TPDES Storm Water and Total Maximum Daily Load Programs

“Nuts and Bolts Workshop”
 

What do I need to do?....How do I do it?....How do I pay for it?....

Lone Star Convention Center and Expo, Conroe, Texas

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Meeting Background

Runoff of pollutants from an urban landscape can be stressful on the natural environment. Lakes, rivers, and estuaries exhibit these stresses in the form of elevated pollution levels, declining aquatic habitat, unhealthy conditions for contact recreation, and increased costs for high quality and plentiful drinking water supplies.  Two federal programs that must be implemented by each state, the TPDES Storm Water Program (TPDES SW) and the Total Maximum Daily Load Program (TMDL) are designed to protect and restore the quality of water resources.  Most entities are aware of these two programs, but lack a complete understanding of their requirements under each program, and how to best design solutions that are both beneficial to the environment and cost –effective for the entity.

 
The River Systems Institute, Texas State University-San Marcos, in partnership with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Houston-Galveston Area Council, hosted a one-day workshop at the Lone Star Convention Center, Conroe, Texas on April 9, 2008.  The workshop goal was to present a wide-array of resources and practical information about both the TMDL Program and TPDES SW permit requirements, how to implement them, and how to fund them   Information about how the programs can work together to achieve common water quality objectives was emphasized.

Agenda,  MSWord (40KB)                                           

Evaluation Summary,  MSWord (46KB)                    

Presentations                                       

Cindy Hooper- Overivew of TPDES Storm Water Program, MSPowerpoint (3MB)              

Cindy Hooper- Detailed Presentation on TPDES Storm Water Program, MSPowerpoint (4MB)

Ron Stein- Overiview of Houston Area TMDLs,  MSPowerpoint (1MB)  

Alisa Max- Harris County Watershed Protection Group Program Overview, MSPowerpoint (7MB)  

Tracey Atkins-Community Led Conservation and Recreation Projects, PDF (3MB)

Carol Ellinger- SURFACE WATER QUALITY- Standards, Inventories, Programs and Lessons Learned - City of Houston, MSPowerpoint (737KB)  

Eric Mendelman- Texas Stream Team- Overview of Water Quality Monitoring Parameters,  MSPowerpoint (953KB)     

 If you have questions about this meeting, please contact:

 Eric Mendelman, Director

Initiative for Watershed Excellence

River Systems Institute

Texas State University-San Marcos

(512)245-1409

em20@txstate.edu