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Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans...
Benefits Cities, states and the EPA are placing new emphasis on storm water discharges from industrial facilities, construction sites and municipalities. They are conducting storm water pollution prevention plan inspections at industrial facilities and construction sites. Some of these inspections have resulted in storm water violations with fines. Nationwide, storm water is a leading source of water pollution and consequently, EPA is moving f...
September 27, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Control and Management of Birds
Benefits Birds constitute one of the most difficult types of animals to control. Control typically is expensive and can frequently encounter opposition from those opposed to the management of birds. This live audio conference will review the issues and conflicts humans have with birds, the methods and strategies (both effective and ineffective) used to control birds, and provide tips on handling the political and social controversies surroundi...
August 18, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Using Social Media for Public Works and...
Benefits Social media tools have taken hold as critical communication, branding, and community building channels and aren't letting go anytime soon. With so many people using these sites, usage amongst all age groups continuing to grow, and technology that makes access to these channels and information ongoing and instantaneous, it is critical that public works and utility professionals obtain the proper guidance so that they don't get left be...
August 10, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Best Practices in Budget Development an...
Benefits In difficult fiscal times many budget officers and municipal managers begin the process by a rather simple approach: 'Revenues are down 10%, we need to cut the budget by 10%'. Then they wait for the battles to begin, internally with department heads, externally with council members and other public stakeholders. This live audio conference will provide budget preparers with a comprehensive framework for preparing the budget to meet the...
July 25, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Roundabouts: Planning, Design and Poten...
Benefits Although roundabouts have proven safety and operational benefits, proper planning and engineering design is essential for roundabouts to function correctly. This brief, yet practical, live audio conference is your opportunity to better understand modern roundabouts and their installation, learn specific design skills and current practices, and apply roundabout design principles to projects in your region. This audio conference will em...
July 11, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Revised Nutrient Criteria and TMDLs: Ne...
Benefits In 2007, EPA published a memo encouraging states to expedite efforts to develop water quality criteria for nitrogen and phosphorus. As states develop new criteria for nutrients, it is likely that more waters will be listed as impaired for nutrients, and total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) which require higher levels of nutrient controls will be implemented. As local governments and industries continue to do more with fewer resources, in...
June 22, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Roadway Rights of Way: Understanding th...
Benefits This live audio conference will provide comprehensive and useful information about rights of way, easements and issues related to their creation, use and liability. If you are a land surveyor responsible for determining property boundaries, an engineer involved in highway and roadway design, a governmental official affected by route location and selection, or an attorney involved in real estate matters, you will need to have a general...
May 13, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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GASB 45 Strategies
Benefits This live audio conference is critical for any governmental employer with other post-employment benefits (OPEB) liabilities. The program will provide vital information and planning techniques that will enable employers to avoid the potentially disastrous consequences of failing to identify, control and fund its OPEB liabilities. Most states, municipalities and governmental agencies are aware that they are required to comply with GASB...
May 5, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Innovations in Sewer Maintenance
Benefits Help keep your agency or client ahead of the curve and away from the EPA consent decree steamroller when it comes to the operation and maintenance of the sanitary sewer systems by becoming aware of recent innovations on the subject. Many agencies are at a crossroads when they look at their sewer systems. On the one hand, the federal agencies, such as the EPA, are issuing consent decrees for overflows at an accelerating rate; the funds...
March 16, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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Financing and Developing a Storm Water...
Benefits Local governments are facing growing challenges to manage storm water runoff due to aging infrastructure, ever-increasing capital needs and unfunded federal mandates to manage water quality. Storm water programs that are supported primarily by the general fund must compete annually with other programs and funding is often unreliable and insufficient. Due to the recent recession, tax revenues are down and are expected to be lower in th...
February 2, 2011
Organizer: Lorman Education Services
Location: Webcast
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