permaculture

[Carl DuPoldt <cdupoldt@yahoo.com>]

Rainwater Harvesting as SWM Practice September 14, 2011
Webcast Resources Page 1 of 4
Rainwater Harvesting as a Stormwater Management Practice
RESOURCES
General
Virginia Rainwater Harvesting Manual, Version 2.0.
http://www.cabellbrandcenter.org
Rainwater Harvesting Potential and Guidelines for Texas, Report to the 80th 
Legislature.
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf
Rainwater Harvesting: System Planning (by Texas AgriLife Extension)
http://iaspub.epa.gov/pls/grts/GRTSADM.download_my_file?p_file=80800&p_page=PROJECT
Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf
Forasté J. Alex and D., Hirschman. 2010. “A Methodology for using Rainwater 
Harvesting as a
Stormwater Management BMP.” ASCE International Low Impact Development 
Conference,
Redefining Water in the City.
http://www.cwp.org/cbstp/Resources/d3s3a-asce.pdf
Gowland, D. and T. Younos. 2008. ‘Feasibility of Rainwater Harvesting BMP for 
Stormwater
Management.” Virginia Water Resources Research Center. Special Report 
SR38-2008.
Blacksburg, VA.
http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/pdfs/specialreports/sr382008.pdf
Kloss, C. 2008. Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure, Municipal 
Handbook,
Rainwater Harvesting Policies. Publication No. EPA-833-F-08-010.
http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/gi_munichandbook_harvesting.pdf
Center for Watershed Protection YouTube Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/CenterforWatershed
North Carolina
NC State Links
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/waterharvesting/
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/bmp-im/
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/training.htm
North Carolina Division of Water Quality. 2008. Technical Guidance: 
Stormwater Treatment
Credit for Rainwater Harvesting Systems. Revised September 22, 2008. Raleigh, 
NC.
http://h2o.enr.state.nc.us/su/documents/RainwaterHarvesting_Approved.pdf
Chesapeake Bay Region
Bay-Wide Rainwater Harvesting Design Specification & Spreadsheet.
http://www.vwrrc.vt.edu/SWC/NonProprietaryBMPs.html
(scroll to bottom of page for downloadable specifications and cistern design 
spreadsheet)
Center for Watershed Protection
Stormwater Retrofitting Design Webcast
October 14, 2009
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Chesapeake Stormwater Network
http://www.chesapeakestormwater.net/
Chesapeake Stormwater Training Partnership
http://www.cwp.org/cbstp/
Australia
Water Conservation Group
www.watergroup.com.au
Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse
http://www.ephc.gov.au/sites/default/files/WQ_AGWR_GL__Stormwater_Harvesting_and_Reus
e_Final_200907.pdf
Managing Urban Stormwater: Harvesting and Reuse
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/stormwater/publications.htm
Urban Stormwater Harvesting Options Study for South Australia
http://www.waterforgood.sa.gov.au/stormwater-wastewater/stormwater/urban-stormwaterharvesting-
options-study/
Speaker Contact Information
Dave Hirschman
Center for Watershed Protection
919 2nd St. S.E.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 293-6355
djh@cwp.org
www.cwp.org
Guenter Hauber-Davidson
Water Conservation Group
15/33 Ryde Rd
Pymble / Sydney NSW 2073
+61 2 9499 8795
GuenterHD@watergroup.com.au
www.watergroup.com.au
Kathy DeBusk
Biological & Agricultural Engineering
NC State University
Campus Box 7625
Raleigh, NC 27695
kathy_debusk@ncsu.edu
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/
Mitch Woodward
NC Cooperative Extension – Wake Center
NC State University
College of Ag. and Life Sciences
4001 E Carya Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27610
(919) 414-3873
mdwoodward01@gmail.com
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater/
Pete Gonzales
Pyramid Engineering LLC
29015 Military Rd S, PMB #544
Federal Way, WA 98003
(253) 852-1164
pete@pyramidengrg.com
Sarah Lawson
Rainwater Management Solutions
Charlottesvile Office
111 3rd Street, SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 293-4485
slawson@rainwatermanagement.com
www.rainwatermanagement.com
Center for Watershed Protection
Stormwater Retrofitting Design Webcast
October 14, 2009
Rainwater Harvesting as SWM Practice September 14, 2011
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SPEAKER BIOS
Dave Hirschman, Program Director
Master of Ceremonies and Host
David serves as the Stormwater Program Director for the Center for Watershed 
Protection. In this
capacity, he coordinates the Center’s stormwater, better site design, and 
local restoration projects,
focusing on technical and program tools for use by local and state 
governments. Dave is the primary
author of a national guidance document focusing on stormwater management for 
local governments.
Prior to joining the Center, Dave worked for over 20 years in the public, 
private, and non-profit sectors on
a variety of water resources issues. For 11 years, he managed the water 
resources program for
Albemarle County, Virginia, developing ordinances, design guidance, 
inspection, maintenance, and
enforcement programs, and preparing stormwater permit applications and 
programs. He has also worked
as a consultant, designing innovative stormwater approaches for public and 
private sites. He has taught
water resources courses at both Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia. 
Dave has a B.A. in Biology
from Duke University and a Master of Urban & Regional Planning from Virginia 
Tech.
Guenter Hauber-Davidson, Managing Director
Water Conservation Group
Guenter is the Managing Director of Water Conservation Group, a company 
specifically set up to do
whatever it takes to help large water users save water. Guenter is one of 
Australia’s leading water
conservation practitioners. He has been instrumental in developing leading 
edge water conservation
design tools and models. He is at the forefront of designing and constructing 
large innovative water
harvesting and recycling solutions. He is a strong advocate of systems 
thinking to optimise performance,
save money, use water standards appropriate for the application, and achieve 
greater sustainability
outcomes. Guenter has over 20 years of experience in environmental 
consulting, having worked on a
wide range of water, wastewater and waste projects from small to very large 
at all levels, from concept
design to implementation, commissioning and operation.
Kathy DeBusk, PhD Graduate Student
NC State University
Kathy received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biological Systems Engineering 
from Virginia Tech, where
her research involved evaluating the use of bioretention and infiltration 
trenches to decrease the
quantity and improve the quality of urban runoff. She joined Dr. Bill Hunt’s 
Stormwater team at NC State
University in June 2008 as an Extension Associate, where she conducted 
research on various stormwater
management practices with an emphasis on rainwater harvesting, helped teach 
numerous workshops
and trainings and was heavily involved in extension outreach and public 
education projects related
to stormwater. In 2011 Kathy chose to continue her education by pursuing a 
doctorate degree in the
Biological & Agricultural Engineering department at NC State under Dr. Hunt. 
Her PhD research focuses
on rainwater harvesting systems and enhancing the stormwater management 
capabilities of these
systems.
Mitch Woodward, Area Specialized Agent –Watershed and Water Quality
NC State University
Mitch has 26 years of water quality experience. He has worked on non-point 
source water quality issues
for the duPont Company, University of Maryland, Penn State University, and 
the Federal Extension
Service – USDA. He has been with Cooperative Extension in North Carolina for 
the past 14 years. He
delivers 20-25 educational workshops annually on urban stormwater management 
and water quality
related issues with the goal of accelerating the adoption of best management 
practices to protect water
quality. During the past 5 years, Mitch has designed, installed, or helped 
others install over 25 rain water
harvesting systems in NC, GA, SC, and AL. The systems range in size from 300g 
to 15,000g. He grew
up on a 500 ac. family dairy farm in Middletown, Delaware and holds a BS 
degree in Entomology and
Plant Pathology from the University of Delaware and a MS degree in Agronomy- 
Soils from the University
of Maryland, College Park. Mitch and his wife Laurie have 3 children and he 
enjoys sports, restoring and
wrenching on motorcycles and old military jeeps, and is a very very 
frustrated Philadelphia Eagles football
fan.
Center for Watershed Protection
Stormwater Retrofitting Design Webcast
October 14, 2009
Rainwater Harvesting as SWM Practice September 14, 2011
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Pete Gonzales
Pyramid Engineering LLC
Pete Gonzales has been a consulting civil engineer serving the site 
improvement industry for nearly 30
years in Washington’s Puget Sound Basin for both public and private clients. 
Currently a principal of
Pyramid Engineering, LLC located in Federal Way, he serves his clients as a 
Project Manager engaged in
the implementation of Low Impact Development strategies on every project, 
large and small, for all civil
engineering components. His stormwater management experiences began in the 
early 1980’s as local
drainage control ordinances began to blossom under the realization that 
unbridled stormwater runoff was
damaging to downstream ecosystems. His experience includes large basin 
planning for master planned
communities, regional stormwater control systems for county and municipal 
governments, analysis and
mitigation of failing drainage systems, and project specific drainage control 
system design and
construction many incorporating rainwater harvesting systems. Pete’s passions 
include bicycling, hiking,
creative woodworking, finesse sports (golf and billiards), microbrewed beers, 
and single-malt scotches.
Sarah Lawson, Associate
Rainwater Management Solutions
Sarah Lawson joined RMS after completing her graduate work in environmental 
sciences at the
University of Virginia. Sarah’s interest in water quality and conservation 
began during her college years
at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL where she studied environmental 
studies and public policy with
an emphasis on international relations. This interest in international 
politics and the environment led
Sarah to an undergraduate thesis on sustainable development, including field 
research in Ometepe,
Nicaragua. Sarah’s interest in water quality led to graduate research on the 
effects of sediment transport
on shallow coastal systems. She has presented this work through oral and 
poster presentations and
publication in an international journal. Ms. Lawson has also gained 
coursework and teaching experience
in geology, hydrology, and fluid mechanics while at UVA.