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Introduction: The Importance of Today’s Workshop and Its Goal (Ray Funnye)

Part I: Overview of NPDES Phase II Program and Georgetown’s Progress (Susan Libes, Coastal Carolina University’s Waccamaw Watershed Academy)

• Introduction to CWSEC

• Basics of Phase II Stormwater Program for Small MS-4s

  • Six minimum measures and Georgetown County’s progress

  • Consequences of noncompliance

  • Current legal status

• Water Quality Monitoring

Part II: Mapping Activity and Review of Watershed and Nonpoint Source Pollution Concepts (Karen Fuss, Coastal Carolina University’s Waccamaw Watershed Academy)

• Hands-on mapping activity

  • Watershed concept – ICW cuts watershed thus separating Waccamaw Neck from rest of county

  • Identify various land uses and their relation to causes of nonpoint source pollution

• Hydrological cycle – surface and groundwater

• Overview of various land uses in the county

• Role of impervious cover

  • Relationship between imperviousness and water quality impairments

Part III: Managing Stormwater Through Planning and Site Design

(Jeff Pollack, North Inlet-Winyah Bay NERR Coastal Training Program)

·        Natural resource based planning

·        Better site design

·        Importance of buffers

·        Critical codes and ordinances

Part IV: Managing Stormwater with Structural BMPs

(Dan Hitchcock, South Carolina Sea Grant Extension)

• Types

• Advantages and Disadvantages

• Importance of Maintenance

Part V: Wrap-up (Susan Libes)

• Educational and website resources

• Workshop Evaluation

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