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Students and Stormwater: How to Effectively Integrate Student Involvement in Stormwater Permit Compliance. MiAPPA Conference Eastern Michigan University July 14-15, 2009. Facilitators and Goal. GREEN Student Leaders and EMU Stormwater Management Work Group
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Students and Stormwater:How to Effectively Integrate Student Involvement in Stormwater Permit Compliance MiAPPA Conference Eastern Michigan University July 14-15, 2009
Facilitators and Goal • GREEN Student Leaders and EMU Stormwater Management Work Group • Goal: Participants will leave the session more knowledgeable about stormwater permit compliance and how to incorporate student involvement in the planning and implementation of permit compliance efforts
Our Audience • No permit compliance ? • Some permit compliance ? • Significant permit compliance ? • Too much permit compliance ? • Watersheds ?
Permit Compliance Water Quantity / Quality Rain Runoff in Urbanized Areas
Urbanized Areas • Michigan City • Monroe • Muskegon • Port Huron • Saginaw • South Lyon /Howell / Brighton • South Bend Indiana • Toledo Ohio • Ann Arbor • Battle Creek • Bay City • Benton Harbor • Detroit • Elkhart Indiana • Flint • Kalamazoo • Lansing
Permit Compliance • Water Quantity / Quality • Rain Runoff in Urbanized Areas • Who at EMU • Physical Plant • Executive Management • University Communications and Marketing • Consultant • Faculty • Student Volunteers
Why does Stormwater Matter? 75% of the pollution entering our lakes and streams today comes from stormwater runoff Too much stormwater can cause… flooding, erosion and property damage
What is Stormwater Management? Practice of treating, preventing, and/or reducing runoff Quantity and Quality!
Six Minimum MeasuresNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination System • Public Education • Public Involvement • Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination • Soil Erosion Sediment Control • Post Construction BMPs • Good Housekeeping
EMU Stormwater Management Collaborative effort between EMU and City of Ypsilanti Diverse representation Events Ypsilanti Heritage Festival GREEN Tent Storm Drain Labeling Capture the Trash Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day
Tricks of the Trade • Using student organization and involvement networks • Finding student leaders • Recruiting student and community volunteers • Documenting efforts • Evaluations • Record-keeping • Public relations and marketing
High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth. EDMUND S. MUSKIE, U.S. Senator, speech, 1 March 1966