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  BPA Symposium 2011

Water Quality Stewardship:
The Past, Present and Future State of our Water Quality

Friday, November 4, 2011
7:30 am - 3:30 pm
United Way of Greater Houston
50 Waugh Drive, Houston, TX 77007
*location map*

Welcome and Introduction:
Honorables Mayor Parker and Judge Emmett, introduced by BPA President, J. Tynan Kelly

     

Keynote Speaker:
COL Christopher W. Sallese, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District
"Water Issues on the Texas Gulf Coast" (PDF)

     

Thank You!
Event Sponsors:
AECOM
EHRA
Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.
Houston Endowment, Inc.
Houston-Galveston Area Council
KBR
Klotz Associates
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
R.G. Miller Engineers, Inc.

Symposium Program (PDF)

Speakers:

Louis Aulbach
Historian, Buffalo Bayou Partnership
"Our Bayous: A Pictorial History" (PDF)

     

Tom Beck, P.E.
Transportation Engineer, Houston District, Texas Department of Transportation
"Operating Stormwater Systems" (PDF)

    

Nicole Cass-Hausler
Senior Compliance Coordinator for Water and Sediment, Port of Houston Authority
"Water Quality Responsibilities and Programs - Port of Houston" (PDF)

     

Richard Chapin
Senior Project Manager, Public Works Engineering, City of Houston
"Kempwood Manor & Cottage Grove: Redeveloping with LID & other Storm Initiatives" (PDF)

     

Council Member Stephen Costello, P.E.
Council At-Large Position 1, City of Houston
"Rebuild Houston Update including Water Quality Solutions" (PDF)

     

Rachel Powers
Senior Environmental Planner, Houston-Galveston Area Council
"BIG Ideas for Cleaner Water" (PDF)

     

Nick Russo
Environmental Team Leader, Harris County Public Infrastructure Department - Architecture & Engineering Division
"Harris County Low Impact Development & Green Infrastructure Design Criteria for Storm Water Management" (PDF)

     

Laura Spanjian
Sustainability Director for City of Houston Mayor Parker
"Houston: A Sustainable City, A Sustainable Region" (PDF)

     

L'Oreal Stepney, P.E.
Deputy Director, Office of Water, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
"Water Quality & Permitting Issues" (PDF)

     

Jeff Taebel, FAICP
Director, Community & Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston Area Council
"Where are we Now?: Clean Rivers Program 5-year Report" (PDF)

     

Michael D. Talbott, P.E.
Director, Harris County Flood Control District
"Charting Buffalo and Lower White Oak Bayous" (PDF)

    


At the Symposium:
BPA President Ty Kelly, Judge Ed Emmett,
BPA Executive Director Kathy Lord, Mayor Annise Parker		 The United Way of Greater Houston Auditorium

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