is registered professional civil engineer in the state of Maine with over 12 years of experience. Justin has worked for the City of Portland’s Water Resources Division for 9 years as a stormwater engineer primarily responsible for stormwater infrastructure and CSO mitigation infrastructure capital project delivery.
Tom Nosal | Toole Designs
Tom Nosal is a professional civil engineer who has worked on a broad array of multimodal transportation and utility projects in Maine. He enjoys working above and below ground, making streets safer for people walking, biking, and driving while also improving the water quality of Casco Bay.
