Hudson River Watershed Alliance Lower Hudson Forum
Sustainable Water Resources Management: Working with Nature
March 16, 2006 at the Garrison Institute
Click the presenters names for Acrobat (PDF) versions of their presentations.
Agenda
| 1:00 |
Welcome
Patricia Ackerman, Garrison Institute
Ryan Palmer, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater Inc. |
| 1:10 |
The conceptual framework—the connection between
better site design, decentralized wastewater management, and sustainable
watershed management
Simon Gruber, Project Manager, Orange County Decentralized Wastewater Management Project
Jean Bordewich, US Senator Charles Schumer’s Hudson Valley Regional Director |
| 1:30 |
Groundwater resources in the Lower and Mid-Hudson region—existing
conditions and current research
Russell Urban-Mead, CPG, The Chazen Companies
Dan Miller, Ph.D., Rockland County Department of Health |
| 2:15 |
Decentralized wastewater treatment and management—concepts
and trends, current research, and regional initiatives
Carl Etnier, Ph.D, Stone Environmental Inc.
Ed Clerico, P.E., Alliance Environmental LLC
Donna Somboonlakana, US EPA Region 2
Gerry Chartier, P.E., NYS DEC and NYS Onsite Training Network |
| 3:35 |
Break |
| 3:50 |
Better site design (aka low impact
development)—integrating stormwater management with subdivision and
land use planning
Jennifer Smith and Mark DelBalzo, P.E., Fuss and O’Neill of New York, PC
Barbara Kendall, NYS Hudson River Estuary Program |
| 4:40 |
Panel discussion and roundtable on policy
issues—opportunities, risks, and limitations; barriers to
implementation; implementing effective management programs; research and
education resources and needs; and the role of local, county, state, and
Federal government in protecting groundwater and surface water resources
Jean Bordewich, US Senator Charles Schumer’s Hudson Valley Regional Director;
Gerard Chartier, NYS DEC;
Ed Clerico, Alliance Environmental;
Manna Jo Greene, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater;
Sean Nolon, Pace University Land Use Law Center;
Rich Schiafo, Scenic Hudson;
Moderator: Carl Etnier, Stone Environmental Inc. |
| 5:30 |
Reception |
Sponsors: Fuss and O’Neill of New York, P.C., The Chazen Companies,
Town of Ramapo, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson
River Estuary Program
Co-sponsors: Lower Hudson Coalition of Conservation Districts, Garrison
Institute, Stone Environmental Inc., Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, P.C.,
Hudson Valley Regional Council, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater,
Federated Conservationists of Westchester County
A DVD recording of the forum will be available soon. If you are
interested please contact Katy Dunlap for details at
845-454-7673 x116 or katy@clearwater.org
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