CSN Joins the EPA Chesapeake Bay Program as Technical Coordinator for Urban Stormwater

As of September 1, Tom Schueler will be working several days a week in Annapolis, Maryland with EPA and its restoration partners to coordinate with local, state and federal stormwater managers to accelerate the implementation of cost effective sediment and nutrient reduction practices for urban and suburban lands across the watershed. Under the six year cooperative agreement, CSN will provide technical coordination and assistance to help stormwater managers achieve their target load allocations under the Chesapeake Bay TMDL. This will entail leading urban BMP review panels, developing improved stormwater cost data, enhancing technical capacity and recommending updates to the Bay Watershed Model and Scenario Builder.

Most of all, CSN intends to expand communication with stormwater stakeholders at all levels of government and the private sector on the most innovative and cost effective ways to treat polluted runoff. Tom will be traveling throughout the Bay this fall to meet with state stormwater agencies to get their input and perspectives.