Managing storm water run-off is crucial to reducing pollution that flows into Long Island Sound. Learn about best practices and how to comply with new federal, state and local regulations. In addition, students will demonstrate water quality monitoring techniques in Holly Pond, just outside the SoundWaters Center.
| topic: |
Managing Storm Water Run-Off |
| |
| keynote speakers: |
Jeanette Brown - Executive Director
Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority
Megan Baroni - Attorney
Robinson & Cole |
| |
| date: |
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 |
| |
| time: |
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Presentation: 12:30pm |
| |
| place: |
SoundWaters Coastal Center
1281 Cove Road, inside Cove Island Park
Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT (Exit 9 on I-95) |
| |
| reservations: |
Please reserve by Monday, June 14
soundbusiness@soundwaters.org OR (203) 406-3336 |
| |
| please note: |
This program is at SoundWaters Coastal Center at Cove Island Park in Stamford. In order to park, you will need a Stamford Beach Sticker or obtain a day pass from SoundWaters. |
The environmental impacts of major development projects don’t end with construction. From design to construction to operation and maintenance and all the way through to demolition, a development can use tremendous amounts of energy and natural resources, while generating large quantities of waste. Buildings, through the sheer amount of power they use, are responsible for some 40 percent of the nation’s energy consumption and 40 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions. For these reasons, EPA Region 2 forms partnerships with various organizations to reduce the environmental impacts of their projects, which in turn, reduce construction, operation and maintenance costs.
DIRECTIONS:
From I-95 SB
Take I-95 South to Exit 9. At the light at the end of the exit ramp, turn left. Turn right at the first light (Seaside Avenue). Take Seaside down to a T intersection. Turn left at the light (Cove Road). Follow Cove Road to the end (and the entrance of Cove Island Park).
From I-95 NB
Take I-95 North to Exit 9. Turn right at the light at the end of the ramp (Seaside Avenue). Take Seaside down to a T intersection. Turn left at the light (Cove Road). Follow Cove Road to the end (and the entrance to Cove Island Park). Turn right into the Park and park your car in the first lot.
Once inside the park, walk over the footbridge and stay to the left. Walk down the path to SoundWaters Center (a large white Federalist-style "mansion"). It's about 300 yards down on the left, past the playground.
See the complete Business and Environment series.
