Watershed Management Certification
Program
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Watershed Management Certification
Overview• Development of multidisciplinary tools to watershed management
• Law
• Policy
• Community Planning
• Stakeholder involvement
• Economics
• Useful for anyone dealing with watersheds
in any capacity
• 7 courses have historically been offered
• An additional course is being added regarding drain management
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Modules (Current)
• Module 1: Basics of Hydrology
• Module 2: Addressing Water Quality
• Module 3: Socioeconomic, Institutions & Management Issues
• Module 4: Developing & Implementing Watershed Management
Plans
• Module 5: Tools Used in Watershed Management
• Module 6: Soil Erosion & Sedimentation and Pollution
• Module 7: Historical & Legal Issues of Watershed Management
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(Under Development)
Module 8: Drain Best Management Practices
Updates to content
• Module consolidation
• Legal content up to date
• New case studies added
• New topics
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Content Re-Formatting
• Moved from D2L to
Brightspace
• Online text supplemented
with videos/audio
• Easier mobile experience
to help you learn as you go
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Program Benefits
• Interdisciplinary approach to
watershed management
• Affordable, flexible paced
courses
• Knowledge and skills
obtained
• Resume enhancement
• Framed certificate
Complimentary
• 1-year MWEA Membership
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Who Should Consider The Certification
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• Consultants
• Policy Makers
• Civil and Environmental Engineers
• Instructors and Researchers at
Universities and Research
Institutions
• Regulatory Staff
• Landscape Engineers and Architects
• Public Works Personnel
• Scientists
• Drain/Water Resources
Commissioners, Staff, & Contractors
Course Available Now
Visit
www.mi-wea.org
to sign up or for more
information
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DRAIN MODULE COURSE UPDATES
• Current course
• Follows national (EPA) and state (MDEQ) guidance for effective watershed management planning
• Significant focus on water quality
• Unlike other states, the Drain Code plays a significant role in watershed planning
• Assets
• Regulations
• Ability to complete projects
• Conveyance focus
• Future Course
• Bridge this gap
• Better planning by engaging Drain Commissioners in process
DRAIN MODULE
• Learning Objectives:
• Include Drain/Water Resource Commissioners in the greater watershed planning framework
• Educate watershed management professionals about the Drain Code and value working with Drain/Water Resource Commissioners
• Discuss the hierarchy of best practices for managing water resources, specifically drains
• Emphasize routine inspection and maintenance practices
• Highlight Drain/Water Resource Commissioner’s jurisdiction versus influence on water resources
• Support better decision making models for using BMPs
• Support New Drain/Water Resource Commissioner training
DRAIN MODULE
• What it is not:
• Regulatory
• Technical advice
• Substitute for working with professionals
DRAIN MODULE GENERAL SECTIONS
• Introduction
• Drains and drainage districts
• Conveyance and water quality interface
• Roles and responsibilities of Commissioners
• Jurisdiction and influence of
Commissioners
• Maintenance and improvements under the Drain Code
• Inspection – critical to process
DRAIN MODULE SPECIFIC SECTIONS
• Culvert Crossings
• Correct sizing and grade alignments
• Buried and bankfullgeometries
• Headwalls and end treatments
• Vegetation Management
• Leave as is
• Selective clearing
• Full removal /spraying
• Invasive species
• Field Tiles
• Design considerations
• Water control structures
• Open Flow Systems
• Trapezoidal sections
• 2 stage
• Multistage
• Natural channel design
• Enclosed Flow Systems
• Design considerations
• Infiltration
• Green Infrastructure
DRAIN MODULE SECTIONS
• Hierarchical layout of best practices
• Minimal to no action concepts
• Conventional conveyance means
• Various additional BMP concepts
• Potential benefits to water quality
• Terminology
• References
• The all important QUIZ!!
DRAIN MODULE STATUS AND NEXT STEPS
• Content generated
• Reviewing content
• Add graphics, links, data, etc.
• Reformat to digital textbook
format
• Peer review
• Live testing
• Insert into current curriculum
by Summer 2019
QUESTIONS