 Mini Water-Quality Field Trip:
Innovative Stormwater Management on Small Urban Sites
Date: June 30, 2006
 A practical 90-minute in-the-field seminar focused on turning stormwater management systems into amenities by designing them as water features that add to the value and appeal of a development. The speakers prepared a packet of notes and photographs specific to the site (The Park Downtown) for the field trip.
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 Mini Water-Quality Field Trip:
Infrastructure Management and Risk Reduction in Urban Floodplains
Date: June 23, 2006
This field trip explored the complex and conflicting issues in urban floodplain management, from leaking sewer lines to structures in the floodway.
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 Half-day Water-Quality Field Trip:
Key Management Issues in Lake Greenwood & other Piedmont Lakes
Date: June 13, 2006
This field trip included an afternoon pontoon boat excursion on Lake Greenwood to explore water quality and lake management issues in a hands-on context.
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 Half-day Water-Quality Field Trip:
Low-Impact Development as a Market Differentiation Strategy
Date: May 31, 2006
This field trip visited 3 highly innovative new neighborhoods - one nearly completed, two just beginning construction - whose developers recognized that low impact development is great for the bottom line (as well as good for the environment).
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 Full-day Water-Quality Field Trip:
Learning from Charlotte's Floodplain Management Program
Date: May 11, 2006
This field trip visited community leaders and program managers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area to learn about getting structures out of the floodplain and steer development to higher ground. The trip included a facilitated discussion on developing a similar program on the upper Reedy River.
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 Mini Water-Quality Field Trip:
How to Identify Erosion Control Problems Before they Start
Date: April 28, 2006
This 90-minute field trip assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the Erosion Prevention and Sediment Management (EP&SM) practices at a major construction site in the Greenville area.
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