February 1 - 2, 2017, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. (2 Days)
California State Water Resources Control Board
Second Floor, Klamath Room
1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95812
Note: This is a private class open only to California State Water Resources Control Board staff. Unfortunately, the training is NOT open to other federal, state, or local government agencies (regardless of working/partnership status with the Water Board); and it is not open to consultants or the general public.
Please contact us via email or call us at (800) 385-0783 to request similar training in your area.
Instructor: Erick McWayne, UC Davis Extension and NEMA
Overview: This practical and engaging course provides a comprehensive overview of stormwater pollution chemistry and its applications to stormwater management and treatment. Topics include an overview of stormwater pollutant classes, sources, characteristics, transport and fate, source control, treatment best management practices (BMPs), BMP performance studies, recent research, and emerging technologies. Other topics include the potential for stormwater to cause groundwater and surface water contamination. Participant course evaluations average 4.8 out of 5 (96%) and often praise the instructor for his knowledge, teaching style, and enthusiasm.
Course Topics
General Stormwater Chemistry
• Stormwater Chemistry Principles
• Chemo/Pollutographs
• Stormwater Monitoring
• Grab versus Composite Sampling
• Event Mean Concentrations
• Pollutant Loads
• Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)
• Managing First Flush
• Sediment Chemistry
• Common Pollutant Sources
• Atmospheric Deposition
• Contaminant Transport and Fate
• Metal Pollutant Properties
• Organic Pollutant Properties
• Partitioning Coefficients
• Complexation & Speciation
• Cation Exchange
• Redox Potential
• Acidity (pH)
• Alkalinity and Hardness
• Conductivity
Stormwater Pollutant Properties
• Thermal Pollution
• Solids (Turbidity, TS, TSS, TDS, and SSC)
• Nanoparticles
• Acid/Base Generating Material
• Metals (Al, Ag, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Pb, Hg, Ni, Pb, Se, Sb, and Zn)
• Salts and Other Minerals
• Nutrients
• Oxygen Demanding Pollutants
• Oil and Grease
• Antifreeze Glycols
• Detergents, Soaps and Other Surfactants
• Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) |
Stormwater Pollutants (cont.)
• Persistent Organic Pollutants
• PAHs
• PCBs
• Phthalates
• Pesticides and Degradates
• Pathogens
Stormwater Treatment Processes
• Coagulation/Flocculation
• Precipitation
• Sedimentation
• Flotation
• Laminar Separation
• Vortex Separation
• Screening
• Filtration
• Sorption
• Temperature Reduction
• Acid/Base Neutralization
• Volatilization
• Disinfection
• Biodegradation
• Phytodegradation
• Soil Processes
• Infiltration
BMP Effectiveness
• BMP and LID Categories
• BMP Selection Criteria
• Performance Assessment
• International BMP Database
• Concentration Reduction
• Load Reduction
• Efficiency Ratio
• Summation of Loads
• Effluent Probability Method
• Online vs. Offline Facilities
• Low Impact Development
• Treatment Trains
• TAPE Approved BMPs
• Zero Valent Iron Applications
• Biochar Applications
• Engineered Streambeds
• Permeable Reactive Weirs
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Intended Audience: Professionals seeking an improved understanding of stormwater chemistry and its applications. Managers, scientists, field staff, regulators, and engineers working on stormwater and surface water quality projects will benefit from attending.
Education Level: Introductory to intermediate/refresher.
Course Materials: Course proceedings, worksheets, and reference material.
Registration: Please register internally via the Water Board training system. This training is available to Water Board staff only.
Credit: 15 PDHs and 1.5 CEUs for completing 15 hours of instruction.
About the Instructor: Erick McWayne has twenty-two years of professional experience in water quality management and teaching related courses. As a consultant, he managed contaminated surface water and groundwater projects for the Department of Defense and other clients. He currently provides consulting support to water quality projects and teaches courses in contaminant chemistry, transport and fate, geochemistry, hydrogeology, remediation, stormwater and surface water management, and contaminant attenuation with both the University of California Davis and the National Environmental Management Academy. Between teaching and consulting, Erick develops surface water and stormwater treatment technologies. He holds two patents on permeable reactive weir technology.
