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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.
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