Urban Stormwater Workgroup
The Urban Stormwater Workgroup facilitates the implementation of stormwater controls and supports state and local stormwater initiatives.
Meetings
Urban Stormwater/Wastewater Treatment Workgroup Joint Meeting - May 2025
Urban Stormwater Workgroup Meeting - June 2025
Urban Stormwater Workgroup Meeting - July 2025
CANCELED: Urban Stormwater Workgroup Meeting - April 2025
Urban Stormwater Workgroup Meeting - March 2025
CANCELED: Urban Stormwater Workgroup Meeting - February 2025
About
The overarching goals of the USWG is to facilitate the implementation of stormwater controls to achieve the necessary pollutant reduction planning targets as defined under the 2010 Chesapeake Bay TMDL (Bay TMDL); and to support the efforts of the Workgroup members’ state and local stormwater initiatives. The Urban/Suburban Stormwater Workgroup was formed in 2000 to address all stormwater issues, include nutrients, sediment and chemical contaminants. By working with local governments, the Chesapeake Bay Program can encourage the development and implementation of emerging urban stormwater practices to improve their water quantity and quality function.
Functions include:
- Supporting the WQGIT on urban and suburban stormwater issues.
- Providing data and support to CBP stormwater modeling efforts.
- Reviewing stormwater BMPs.
- Addressing issues of interest to workgroup participants
- Promoting innovation in the field of stormwater.
Projects
Phase 7 Model Development
In ProgressThese updated modeling tools will be used by the Chesapeake Bay Program partnership to inform decisions related to the nutrient and sediment reduction goals outlined in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.
USWG Governance and Definitions
USWG Research Priorities
Publications
A Unified Guide for Crediting Stream and Floodplain Restoration Projects in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Publication date:We have distilled two expert panels, five expert memos, 34 technical appendices and more than 250 scientific references into a single, integrated and condensed reference. The goal was to provide a single, reliable guide for stream practitioners and Bay managers to answer their questions when it comes to crediting stream restoration projects.
VAB Coagulant Enhanced Treatment Report FINAL w appendices
Publication date: Not listedView document [PDF, 2.3 MB] VAB Coagulant Enhanced Treatment Report FINAL w appendices
Appendix B Technical Appendix for CET Systems approved
Publication date: Not listedView document [PDF, 129.7 KB] Appendix B Technical Appendix for CET Systems approved
Recommended Methods to Verify Stream Restoration Practices
Publication date: Not listedApproved by WQGIT June 18, 2019
View document [PDF, 1.2 MB] Recommended Methods to Verify Stream Restoration Practices
Consensus Recommendations to Improve Protocol 1
Publication date: Not listedApproved by USWG October 15,2019
View document [PDF, 4.7 MB] Consensus Recommendations to Improve Protocol 1
Our Members
- Normand Goulet (Chair)
Northern Virginia Regional Commission ngoulet@novaregion.org - KC Filippino (Vice Chair)
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission kfilippino@hrpdcva.gov - David Wood (Coordinator)
Chesapeake Stormwater Network wood.csn@outlook.com - Petra Baldwin (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium Baldwin.Petra@epa.gov - Elaine Webb
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control elaine.webb@delaware.gov - James Dunbar
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) james.dunbar@dc.gov - Gillian Adkins
Maryland Department of the Environment gillian.adkins@maryland.gov - Cassandra Davis
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation cassandra.davis@dec.ny.gov - Jamie Eberl
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection jeberl@pa.gov - Erica Duncan
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality erica.duncan@deq.virginia.gov - Samuel Canfield
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection samuel.a.canfield@wv.gov - Mark Hoffman
Chesapeake Bay Commission mhoffman@chesbay.us - Auston Smith
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Smith.Auston@epa.gov - Greg Hoffman
Center for Watershed Protection gph@cwp.org - Ginny Snead
AMT Engineering gsnead@amtengineering.com - Rebecca Winer-Skonovd
Biohabitats rwinerskonovd@biohabitats.com - Camille Liebnitzky
camille.liebnitzky@alexandriava.gov - Heather Gewandter
hgewandter@rockvillemd.gov - Jeff Colella
jeff.colella@wvsa.net