IECA brings stormwater pollution prevention education to Albuquerque
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO, Sept. 4, 2007 -- The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) partnering with the Mountain States Chapter of IECA and Bernalillo County will educate engineers, contractors, consultants and inspectors about the rules, regulations and compliance strategies associated with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit.
The full day course, "How to Write a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) to Meet NPDES Requirements" will be held Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center.
The course is designed to educate and inform construction industry professionals how to best write and use their SWPPP to effectively control stormwater pollutants from leaving their site. SWPPPs are designed to be living documents which require updates as projects progress. Participants will learn how to design and maintain their SWPPP from the site planning and development phase through the final stabilization phase including notice of termination.
Along the way participants will learn how to identify potential pollution sources, calculations for watershed flow rates, soil loss equations and how to select the best controls to meet the primary goal of all SWPPPs -- preventing pollutants from being carried off in stormwater discharges.
"This is our most requested topic," said Kim M. Kline, technical resources director for IECA. "With SWPPPs being the cornerstone of NPDES compliance and inspections getting tougher, the demand for this type of education just keeps growing."
Bernalillo County is offering free registration to the first 20 registrants who are licensed Professional Engineers (P.E.), licensed contractors or licensed landscape architects who have a business license in Bernalillo County.
More information including pricing and registration is available on the IECA calendar of events located on the home page at http://www.ieca.org.
The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) is the world's oldest and largest association devoted entirely to helping members solve the problems caused by erosion and its byproduct -- sediment. Founded in 1972, IECA is a non-profit organization that serves as the premier global resource for the prevention and control of erosion.
###