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The Charles River Stormwater Sessions Workshop: 
Designing and Paying for a Better Stormwater Management Program

With over 60 attendees, excellent and informative presentations by 10 different speakers, and a field trip to several sites with stormwater BMPs that are in good working condition, the Charles River Stormwater Sessions Workshop held on June 21, 2006 was a great success.  Much appreciation goes out to our co-sponsor, MA Office of Coastal Zone Management, our funder, US Environmental Protection Agency, and the speakers of the workshop.  

To review the workshop presentations, click on the title of the presentation below.  
To contact the speaker, click on the speaker name to obtain their email address.  

Session 1:  Using Low Impact Development (LID) in Your Community

LID Site Design and Stormwater Best Management Practices
Andrea Cooper, Smart Growth Coordinator, MA Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM)

LID Model Bylaw
Nathan Kelly, Senior Planner and Project Manager, Horsley and Witten Group, Inc.

Creating LID-Friendly Communities through Regulation, Evaluation and Collaboration
Martin Pillsbury, Regional Planning Manager, Metropolitan Area Planning Council

LID in Massachusetts - Case Studies
Marilyn McCrory, Water Quality Grants Coordinator, MA CZM

LID in Practice: One Community's Story - The Cohasset Retrofit Project
Michael Clark, Associate, P.E., Norfolk Ram Group

Session 2:  Stormwater Financing - Tools of the Trade

Impacts of Stormwater on the Charles River Watershed and CRWA Initiatives
Kate Bowditch, Project Director, CRWA

Municipal Challenges and Strategies for Stormwater Management
Bethany Eisenberg, Project Manager and Stormwater Specialist, VHB, Inc.

Guidance for Municipal Stormwater Financing
Andrew Reese, Vice President and Principal, AMEC Earth and Environmental Inc.

Legal Requirements for Implementing Stormwater Fees (No PowerPoint Presentation)
Robert Ritchie, Director of Municipal Law Unit, MA Attorney General's Office

Developing a Stormwater User Fee
Maria Pologruto, Permits Engineer, City of Newton

To download the full list of workshop attendees and speakers, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact Anna Eleria at (781) 788-0007 ext. 225.

Other CRWA Stormwater Related Web Pages
Stormwater Management
Guidance on Adopting a Local Stormwater By-Law
SmartStorm Rainwater Recovery System