2011 Conference Agenda
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
7:30 - 5:30 Registration Desk
8:00 - 7:30 Exhibits in Ballroom
8:30 - 9:40 Plenary Session (Welcome and Opening Remarks - Scott Taylor, CASQA, Keynote Address)
9:40 - 10:00 Break & Exhibits
  Track ATrack BTrack CTrack DTrack E
Moderators Katherrine Wagner (Downey Brand)Gerhardt Hubner (Ventura County Watershed Protection District)Armand Ruby (Armand Ruby Consulting)Richard Watson (RWA)Carmel Brown (CKB Environmental Consulting)
Session 1 Regulations, Permits & PoliciesModifying Public BehaviorScientific AdvancesTrue Source ControlConstruction Permit (Also in Webcast)
10:00 - 10:30
Leveraging the Natural Environment as Treatment for Highway Runoff Within the Lake Tahoe Basin
Leslie Case : California Department of Transportation
Mark Rayback : Wood Rodgers
Jennifer Hanson : Wood Rodgers
The Our Water Our World Program Still Making Changes After Fourteen Years
Annie Joseph : Ann Joseph Consulting
Potential Impacts from Short-duration Exposures to Storm Water Runoff on the Rocky Intertidal Community of the La Jolla ASBS and Implications for Protecting Beneficial Uses
Steve Gruber : Weston Solutions
Dan McCoy : Weston Solutions
Ruth Kolb : City of San Diego
A Stop on the Way to True Source Control
Kelly Moran : TDC Environmental, LLC
Devil in the Details: Active Treatment Systems on Large Construction Projects
Khalil Abusaba : Brown and Caldwell
10:35 - 11:05
Numeric Nutrient Criteria – Another Path to Preventing Eutrophication
Kristina Schneider : MACTEC
Ann Shortelle : MACTEC
Influencing Others Through Actions (and the power of social media)
Stephen Groner : S. Groner Associates
Mercury and Other Pollutants of Concern in Stormwater from the Guadalupe River Watershed, San Jose California: Findings from 5 Years of Loads Monitoring
Lester McKee : San Francisco Estuary Institute
Jennifer Hunt : San Francisco Estuary Institute
Ben Greenfield : San Francisco Estuary Institute
True Source Control – After SB 346: Implications of Other Copper Sources
David Renfrew : Weston Solutions
Rising to the Challenge – How Stanford University Enhanced Their Existing Storm Water Construction Program to Meet the New Construction General Permit in an Effective and Efficient Manner
Tracy Ingebrigtsen : Stanford University
11:10 - 11:40
Developing an Effective Model Watershed Infiltration and Hydromodification Management Plan (WIHMP) for MS4 Compliance
Bruce Phillips : PACE
Richard Boon : County of Orange
San José’s Odyssey - Reducing Single-Use Carryout Bags
Emy Mendoza : City of San Jose
Stormwater Toxicity Challenges and Innovative Solutions – Case Study at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Chris Stransky : AMEC Earth & Environmental
Clean Marinas, Clean Water: The Port of San Diego’s Model Program to Address Copper Pollution in Marinas
Stephanie Bauer : Port of San Diego
Enforcement Leading to Compliance - The Saga Continues
Chandra Thomas : County of Riverside
Teresa Jakeway : County of Riverside
Alternates
Ionic Strength Impacts to a Freshwater Creek
Steve Gruber : Weston Solutions
William Isham : Weston Solutions
Doo Diligence: A Research Driven Approach to Pet Owner Outreach
Jennifer Nichols Kearns : City of San Diego
Jennifer Tabanico : Action Research
Taking the Leap into Stressor Identification – Further Evaluation of Reduced Biological Integrity in a Large Northern California Urban Creek
Paul Randall : Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
 
Challenges of Implementing the New Construction General Permit
James Honniball : AMEC Geomatrix
11:40 - 12:00 Exhibitor Focus
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch and CASQA Awards Program
  Track ATrack BTrack CTrack DTrack E
Moderators Matt Lentz (AMEC)Chris Crompton (County of Orange)Scott Taylor (RBF Consulting)Nicole West (LSA Associates)Lisa Haney (Orange County Sanitation District)
Session 2 Industrial PermitTMDLs in MS4 PermitsProgram AssessmentStormwater TreatmentSustainable Development
1:30 - 2:00
Sector-Specific Permit through Innovative Stakeholder Process
Michael Adackapara : Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
Garry Brown : Orange County Coastkeeper
George Adams : SA Recycling
Optimizing Municipal Operations and Maintenance: BMP Tools for Addressing PCBs and Hg TMDL Targets in the San Francisco Bay Area
Peter Mangarella : Geosyntec Consultants
Are We Protecting Groundwater?
Mark Pumford : City of Oxnard
Ozone: Effective Runoff Treatment or a Bunch of Hot Air?
Lisa Zawaski : City of Dana Point
Design of Natural Infiltration System Under Updated MS4 Permit for Newport Beach City Hall and Park
Jessica Fosbrook : Arup
Mathew Bamm : Arup
2:05 - 2:35
Sector-Specific Permit through Innovative Stakeholder Process
Michael Adackapara : Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
Garry Brown : Orange County Coastkeeper
George Adams : SA Recycling
Initial Implementation of the Truckee River Water Quality Monitoring Plan: Building a Baseline Dataset to Support MS4 and TMDL Compliance
Stefan Schuster : CDM
Using Monitoring Data as an Assessment Tool to Guide the Iterative Process (or How to Avoid an NOV)
Arne Anselm : Ventura County Watershed Protection District
Mack Walker : Larry Walker Associates
Improving the 4% Bio-Retention Size Criteria: A Flow/Volume Based Approach for Optimization without Compromising Water Quality
Luis Parra-Rosales : URS
Hydromodification Management in the San Diego Region
Christina Arias : San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
2:40 - 3:10
Industrial Low Impact Development (ILID)
Ross Dunning : Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Bacteria TMDL Implementation Planning at an Enclosed Marine Beach
Gerhardt Hubner : Ventura County Watershed Protection District
Brandon Steets : Geosyntec Consultants
Toxicity Identification Evaluations in Southern California Stormwater: Understanding the Role of Pyrethroid Impacts in the Receiving Environment
John Rudolph : Nautilus Environmental
PCB Removal from Stormwater Using an Active Treatment System
Tim Bauters : Golder Associates
San Francisco's Urban Watershed Framework - A decision-making process to support multi-benefit wastewater and stormwater projects
Joanne Siew : RMC Water and Environment
Alternates
Compliance Implications of the Proposed Industrial General Permit: Case Studies from Southern California
John Quenzer : D-Max Engineering
Annika Kubischta : D-Max Engineering
Mercury Erosion Control Study and TMDL Implementation at Former Mercury Mine, Santa Clara County, California
Bonnie de Berry : URS
 
Field Testing of Stormwater Treatment Devices: A Comparison of TARP and TAPE Requirements
Ryan Janoch : Terraphase Engineering
 
3:10 - 3:45 Break and Exhibits
  Track ATrack BTrack CTrack DTrack E
Moderators Katherine Wagner (Downey Brand)Mack Walker (Larry Walker Associates)Chris Sommers (EOA)Kevin McGillicuddy (Roscoe Moss)Daniel Apt (RBF Consulting)
Session 3 Regulations, Permits & PoliciesTMDLs in MS4 PermitsScientific AdvancesStormwater TreatmentSustainable Development
3:45 - 4:15
The New Draft NPDES Phase II Municipal Permit
Gerald Montgomery : Montgomery & Associates
Rebecca Winer-Skonovd : Larry Walker and Associates
Eric Bernsten : California State Water Resources Control Board
Implementation of TMDLs in Stormwater Permits in the San Francisco Bay Region
Thomas Mumley : San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
A Microbial Source Identification Project in the Lower San Luis Rey River and the Next Steps toward the Bacteria Phase I TMDL in Region 9
Alison Witheridge : City of Oceanside
Roshan Sirimanne : MACTEC
Stormwater Retrofitting to Reduce Fine Sediment Load to Lake Tahoe: The Tahoe City Residential Water Quality Improvement Project.
Greg Porter : CDM
Stefan Schuster : CDM
Nova Lance-Seghi : County of Placer
The City of Los Angeles Low Impact Development Handbook
Ken Susilo : Geosyntec Consultants
Chris Wessel : Geosyntec Consultants
Michael Scaduto : City of Los Angeles
4:20 - 4:50
Stormwater Accounting at Lake Tahoe: Giving Credit for Effective Prioritization to Meet Effluent Limits in MS4 Permits
Jeremy Sokulsky : Environmental Incentives, LLC
Jacques Landy : US EPA
Karin Staggs : Nevada Tahoe Conservation District
Satellite Remote Sensing Based Watershed Modeling for TMDL Implementation: Case Study – City of Torrance, CA
Samuel Darkwah : Carollo Engineers
Inge Wiersema : Carollo Engineers
John Dettle : City of Torrance
Concentrations and Loads of Trace Contaminants in a Small Urban Tributary, San Francisco Bay, California
Alicia Gilbreath : San Francisco Estuary Institute
Lessons Learned from San José’s Stormwater Treatment System Inspection Program
Jared Hart : City of San Jose
Gearing Up for New LID Requirements in the San Francisco Bay Area
Jill Bicknell : Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
4:55 - 5:25
Orange and San Diego Counties: Same Minimum Threshold, Different Results. Reasons behind Differences in Peak Flow and Implications for Design
Luis Parra-Rosales : URS
MS4 Permits and TMDLs: From MEP to Numeric Limits, the California Experience
Karen Cowan : Larry Walker Associates
Evaluating First Flush Pump Station Discharges in San José
James Downing : City of San Jose
Building and Testing Rain Gardens to Meet NPDES Retention and Hydromodification Management Requirements
Tom Dalziel : Contra Costa Clean Water Program
Dan Cloak : Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting
Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development in Southern California Urban Retrofits
Edward Belden : Los Angeles & San Gabriel River Watershed Council
Kristy Morris : Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
Alternates  
Leveraging the MS4 Permit
Mark Pumford : City of Oxnard
A Cost-Effective and Integrative Approach to Monitoring and Assessing Beneficial Use Impacts in Receiving Waters and Associated Solutions
Luch Buchan : EOA, Inc.
  
5:30 - 7:30 Exhibitor Reception
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
7:00 - 8:30 Construction QSD and QSP Forum
7:30 - 12:00 Registration Desk
8:00 - 1:30 Exhibits
  Track ATrack BTrack CTrack DTrack E
Moderators Sandy Mathews (Larry Walker Associates)Anna Lantin (RBF Consulting)Karen Ashby (Larry Walker Associates)Daniel Rourke (Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District)Jennifer Krebs (San Francisco Estuary Partnership)
Session 4 Industrial PermitTMDLs in MS4 PermitsTrash TalkWERF BMP ToolsLID 2025
8:35 - 9:05
Stormwater Treatment Planning for an Industrial Permit with Numeric Limits
Michael Stenstrom : Universtiy of California, Los Angeles
Jon Jones : Wright Water Engineers
Robert Pitt : University of Alabama
Clean Watersheds for a Clean Bay - Implementing the San Francisco Bay PCBs and Mercury TMDLs with a Focus on Urban Runoff
Jon Konnan : EOA, Inc.
The San Francisco Bay Area Approach to Developing Baseline Trash Loads and Load Reductions
Chris Sommers : Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
Linking Stormwater BMP Systems Performance to Receiving Water Protection to Improve BMP Selection and Design
Christine Pomeroy : University of Utah
Charles Rowney : ACR, LLC
Larry Roesner : Colorado State University
LID 2025 - The Path Forward
Jennifer Krebs : San Francisco Estuary Partnership
9:10 - 9:40
A Panel Q&A on Stormwater Control Planning for Sites with NALs/NELs
Jon Jones : Wright Water Engineers
Robert Pitt : University of Alabama
Michael Stenstrom : University of California Los Angeles
Malibu Creek Bioretention Pilot Study
Ewelina Mutkowska : County of Ventura
MRP Controversy - LID and Trash
Dale Bowyer : San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Linking Stormwater BMP Systems Performance to Receiving Water Protection to Improve BMP Selection and Design
Christine Pomeroy : University of Utah
Charles Rowney : ACR, LLC
Larry Roesner : Colorado State University
LID 2025 - The Path Forward
Allegra Bukojemsky : Landscape Architect
Eric Berntsen : State Water Resources Control Board
9:45 - 10:15
The Draft Industrial Permit - Will the Additional Costs Achieve Desired Water Quality Results
Chandra Thomas : County of Riverside
City of Richmond GIS Storm Drain Network: A key step to NPDES Permit and TMDL compliance
Lynne Scarpa : City of Richmond
Jason Drew : NCE
Partnerships and Alliances: Creating Better Local Product Packaging Ordinances
Paul Ledesma : City of San Jose
Emy Mendoza : City of San Jose
Linking Stormwater BMP Systems Performance to Receiving Water Protection to Improve BMP Selection and Design
Christine Pomeroy : University of Utah
Charles Rowney : ACR, LLC
Larry Roesner : Colorado State University
LID 2025 - The Path Forward
Rosey Jencks : San Francisco Public Utilties Commission
Melody Tovar : City of San Jose
Alternates  
Bacterial TMDLs – How a Little Bit Goes a Long Way
Gretel Roberts : Weston Solutions
Kelly Goodwin : NOAA
 
Design and Application of Storm Water Infiltration Wells
Kevin McGillicuddy : Roscoe Moss Company
 
10:15 - 10:40 Break & Exhibits
  Track ATrack BTrack CTrack DTrack E
Moderators Stephanie Reyna-Hiestand (City of Tracy)Mark Grey (BIA of Southern California)Matt Rich (AMEC)Jason Uhley (Riverside County Flood Control & Water Conservation District)Jennifer Krebs (San Francisco Estuary Partnership)
Session 5 Regulations, Permits & PoliciesTMDLs in MS4 PermitsScientific AdvancesManagement ToolsLID 2025
10:40 - 11:10
Watershed Permitting – Has The Time Arrived for Municipal Stormwater Permits?
Karen Ashby : Larry Walker Associates
Malcolm Walker : Larry Walker Associates
Setting Numeric WLAs to Individual MS4s - Wisconsin's Approach
James Bachhuber : AECOM
Development of Algal Indicators for Multiple Bioassessment Applications in Wadeable Streams
Betty Fetscher : Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Development of Technical Support for Hydromodification Assessment and Management in California
Eric Stein : Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
LID 2025 The Path Forward
Scott Taylor : RBF Consulting
Greg Haet : University of California, Berkeley
11:15 - 11:45
Watershed Permitting – Has The Time Arrived for Municipal Stormwater Permits?
Karen Ashby : Larry Walker Associates
Malcolm Walker : Larry Walker Associates
Measuring Copper Loads from Urban Runoff – What are We Getting from all the Effort?
Garth Engelhorn : Weston Solutions
Matt Wartian : Weston Solutions
Creek Watch: Citizen Science in the Palm of Your Hand
Christine Robson : IBM Almaden Research
Developing a Local Policy for Selection of Treatment Control Best Management Practices (BMPs) Using Numerically Based Performance Criteria to Ensure Compliance with a Maximum Extent Practicable Regulatory Standard
James Nabong : City of San Diego
Cory-LaNeave Jones : URS
LID 2025
Terri Fashing : County of Marin
Anne Cook : Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening Coalition
Alternates   
Stormwater Sample Collection Methods Flow-Weighted Composites and Pollutograph
Sean Porter : SCS Engineers
  
11:45 - 1:15 Break & Exhibits
  Track ATrack BTrack CTrack DTrack E
Moderators Anna Lantin (RBF Consulting)Sandy Mathews (Larry Walker Associates)Stephanie Reyna-Hiestand (City of Tracy)Kristina Schneider (AMEC)Bill Flores (HDR Engineering)
Session 6 Regulations, Permits & PoliciesModifying Public BehaviorProgram AssessmentStormwater TreatmentSustainable Development
1:15 - 1:45
Challenges and Solutions for Developing TMDLs for Bioaccumulative Pollutants:
Karen Cowan : Larry Walker Associates
Stephen McCord : Larry Walker Associates
Case Studies in Industrial/Commercial Enforcement in the City of San Diego
John Quenzer : D-Max Engineering
Joan Brackin : City of San Diego
California Dreaming - Evaluation of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Audits Using the CASQA Effectiveness Assessment Guidance
Ellen Stewart : City of Seattle
Kevin Buckley : City of Seattle
Jessica Branom-Zwick : Cascadia Consulting Group
Solutions for Mosquito Larval Control in Stormwater Systems with the Implementation of Mosquito Reducing Best Management Practices (BMPs)
Marty Scholl : Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District
Integrated Water Resources Benefits from Prioritized Low Impact Development BMPs in New Development and Significant Redevelopment WQMPs
Steven Wolosoff : CDM
Don Schroeder : CDM
1:50 - 2:20
Development of Water Quality Design Storm: Economic Consideration in Stormwater Quality Improvement Practices Under Extreme Flow Conditions
Youn Sim : Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Bacterial Source Tracking in the Tijuana River – Moving from Monitoring to Restoration within a Trans-border Watershed
Damon Owen : Weston Solutions
Steve Gruber : Weston Solutions
Chris Helmer : City of Imperial Beach
Demonstrating Success in Reducing Pollutant Concentrations at Stormwater Outfalls Regulated Under the Industrial Stormwater Program at Clean Water Services, OR
Steve Anderson : Clean Water Services
Development of a Database and User-Friendly Fact Sheets for readily available Proprietary Best Management Practices (BMPs) for the City of San Diego, CA
James Nabong : City of San Diego
Cory-LaNeave Jones : URS
Development of the Orange County Structural BMP Prioritization and Analysis to Support the OCTA Measure M2 – Tier 2 Grant Program.
Ken Susilo : Geosyntec Consultants
Charlie Larwood : Orange County Transportation Authority
2:25 - 2:55
Southern California Bight Collaborative – Using Science and a Single Voice to Use Public Resources Effectively to Protect and Restore Areas of Biological Significance (ASBS)
Robert Stein : City of Newport Beach
David Pohl : Weston Solutions
Case Studies on Inspection and Enforcement for Ineffective Treatment Control BMPs
Tad Nakatani : D-Max Engineering
James Hook : City of San Diego
Dry Weather Flow Elimination and Storm Water Treatment BMP Effectiveness at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Matt Rich : MACTEC
Kimberly O'Connell : University of California San Diego
Jay Shrake : MACTEC
Watershed Retrofit Opportunity Analysis: Developing Conceptual BMP Designs for the City of San Diego
Chad Helmle : Tetra Tech
Advancing Conventional Stormwater Treatment with High Flow Rate Bioretention Design
Will Harris : Filterra Bioretention Systems
Mindy Ruby : Filterra Bioretention Systems
Alternates
Implementing LID-Based Hydromodification Controls
Judd Goodman : Geosyntec Consultants
A Fresh Approach to Tackle Litter
Erica Hooper : S. Groner Associates
Taking the Leap into Stressor Identification – Further Evaluation of Reduced Biological Integrity in a Large Northern California Urban Creek
Paul Randall : Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program
Lake Rehabilitation Options for the Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project
Carla Duncan : CDM
Sustainable Void Space and Long Term Infiltration Performance For Porous Pavement Systems
Brad Miller : Environmental Concepts Company