Session #6: Dude, Where’s My Stormwater Pond?

“Expires Wed Apr 16 2025”

Overview:

Stormwater retention ponds are essential infrastructure for controlling runoff, managing water quality, and preventing flooding in urban environments. However, many of these ponds have lost their original retention capacity due to natural reclamation by vegetation, sedimentation, and other processes. As a result, many facility managers find themselves struggling with stormwater ponds that no longer function as intended. The first critical step toward remediation is accurately understanding the current state of these facilities, but doing so requires a multi-faceted approach.

At the completion of this one-hour OJT session, participants will be able to demonstrate the following:

- - - - How stormwater ponds play a vital role in managing run-off during periods of heavy rain and snow melt
      - What challenges communities face with their current stormwater infrastructure
      - How proper stormwater pond assessments can provide critical maintenance insights
      - Why a comprehensive, multi-disciplined approach to stormwater pond assessments provides the most accurate results.

Facilitator: Andrew Ambocichuk

Our facilitator is Andrew Ambrocichuk, Founder and CEO of Hydrasurvey Ltd., Canada’s leader in lagoon and pond sludge surveys and dredge project quality management. He founded Hydrasurvey out of his garage in 2017 to provide municipalities with the industry’s most accurate and comprehensive bathymetric sludge surveys. Today Hydrasurvey has offices in Mississauga and Calgary and serves Ontario, Western Canada, the Canadian Arctic and Texas. Since 2017 Hydrasurvey has completed over 700 lagoon and pond surveys and saved their clients millions of dollars in desludging costs through accurate, unbiased sludge data.

Logistics:
These 1-hour virtual sessions are offered every alternate Thursday starting at 2:00 pm. Sessions are complimentary to all OMWA members and the fee for non-members is $30.00 CAD plus HST per person per session.

Questions:
If you have any specific questions regarding this OJT session, please feel free to submit them when you register and we will provide them to the workshop facilitator.

The OMWA will provide a certificate recognizing participation in these On the Job Training sessions. Attendance may also qualify as a Continuing Knowledge Activity for the PEO PEAK program