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MEDIA CONTACT
Katy Johansson
360.725.5442
katy.johansson@psp.wa.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12-11-2008

Puget Sound Partnership sponsors third round of stormwater management classes

OLYMPIA – The Puget Sound Partnership is bringing its popular series of low impact development (LID) stormwater management workshops to south Puget Sound early next year.

The four-part series of classes, to be held in Lacey, covers all technical aspects of LID: site planning, vegetation protection, clearing and grading, bioretention, soil amendment, pervious paving, green roofs, rainwater harvest, and low impact foundations.
 
“The Action Agenda we adopted last week lays out a clear path for the recovery of Puget Sound,” said David Dicks, the Partnership’s executive director. “One of the key strategies identified in it is stopping pollution at its source. If we are going to get a handle on the 150,000 pounds of toxic chemicals inundating the Sound each day – and accommodate 1.5 million more people in the coming years – we have to spread the word about these effective low impact development techniques.”

The two-day classes, presented by Washington State University’s Pierce County Extension, will run throughout January and February:
•    Jan. 14-15: LID for buildings (green roofs, LID foundations and rainwater collection)
•    Jan. 28-29: Bioretention and soils
•    Feb. 12-13: Site planning, construction controls and inspection
•    Feb. 24-25: Permeable paving (concrete, asphalt and pavers)

All classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lacey Community Center, 6729 Pacific Ave. S.W.

Each two-day workshop costs $115 and includes a light breakfast and lunch.

The classes are intended for engineers, landscape architects, planners, developers, builders, equipment operators, local jurisdiction plan reviewers, and elected officials and others interested in the technical details to properly design, construct, and maintain LID projects.

WSU Extension is now offering a first-of-its-kind LID certificate to those who participate in all four of the two-day workshops and pass a short series of open book tests. The certificate signifies the participant’s level of technical knowledge in LID.

This year the Partnership sponsored the same series of classes in Sequim and Bellingham. Art Castle, executive vice president of the Homebuilders Association of Kitsap County – and workshop participant – found the classes valuable.

 “This is an outstanding series of low impact development workshops. I would encourage all with a technical interest in LID to attend – especially public and private sector engineers. The workshops are inexpensive and have outstanding information.”

The workshops also will be held in Seattle beginning in April 2009.

Pre-registration, now open for the Lacey classes, is required. For more information and to pre-register, visit: http://capps.wsu.edu/conferences/lidworkshops/

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