Event

Where Municipal Stormwater Hits the Road and the Salmon

Polluted runoff from roads, roofs and other hard surfaces pose a regulatory, quality of life and fiscal risk for all municipalities.

This webinar will feature a balanced perspective regarding the opportunities, risks and relevance of municipal stormwater. Why does it matter and what do we do about it?

This Washington Stormwater Center webinar will feature two notable speakers, Lisa Rozmyn, head of the Washington Stormwater Center's Business Program and Dr. Jen McIntyre, Aquatic Toxicologist.

Lisa will address the multi- dimensional aspects of municipal stormwater and the risks and opportunities stormwater raises for managers. This includes the practical impacts on local fisheries (and what's on the dinner table), flooding, erosion and water quality and how Low Impact Development (LID) plays a pivotal role in addressing these impacts.

Dr. McIntyre will address more specifically the stormwater impacts on wild Coho salmon. This part of the webinar will address the lethal and non-lethal (but serious) effects on our iconic and delicious salmon species which are sensitive to the pollutants carried by stormwater. Jen will also address which LID approaches might be the best at minimizing direct acute impacts to salmon.