EWRI September 2019 Luncheon
TOPIC: Johnson County Stormwater Management Program
SPEAKER: Jessica Veach and Sarah Smith
DATE: Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
TIME: 11:30 a.m. Social
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:30 p.m. Presentation
LOCATION: BRIO Tuscan Grille – 502 Nichols Rd, Kansas City, MO 64112
MEAL:
MAIN
Mushroom Ravioli
Insalata Della Casa with Grilled Chicken
Pollo Caprese
SIDE
Lobster Bisque
Tomato Caprese
COST: $30.00 for ASCE/EWRI members. $15.00 for ASCE/EWRI student and retired members. Fee includes 1 main dish, 1 side dish, and 1 drink. Please make checks payable to ASCE.
DETAILS: Johnson County Stormwater Management Program (SMP is a County program which partners with the 20 cities in Johnson County to manage stormwater and is funded by a 1/10th of one percent, County-wide sales tax. It administers these funds on behalf of the Cities, by providing matching funds to Cities for eligible projects, including study, design, and construction projects.
The SMP, as part of a strategic planning initiative completed in 2016, intends to begin funding projects which renew deteriorated stormwater infrastructure under a new ‘System Management’ program. This program is intended to fund planned projects to inspect, rehabilitate, and replace stormwater infrastructure and natural elements. The program follows a traditional asset management approach wherein individual structures, lines, and natural elements are treated as individual assets which are assigned scores to prioritize their renewal or replacement.
CDM Smith worked with the SMP to develope the framework to consolidate stormwater system data on a County-wide basis, assign prioritization scores to each asset, and create guidelines for development of projects which can now be funded by the SMP.
BIO: Jessica Veach has 12 years of experience in stormwater/wastewater collection system design, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, utility planning, and environmental permitting. Jessica specializes in Wet Weather CSO Program projects including her most recent work providing design and construction management services for implementation of green infrastructure to reduce CSO's, as well as completing I/I analysis and rehabilitation design for aging infrastructure to reduce inflow and infiltration into the system and to extend the useful life of the existing infrastructure.
Sarah Smith is Project Manager and a Stormwater Engineer for the Johnson County Public Works Department, working for both, the rural and Urban services divisions.
Before coming to the county five years ago, Sarah worked for a mid-size private engineering firm in the KC metro area primarily doing stormwater design work.
Sarah earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Water Resources, both from the University of Kansas.
Please RSVP by Sunday, September 4th, 2019.
Registration can be completed by clicking the link below.
Questions: Takuya Jay Inoue (ewrikansascity@gmail.com)
For additional announcements and more information about the EWRI Kansas City chapter please visit: http://www.kcengineers.org/ewrikc/ewrikc.html.