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Managing Stormwater on Schoolyards:
From Potential to Permits
Room: 209/210
Time: 3:00pm – 4:00pm
This session will walk through what stormwater capture looks like on school campuses, the onsite stormwater potential of schoolyards, and why accepting offsite stormwater can be advantageous. This panel assumes the audience understands the benefits of green schoolyards already and will focus specifically on the impacts of incorporating stormwater capture elements into a green schoolyard project. Panelists will share a recent study about the stormwater capture potential of schools, will discuss stormwater permits and the most recent update to the MS4 permit draft, and explain some of the challenges and rewards of incorporating stormwater capture into schoolyard greening projects.
Understanding the potential of stormwater capture and the challenges and rewards of incorporating it on schoolyards can help practitioners make informed decisions about future schoolyard greening projects.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
- Examples of what stormwater capture on schoolyards looks like
- The potential for stormwater capture on school campuses
- On and offsite stormwater management best practices for green schoolyards
- The current regulatory environment around stormwater
- Challenges and rewards of incorporating stormwater capture into green schoolyard projects
Speakers:
Ben Harris, Senior Staff Attorney, Regulatory Affairs & Legal Policy, LA Waterkeeper
Annelisa Moe, Associate Director of Science & Policy, Heal the Bay
Alejandro Fabian, Research Communications Coordinator, Tree People
Bruce Reznik, Executive Director, LA Waterkeeper
Ben is the Senior Staff Attorney at Los Angeles Waterkeeper, advancing the organization’s litigation work and serving in a policy advocacy role in a variety of ways, including leading the Los Angeles River restoration campaign.
Ben received his undergraduate degree in Marine Biology from UCLA. He returned to obtain a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he served as the Executive Editor for the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. After law school, he worked as a litigator in private practice before clerking for the Honorable Stephen V. Wilson in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Prior to joining LA Waterkeeper, Ben spent two years as a fellow at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law, where he represented clients in their pursuit of environmental advocacy and co-taught the environmental law clinic.
As the Associate Director of Science and Policy at Heal the Bay, Annelisa helps to keep L.A. water clean and safe by advocating for comprehensive and science-based water quality regulation and enforcement. She currently oversee Heal the Bay’s Water Quality efforts, including science, research, policy, and advocacy, as well as the Beach Report Card, NowCast, and River Report Card programs. Before joining the team at Heal the Bay, she worked with the Regional Water Quality Control Board in both the underground storage tank program and the surface water ambient monitoring program. Annelisa completed her master’s degree in geological sciences at CSU Northridge. In her free time she enjoys caving, canyoneering, and scuba diving.
