Lower Peninsula Stormwater Improvement: The City of Tampa’s nature-based solution to urban flooding that improves water quality (On Demand)

Description

Learning Objectives:

• Evaluate a successful dual-purpose approach to stormwater management that provides a variety of benefits to the community and environment
• Analyze the impact of collaboration between the public, engineers, scientists, contractors, and government agencies
• Design creative and sustainable use of green infrastructure solutions in stormwater management

About the Presenter

Chris Chandler is a water resources engineer with 9 years of experience at AtkinsRéalis, and has extensive stormwater design, planning, and hydrologic & hydraulic modeling experience in West Central Florida. His career has been dedicated to creative flood relief projects, stormwater investigations, and stormwater drainage design for roadway corridor improvement projects, primarily in the greater Tampa Bay area. His experience with progressive design-build projects has allowed him to help lead complex projects through their life cycle from feasibility studies and concept design to completion of construction. Chris has successfully incorporated green infrastructure and LID solutions into several large stormwater projects throughout the Tampa Bay area, helping local municipalities reduce pollutant loads to the Tampa Bay estuary.