2010 Virginia Stormwater Symposium: Navigating Changes in Stormwater Technology and Policy
October 21, 2010
Trani Center for Life Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University
Monroe Park Campus, Richmond, Virginia
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The Virginia Water Resources Research Center at Virginia Tech and the Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University are pleased to announce this one-day symposium that will focus on understanding and managing stormwater. Invited experts from Virginia and beyond will provide new insights into the technologies, policies, and economics of stormwater control. The symposium will offer a poster session on basic and applied research related to stormwater. Symposium participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and contribute to group discussions.
Professional Development Opportunity
A certificate of attendance for 5.5 contact hours will be awarded upon request by a registered attendee who participates in the full symposium. It is the responsibility of the certificate holder, and not that of the Virginia Water Resources Research Center or Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences, to seek approval from the licensing agency to receive continuing education credit for participation in the symposium. For more information and to submit your request for an attendance certificate, to be awarded upon full participation in the symposium, please contact Jane Walker at janewalk@vt.edu or 540-231-4159.
Conference Sponsors
Opportunities to sponsor the symposium are available. Contact Dr. Stephen Schoenholtz at stephen.schoenholtz@vt.edu or 540-231-0711 for more information.
Conference Hosts
Virginia Water Resources Research Center
The Virginia Water Resources Research Center was established at Virginia Tech in 1965 by the U.S. Congress as one of the nation’s 54 water institutes. In 1982, the Water Center was authorized by the Virginia General Assembly as a state agency. The center’s mission is to offer research and educational opportunities to water scientists and students, and provide citizens and government leaders with water science information.
We take pride in our continued efforts to offer funding to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students attending Virginia’s colleges and universities. We support meaningful water research and are dedicated to interdisciplinary research and educational projects. The Water Center also acts as an information resource for interested citizens, water specialists and professionals. We produce a quarterly newsletter about water issues important to Virginia's citizens, along with research bulletins, reports and other publications.
Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences
The Inger and Walter Rice Center for Environmental Life Sciences is Virginia Commonwealth University’s field station devoted to a broad array of environmental research, teaching and public service. Located on 342 acres along the historic James River, midway between Richmond and Williamsburg, the Rice Center is rich in natural and cultural resources. The center has a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats that provide many research and educational opportunities.
A primary focus of research at the site is on the science and policy of large rivers and their fringing riparian and wetland landscapes, with the broad and scenic James River as the focal point of that research. The center also is very active in undergraduate and graduate educational activities, providing field-based instruction for a number of courses taught at VCU. Many outreach education programs also are taught throughout the year at the center, focused on environmental education for K-12 schoolchildren, their teachers and lifelong learners.
The Trani Center for Life Sciences at VCU. Photo courtesy of Virginia Commonwealth University.