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Future Conference Presentations

Webinar sponsored by Halfmoon Seminars entitled “Soil Evaluation and Site Grading” to be held on Monday, October 7, 2024 at 10:00 am to Noon EST.  The webinar will include the following topics:

10:00-10:45 CT    Understanding native and disturbed soils

  • Natural soil profiles and properties
  • Seasonal high groundwater determinations and why it matters
  • Urbanized Soil profiles – What concerns do you need to be aware of
  • What types of site investigation is necessary?

10:45 – 12:00.   Mass Grading of a site

  • Issues for large (deep) cut slopes
  • Issues for large fill slopes
  • Dealing with groundwater
  • Stabilization approaches for both situations
  • Why do cut and fill slopes fail – What could have been done to prevent failure

Steve will be making the following presentations at the 2025 IECA Annual Conference
being held on February 25 – 28, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia.

https://ieca2025.eventscribe.net/agenda.asp?pfp=Complete_Program

Stabilization of a Severely Eroding Streambank on Lake Waramaug Brook
Thursday, February 27th 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm, Room E10D

Determining a Runoff Curve Number for Ground Mounted Solar Arrays
Wednesday, February 26th 2:55 pm to 3:55 pm, Room E21B

 

Invited presentations and conferences from 2016 to 2023

2023 Invited Presentations:

Designing Low Impact Development Practices for Water Quality

Steve will be presenting a 6.0 hour in-person seminar entitled “Designing Low Impact Development Practices for Water Quality” sponsored by Halfmoon Seminars on August 18, 2023 in Natick, MA. Learn More

Maryland Stormwater Management 2023

Steve will be presenting a 6.0 hour in-person seminar webinar entitled “Maryland Stormwater Management 2023” on September 26, 2023 sponsored by Halfmoon Seminars in Jessup, MD. Learn More

Preparing a Pollutant Loading Analysis for Land Development Projects

Steve will be making a presentation entitled “Preparing a Pollutant Loading Analysis for Land Development Projects” at the IECA 2023 Northeast Conference & Expo in Freeport, ME on November 6 & 7, 2023. Learn More

2022 Invited Presentations:

Steve made a presentation entitled “Making Rainfall Disappear using Bioretention and Permeable Pavement” for a webinar entitled “ Groundwater:  Making the Invisible Visible” sponsored by the Philippine-American Academy of Science and Engineering (PAASE) on March 11, 2022 at 8 am (Philippine Time)

2022 Conference Presentations:

Steve made two presentations at the International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Annual Conference being held at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN from February 15th to February 18th, 2022.  (http://www.eventscribe.net/2022/IECA2022).  The first presentation is entitled “Low Impact Sustainable Development Design Manual for Morris, Connecticut”.  The second presentation is entitled “LID in Connecticut – Are Designs Improving?”

2021 Invited Presentations:

Steve made a two-hour presentation via zoom on November 22, 2021, for the Green Infrastructure & Low Impact Development Specialized Graduate School at Pusan National University at the request of Dr. Hyun Suk Shin.  The topics presented were “Why we need LID” and “Bioretention systems and the design”.

2021 Conference Presentations:

Steve made two presentations at the UKC 2021 which is sponsored by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association being held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County, CA from December 15th to December 18th, 2021.  The first presentation is entitled “Implementing LID Retrofits to address Nutrient Loads in Lake Pocotopaug in East Hampton, CT”.  The second presentation is entitled “How to Design Stormwater Management for Ground Mounted Solar Arrays”.

Steve made the following presentations:  “Implementing LID Retrofits to Address Nutrient Loads in Lake Pocotopaug in East Hampton, Connecticut” and “How to Design Stormwater Management for Ground Mounted Solar Array” at the Virtual IECA Annual Conference and Expo on February 22 – 25, 2021 .

2019 Invited Presentations:

Steve made two presentations at the IWA Dipcon 2019; The 19th IWA International Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Eutrophication being held in Jeju, South Korea in October 2019.   The presentations were entitled  “How Low Impact Development strategies can mitigate high intensity rainfall events” and “If LID is so easy to implement, how come we keep getting it wrong”.

2019 Conference Presentations:

Steve made one presentation at UKC 2019 by The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association in Chicago, IL in August 2019.  The presentation is entitled “Designing Low Impact Development Treatment Systems for Agricultural Environments”.

Steve made two presentations at the 2019 Annual Conference of IECA being held in Denver, CO in February 2019.   The presentations were entitled “A Study on Introduction Plan of Low Impact Development Techniques for Widespread Application in South Korea” and “If LID is so easy to implement, how come we keep getting it wrong”.

2018 Conference Presentations

Steve made a presentation entitled “LID in China and South Korea” at the 2018 Annual Conference of the Northeast Chapter of IECA in Concord, NH on October 1, 2018.

Steve made a presentation entitled “If LID is so easy to implement, how come we keep getting in wrong” at the 2018 International Low Impact Development conference being held in Nashville, TN on August 12 – 15, 2018.   The conference is sponsored by ASCE and EWRI.

Steve made two presentations at the 2018 TRIECA Conference being held on March 21 & 22, 2018 at the Pearson Convention Center in Brampton, Ontario.   The presentations are entitled “Addressing Stormwater in China with Low Impact Development” and “Implement Low Impact Development in South Korea.”  This conference is sponsored by the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority and the Canadian Chapter of the International Erosion Control Association.

Steve made the following presentations at the 2018 IECA Annual Conference being held in Long Beach, CA in February of 2018.  The presentations are entitled “How Low Impact Development strategies can mitigate high intensity rainfall events” and Designing Low Impact Sustainable Development treatment systems for Agricultural Environments”.

2017 Invited Presentations:

Steve made the following presentations at St. Andrews University in Scotland on October 19th , 2017 for the Sustainable Development program.   The first presentation is entitled “Improving the environment with Low Impact Sustainable Development Strategies”.  The second presentation is entitled “Addressing Water Quality and Runoff Issues in a changing weather world”.

2016 Conference Presentations:

Steve was invited by the Dylan Drudul, President of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of IECA to present the keynote address at a one-day event called “Sediment Control Innovations Roadshow on July 14th in Columbia, Maryland.  The keynote is entitled “A Worldwide Perspective on Municipal Stormwater Issues”.

Steve made a presentation entitled “Designing LID Systems:   What do you need to know and why” at the 27th Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference being held in Hartford, CT on April 20-21, 2016, as sponsored by the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.

Steve will be making a presentation entitled “Designing LID Systems:   What do you need to know and why” at the UKC2016 conference, sponsored by KSEA (Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association) at the Hyatt Regency DFW in Dallas, Texas, August 10 – 13, 2016.

Steve made five presentations at the 2016 Environmental Connection conference by IECA (www.ieca.org) being held in San Antonio, Texas on February 16 – 19, 2016.   The presentations were entitled “Designing LID Systems:   What do you need to know and why”, “Construction Site Stormwater:   The Ignored Problem”, “Solving Construction Stormwater Problems in the Field”, “Developing Effective LID Municipal Regulations”, and “LID Demonstration Projects in Connecticut, a study of Contrasts”.

 

Awards

In February 2008, the Town of Tolland was awarded the Implementation Award by the Connecticut Chapter of Planners for the adoption of the LID Design Manual authored by Mr. Trinkaus.

Mr. Trinkaus was named an Industry Icon by Storm Water Solutions in July 2015 for his work in the Low Impact Development field. View Here