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Tennessee Stormwater Training Sponsors

   •  Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation (TDEC), Division of Water Resources: Provides information about the programs dedicated to protecting and improving Tennessee's Water Resources.

  •  UT Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment

 
 •  UT Department of Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science

  •  Tennessee Stormwater Management Assistance Research and Training (SMART) Center: A partnership of UTK and multiple agency, industry, and community partners meeting the information needs of the entire stormwater management community through assistance, research, and training.

  •  Tennessee Water Resources Research Center: The Tennessee Water Resources Research Center (TN WRRC) is a federally designated state research institute supported in part by the U.S. Geological Survey. The Center serves as a primary link among water-resource experts in academia, government, and the private sector, and the diversity of its staff in terms of background and expertise enhances flexibility and positions the Center to establish productive partnerships. TN WRRC is housed within the Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment (ISSE) at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.


Tennessee Organizations and Government Agencies

  •  Tennessee American Water Resources Association: The Tennessee Section of the American Water Resources Association strives to promote the advancement of water resources research, planning, and education by providing an annual forum to exchange multidisciplinary ideas about water issues throughout Tennessee and the surrounding region. The Tennessee Section has provided this annual forum since 1988.

  •  Tennessee Smart Yards: A University of Tennessee-led program that guides and assists Tennessee residents and neighborhood associations on practices they can apply in their yards and common spaces to create healthier living spaces and communities. Nine fundamental principles of sustainability serve as the cornerstone for the program and are being incorporated into an ever-broadening selection of popular and practical workshops taught by UT Extension and water resource professionals. These courses aim to help homeowners achieve a landscape that reflects their values, desires, and needs, while ensuring the protection of our state's waterways.

  •  Tennessee Stormwater Association (TNSA): The mission of the TNSA is to assist local government entities in their efforts to comply with State and Federal clean water laws and Stormwater Regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; and through such assistance, to protect and improve the quality of the waters of Tennessee. Read past issues of the TNSA Times: January 2015, March 2015, Spring 2015, July 2015, Fall 2015, Nov/Dec 2015, 
Jan/Feb 2016, Mar/Apr 2016, May/June 2016, July-Sep 2016, Oct-Dec 2016, Jan-Apr 2017, MayJul2017, Spring 2019, January 2020, April 2020, Dec 2020.

  •  US Army Corps of Engineers (COE), Nashville District: COE serves the region, the Corps, and the Nation by providing collaborative water resource engineering solutions, world class public infrastructure management, and environmental stewardship for the Cumberland-Tennessee River Systems.

  •  US Geological Survey (USGS) Tennessee Water Science Center: This website is an important source about Tennessee's rivers and streams, ground water, water quality, and many other topics.

Other Informational Resources

  •  The Center for Watershed Protection:  This is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to fostering responsible land and water management through applied research, direct assistance to communities, training and access to a network of experienced professionals. The Center was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Ellicott City, Maryland.

  •  USEPA Catalog of Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Finance Publications:  With funding from the USEPA, the Environmental Finance Center at UNC Chapel Hill is investigating innovative financing approaches for stormwater and green infrastructure. A first step has been to catalog some of the existing publications in this area that have information on project financing.