Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Public Works Institutes
Graduate Studies
Business Alliances
Contact Us
Date(s): January 19, 2006
Location: Audio/Web Broadcast
Cost: Members: $150.00
Non Members: $200.00
Purchase this program!
Description: When Urbanization and the Natural Environment Conflict – A Loss to Both

Urbanization can have a negative effect on our streams and streambeds. Pollution, construction, poorly-designed landscaping, and sedimentation have taken its toll. Streambeds are compromised, their natural course frequently altered, and many are unable to sustain aquatic habitats. Assess the state of your community’s urban streambeds and determine how restoration and stabilization can be environmentally and economically beneficial.

You’ll learn:

• Various urban stream restoration techniques
• The challenges of returning a stream to its natural state
• Bank stabilization practices
• Suggestions for how to get funding for improvements
• Key design issues and considerations for urban stream restoration
• Best practices for managing a restoration project



CEUs:
This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program.
Speaker: Thomas R. Schueler

Tom Schueler currently directs the Center for Watershed Protection's watershed research and practice programs, and has a keen interest in the science and management of urban streams and lakes, and has worked for more than twenty years on developing innovative techniques to protect and restore them. Tom has authored several widely-used references, including The Small Watershed Restoration Manual Series, The Practice of Watershed Protection, Rapid Watershed Planning Handbook, and the Impacts of Impervious Cover on Aquatic Systems. He is currently working on a wide range of research projects and watershed applications to improve the tools used for watershed protection and restoration. Prior to founding the Center, Tom worked for ten years at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where he led the Anacostia Watershed Restoration Team, one of first efforts to comprehensively restore an urban watershed.

Speaker: Mark Kollitz, P.E.

Mark Kollitz serves as a Group Manager with Woolpert, Inc. in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Kollitz manages the firm’s Water Management operations in Missouri and Illinois. Mark has 15 years experience related to water resources activities including stormwater master planning, stormwater program development, water quantity and quality modeling, sediment and erosion control, NPDES permitting, and channel restoration / stabilization techniques. During his tenure with Woolpert, the firm’s St. Louis office has performed a variety of channel stabilization projects. These include projects which utilized bioengineered stream stabilization measures to address progressive downcutting and bank erosion.

Mr. Kollitz was graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Water Resources and a Master of Science Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Mark is a registered Professional Engineer in Missouri, Illinois, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida. He is an active member of APWA and WEF and serves on the Board of Directors of the Engineer’s Club of St. Louis.
Speaker: L.G. Loos, P.E.

L.G. Loos is a registered professional engineer in the State of Missouri with more than 28 years of extensive experience in the planning, design and construction of public works projects. Since 1999, he has served as the Assistant Director of Public Works for the City of Maryland Heights, Missouri. In this role Mr.Loos is responsible for most of the engineering section of the City’s $90 million Capital Improvement Program, which consist of roadway and stormwater improvements projects. Mr. Loos oversees the technical and financial aspects of these projects through consultant management.

His background includes work with a construction firm, consulting engineering firms and government agencies at both the local and state level to improve the public works infrastructure.

Mr. Loos is an active member in APWA, ASCE, ITE, and NSPE and the Engineer’s Club of St. Louis.

Mr. Loos graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla with both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Civil Engineering.
Speaker: Andy Sauer, P.E.

MODERATOR:

Project Manager, Johnson County Stormwater Management Program
Content Questions:

Technology Questions:

 
© 2011 American Public Works Association