This three-day in-person course (12/12 - 12/14) is for individuals reviewing SWM plans submitted for approval to a VSMP authority or entity with standards and specifications.
Cost = $300
Topics:
- Virginia stormwater management law and regulations
- Overview of stormwater plan design hydrologic/hydraulic concepts
- Environmental site design
- Energy balance method
- Virginia Runoff Reduction Method and spreadsheet
- Non-proprietary stormwater BMPs
- Stormwater plan evaluation strategies
- Plan review tools and tips
Participants should already have a basic understanding of stormwater runoff hydrologic and hydraulic principles used in stormwater plan design, as well as concepts covered in the erosion and sediment control (ESC) plan review course such as: ESC requirements; ESC law and regulations; ESC plan review; computations for sediment traps and basins, outlet protection, ditches and channels; time of concentration; Rational Method; and Graphic Peak Design Method (TR55). These topics provide the foundation that will allow participants to fully engage in this course, relate plan review strategies and tools to plan design, and build on existing skills.
Materials:
- Purchase a color hard copy participant guide from Bamboo Ink or download and print your own copy from ELMS.
NOTE:
- Participants must have a laptop equipped with Microsoft Excel (2007 or newer).
- This course is part of a curriculum that contains SWM Online Prerequisites.
Register in ELMS.
