Join us for another seminar in our Water Research Series, featuring experts examining emerging challenges shaping water, wastewater, public health, and infrastructure.

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Description: Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is the leading cause of water quality impairment in the United States, affecting over 85% of impaired rivers and streams and 80% of lakes. Unlike point sources, NPS pollution comes from diffuse runoff—rain and snowmelt carrying nutrients, sediments, pathogens, and chemicals from agriculture, urban areas, construction sites, and septic systems into water bodies.

Excess nitrogen and phosphorus cause eutrophication, harmful algal blooms, and hypoxic “dead zones,” such as those in Lake Erie and the Gulf of Mexico, threatening drinking water, ecosystems, and local economies. Under the Clean Water Act, most nonpoint sources remain largely voluntary and not federally enforceable.

This webinar reviews key best management practices (BMPs), including nutrient management, cover crops, riparian buffers, green infrastructure, and constructed wetlands, along with emerging tools such as precision agriculture, machine learning watershed models, and smart stormwater systems. It concludes by emphasizing the need for coordinated action to address climate change, urbanization, and funding gaps to protect water resources.

Presenter: Timothy Byrd, Construction Manager, Baltimore County Dept. of Public works and Transportation

Certificate: This training has NOT been submitted for approval of continuing education credit. We will provide a certificate of attendance to eligible attendees, but cannot guarantee it will meet your PDH or CEU requirements.

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