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The Timber Lake Stormwater Enhancement Project in Tallahassee, Fla., received the Environmental Project of the Year Award for projects under $5 million from the American Public Works Association Florida Chapter. Atkins senior engineer Bill Johnson devised and implemented the solution for this stormwater pond.

AMT Consulting Engineers and the Town of Ashland received the 2013 Dave Pearson Watershed Excellence Award from the Virginia Lakes and Watersheds Association. The town decided to create a stormwater demonstration project as an example of environmental stewardship, and AMT designed a parking lot with permeable, interlocking concrete pavers to detain and reduce discharges.

The Lake County Stormwater Management Commission received the 2013 Floodplain Management of the Year Award from the Illinois Association of Floodplain and Stormwater Managers for its Lake County Watershed Development Ordinance.

The American Public Works Association announced the three recipients of its 2013 Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award. They include the Ohio Department of Transportation, the City of Green Bay (Wis.) Department of Public Works and the City of Novi (Mich.) Department of Public Services.

The Infill Philadelphia: Soak It Up! design competition was created by the Philadelphia Water Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Community Design Collaborative to inspire innovation in green stormwater infrastructure in Philadelphia. The winners include:

• Industrial-Warehouse Watershed: Leveraging Plants + Water on Zero Lot Sites
• Commercial-Retail Retrofit: Stormwater reStore
• Neighborhood-Greening the Grid: Meeting Green

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LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

American Society of Civil Engineers

The ASCE has these courses:

• July 11-12 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, San Diego
• July 11 – Preparing and Implementing Construction Site Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, online
• July 16 – Sustainable Stormwater Hydrology: Concepts to Reduce Hydrologic Footprint, online
• July 25-26 – Storm-Sewer System Design Using SWMM, Baltimore
• July 26 – Permeable Pavement Design-Elements and CaseStudies, online
• July 29 – Pier and Beam Foundation Design for Wind and Flood Loads, online
• Aug. 1-2 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Hyannis, Mass.
• Aug. 6 – Cold-Weather Stormwater BMPs That Work, online
• Aug. 12 – Aging Infrastructure, Risks and Making Tough Decisions, online
• Sept. 19 – Stormwater BMPs: What Works, What Doesn’t and What About Maintenance, online
• Sept. 23 – Creating Design Storms for Rainfall-Runoff Models, online
• Sept. 26-27 – Pumping Systems Design for Civil Engineers, Austin, Texas

Visit www.asce.org.

American Water Works Association

The AWWA has a Dam Safety 2013 seminar on Sept. 8-12 in Providence, R.I. Visit www.awwa.org.

Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin Department of Engineering-Professional Development has a Using WinSLAMM v. 10: Meeting Urban Stormwater Goals P010 seminar on Oct. 14-15 in Madison. Visit http://epdweb.engr.wisc.edu.

CALENDAR

July 21-24
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting, Kansas City, Mo. Visit www.asabe.org.

Aug. 18-22
StormCon: North American Surface Water Quality Conference and Exposition, Myrtle Beach Convention Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Visit www.stormcon.com.

Aug. 25-28
American Public Works Association International Public Works Congress & Exposition, McCormick Place, Chicago. Call 816/595-5241 or visit www.apwa.net.

Oct. 1-3
National Rural Water Association H2O-XPO, Louisville, Ky. Visit www.h2o-expo.org.

Oct. 5-9
Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference, McCormick Place South, Chicago. Visit www.wef.org.

Nov. 4-7
American Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Red Lion Hotel, Portland, Ore. Visit www.awra.org.