Municipal Training
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Did you know that the Washington Stormwater Center has a YouTube Channel with over 400 videos? We have free trainings, webinars, original series like Stormwater Talks, archived conference presentations, and much much more! Subscribe now, like your favorite videos, and click the bell icon to receive notifications when we publish new content.
Stormwater Week 2024
From November 9th to 16th the WSC hosted our first annual Stormwater Week. We hosted numerous FREE events, launched new training and resources, and partnered with other great organizations to raise awareness of stormwater impacts across Washington state. Did you miss it? No problem! Now you can check out the recordings on our YouTube channel.
Municon Archive
Explore presentations from the five past iterations of the WSC Municipal Stormwater Conference. Conference media has been organized according to year and can be found via the dropdown menu below.
INTERACTIVE TRAINING
FREE Erosion & Sediment Control Course
This course will contain 8 chapters on the variety of erosion and sediment control best management practices available to keep construction stormwater discharge clean. Each chapter contains a video lesson followed by a set of quiz questions.
Note: This course is intended as an introduction to these topics, and does not replace a full CESCL certification. If you enjoy these topics, we encourage you to find a local CESCL trainer to expand your expertise.
Washington Stormwater Center E-School
We have several pieces of custom training, over multiple topics, that can be accessed for FREE on our online learning platform! With more training in development bookmark this page and sign up for a course today.
WEBINARS & VIDEO TRAINING
Do you work in the construction industry?
The Washington Stormwater Center is inviting contractors to review a series of FREE webinars that will give you the tools to prevent pollution on your construction sites. Hosted by stormwater professionals working across Western Washington, these webinars will provide helpful tips and examples to contractors and designers.
Pollution Prevention for Farmers Markets & Food Trucks
Preventing pollution is an important part of doing business at any farmer’s market, special event, or food truck location. Help protect clean water this season and make the most of your time outdoors with FREE webinars from the Washington Stormwater Center.
Stormwater Talk
These presentations offer the opportunity to hear from stormwater professionals across the state of Washington as they share lessons learned through their own programs and projects. Each features relevant topics on research, new technology, and MS4 permit issues presented by stormwater professionals and permittees.
E. WA Plan Review Training
Training took place on March 22, and March 23, 2022
The WSC partnered with the Department of Ecology to develop a Plan Reviewer Training. This training is intended to provide municipal staff whose primary function is to review plans with a general overview of how to review a plan set to ensure compliance with the Permits.
Site Plan Review/SWMMWW
11/17/20 Training by Doug Howie, Ecy
This presentation provides an introduction to the 2019 Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington (SWMMWW). The talk includes a discussion of changes from the 2014 SWMMWW, a description of how to identify the appropriate Minimum Requirements for a project, a discussion of the criteria within the Minimum Requirements, and a presentation of how to move through the Minimum Requirements for two example projects.
Spill Response Equipment, Tools, and Training presented at the ROAD Map Oct. 21, 2020
Western WA State Plan Review Training
This training is intended to provide municipal staff whose primary function is to review plans for a general overview of how to review a plan set to ensure compliance with the Permits.
A Future For Stormwater Management In Puget Sound
A Winter Training and Education Forum learning the intersections between stormwater, salmon recovery, and urban growth at a participatory workshop highlighting applicable tools.
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Illicit Connection & Illicit Discharge
Municipalities currently use a wide variety of field screening methodologies to identify illicit discharge and illicit connections, with varying levels of success.
Understanding the Effects of Stormwater Pollution and Developing Solutions
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, the Coordinated Tribal Water Quality Program, and the Washington Stormwater Center coordinated to a 2-day Summit on September 20 and 21, 2018.
