Get Ready, Get

For Stormwater Education

StormwaterEducationToolkits

Leesa SoutoStormwater Management AcademyUniversity of Central Florida

Presentation Summary

1. Who is involved?

2. Why are we doing this?

3. What are we doing?

4. Where?

5. How we will SET you up for education

Who?

• Funded by a FDEP/EPA Section 319 Grant

• Four Year Contract / Two Parts

• Commitment to assist MS4s comply with NPDES and reduce NPS pollution through public education and participation programs.

• Contract previously administered by Midwest Research Institute – FL Division, now….

Brought to you by…

Stormwater Management Academy at

University of Central Florida To provide educational materials and research to advance an understanding and practice of stormwater management.

stormwater.ucf.edu

Stormwater Education Task Force(SET Force)

• Gov. and Non-gov. representatives that assist with program implementation and evaluation.

• Local Task Force - manual editing, evaluation of educational materials, and toolkit production.

• Statewide Task Force - evaluate toolkit drafts and recommend materials.

Task Force MembersLocal

• Brevard County Stormwater Utility

• Robert Day, IRL NEP

• Marguerita Engel, SJRWMD

• Chris Koeppel, Brevard County WAV

• Jim Egan, Marine Resources Council

• Randal Mutter, Outcomes Analytical Research Services, Inc.

• Joanie Regan, City of Cocoa Beach

• Jennifer Wilster, City of Melbourne

• Bill Watkins, SJRWMD WAV

State• Eleanor Foerste, UF/IFAS Osceola

County Extension

• Maurice Gioseffi, City of Orlando

• Michael Harrison, MacDill AFB

• Christine Kelly-Begazo & Rebecca McNair – Fl Yards &Neighborhoods

• Eric Livingston, FDEP

• Erica Moulton, Hillsborough Community College

• Eddie Snell, R.H. Moore & Associates

• Bobbi Spitzkopf, FDOT District Four

• Debi Spivey, City of Stuart

• Eileen Tramontana, SJRWMD

Project Overview Why and What?

NPS Education Program GoalsWhy? To Prevent and Reduce Nonpoint Source

Pollution!

• Increase awareness amongst three audiences – general public, business/industry, government.

• Assist agencies and organizations implement stormwater education and community participation programs.

• Facilitate statewide partnering and resource sharing – reduce “wheel inventing!!”

Meet Phase II NPDES-Minimum Control

Measures

1. Public Education/Outreach

2. Public Involvement

3. Illicit Discharge Detection/Elimination

4. Construction Site Stormwater Runoff

5. Post-Construction Stormwater Mgmt. in New and Redevelopment

6. Municipal Operation Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping

What? - Part IWhat? - Part IInformation Collection and TestingInformation Collection and Testing

•Library of existing materials

•Five guidance manuals

•Florida Stormwater Newsletter

•Children’s Water Festivals

•Public, Business and Government Awareness Surveys

What? - Part IIWhat? - Part IIImplementationImplementation

• Government Survey

• Cocoa Beach Green Business Program

• Children’s Water Festivals

• Water Quality Monitoring Council Retreat

• SET Creation

• SET Distribution

Government Survey

• Assess needs for stormwater education materials

• Identify existing programs

• Determine watershed and demographic variables

• Confirm contacts for toolkit delivery

• Over 150 agencies contacted, received 50 completed surveys (33%).

Protect our Indian River

Lagoon through GREEN

BUSINESS Best Management

Practices.

Let Customers know you CARE

about our Quality of Life by

becoming a GREEN

BUSINESS.

Increased community

recognition & advertising

exposure through local news

media,bulletin boards, posters &

kiosks.

GREEN BUSINESS Stickers

and Posters for Shop or Vehicle

Windows.

Eligible Businesses: Lawn

Care, Hotels/Motels and

General Contractors.

The goal of the Green Business program is to

reach out to local business through incentives and

education, to insure pollution prevention &

protection of our Indian River Lagoon.

Its Easy to be GREEN!!

Children’s Water Festivals

Provide funding and guidance for partners to conduct CWFs in each water management district.

Florida Water Quality Monitoring Council Retreat – July 15 & 16, 2004

• Initiate formation of Florida Water Quality Monitoring Council based on existing councils as a model.

• Involve diverse stakeholders

• Cocoa Beach Doubletree

• Encourage statewide information sharing, data management, and interpretation.

• More information at www.ce.ucf.edu/wqm

What is the SET?

The Stormwater Education Toolkit

• Guidance for implementing stormwater education and public participation programs.

• Share existing materials so no need to “reinvent the wheel.”

• An evolving resource that can be adapted to add new programs and materials.

• Place to store examples of printed materials collected from events, conferences, festivals and other educational venues.

SET Volumes• Volume I – General Public • Volume II – Government and Business • Volume III – Youth

• Binders divided into topic areas defined by EPA guidance for NPDES required education & participation program implementation.

• Guidance manuals, resources, contacts, glossary of terms, and funding ideas.

• Each volume has a compact diskette of printable educational materials.

Where? SET Distribution• Track toolkit delivery• Eliminate mailing• 2003-04 Tour

– June 11, FSA Duck Key– Aug. 14, Melbourne– August 19, Ft. Pierce– Sept. 18, Tampa– Oct. 9, Pensacola– Dec 3, Clearwater– Dec. 10, Mt. Dora– February 6, St. Augustine– February 20, Ft. Laud.– June 16, FSA Orlando

SET in the Future• CD information on Stormwater Management

Academy web site.

• Establish web site Forum for sharing ideas and publications.

• Host Florida Water Quality Monitoring Council retreat, July 2004.

• Conduct more workshops – Education program implementation and evaluation.

• Florida Stormwater Education newsletter

Get SET!!

• Track who receives SET.

• Correct contact information.

• Sign agreement that the SET materials will not be sold or used for profit.

• Only one printed SET per agency.

Contact Information:

Leesa SoutoManager of Public Education ProgramsStormwater Management Academy108 S. Babcock StreetMelbourne, FL 32901321-722-2123lsouto@mail.ucf.edu

lsouto@cfl.rr.com

NPDES Questions? www.dep.state.fl.us/water/stormwater/npdes

Sarah Jozwiak

Phase II MS4 Coordinator

NPDES Section/FDEP

850/245-7523

sara.jozwiak@dep.state.fl.us