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Flood Watch Website
<br />The CWCB maintains a Flood
<br />Watch Website that provides
<br />links to information about:
<br />floods, weather, emergency
<br />numbers, road conditions. Visit
<br />the CWCB web site at www.
<br />cwcb.state.co.us /flood watch/
<br />The National Weather
<br />Service has redes-
<br />igned its web site to
<br />provide easier access
<br />to products and infor-
<br />mation. In April 2002 they will
<br />deploy a set of watch, warning,
<br />and advisory graphics as well as
<br />a forecast tool searchable by
<br />city, state or zip code.
<br />Upcoming
<br />Events
<br />• National Flood Conference,
<br />New Orleans, LA, May 19 -22
<br />For information (301) 918-
<br />1439
<br />• ASFPM 26th National
<br />Conference, Phoenix, AZ,
<br />June 23 -28, 2002. For
<br />information (608)- 274 -0123
<br />• Governor's Annual
<br />Conference on Emergency
<br />Management, location TBA,
<br />August 20 -21 For more in
<br />formation (303)273 -1622
<br />• CWCB Flood Mitigation
<br />Assistance Workshops,
<br />August 2002 For more
<br />information (303) 866 -4805
<br />• Dam Safety 2002, Tampa FL,
<br />September 8 -11 For more
<br />information (859) 257 -5146
<br />• Colorado Association of
<br />Storm water and Floodplain
<br />Managers Conference,
<br />Steamboat Springs,
<br />September 11 -14 For
<br />information (303) 572 -0200)
<br />CASFM Chair
<br />Stuart Gardner
<br />Stuart Gardner is the Chairman
<br />of the Colorado Association of Storm
<br />Water & Floodplain Managers
<br />(CASFM). CASFM is a 500 - member
<br />organization of engineers and other
<br />professionals representing
<br />governmental agencies and private
<br />practitioners in floodplain and storm
<br />water management.
<br />Stuart is the Regional Hydraulics
<br />Engineer with he Colorado Department
<br />of Transportation in Grand Junction. His
<br />responsibilities include hydrologic and
<br />hydraulic analysis and designing storm
<br />water facilities, culverts, and bridges
<br />throughout his region, which covers
<br />approximately one -third of the state. A
<br />CASFM member since 1993, Stuart is
<br />the first western slope chairman in
<br />CASFM's thirteen year history.
<br />CASFM is currently promoting
<br />the National Association of State
<br />Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Certified
<br />Floodplain Managers (CFM) program.
<br />The program is administered by ASFPM,
<br />but Stuart believes it is likely that
<br />Colorado will eventually have its own
<br />program.
<br />Colorado may eventually
<br />legislatively require floodplain
<br />managers to be certified. If that
<br />occurs, having the CWCB manage
<br />the Colorado CFM program may be
<br />necessary. There is currently no
<br />standard in Colorado for being a
<br />floodplain manager. Certification will
<br />help ensure that a minimum level of
<br />knowledge of the necessary subject
<br />matter.
<br />In addition to the CFM
<br />program, CASFM provides
<br />educational and networking
<br />13th CASFM Conference
<br />"2002: Riding the Storm Out"
<br />The Colorado Association of
<br />Stormwater and Floodplain Mangers
<br />(CASFM) is requesting abstracts or top-
<br />ics for presentations for their annual
<br />conference. Suggested topics in-
<br />clude: technological advances in
<br />floodplain stormwater management.
<br />water quality enhancement, stream/
<br />riparian zone stabilization, watershed
<br />protection, management and plan-
<br />Opportunities. Every
<br />year a three -day
<br />conference is held with }1
<br />numerous technical
<br />sessions ranging from
<br />community involvement,
<br />to floodplain
<br />management, to water quality issues.
<br />Over 150 stormwater and floodplain
<br />professionals attended the meeting last
<br />year, and attendance is growing.
<br />In addition to the annual
<br />conference, CASFM helps sponsor
<br />floodplain, water quality, and other
<br />water - related workshops, usually
<br />presented by association members
<br />from the CWCB, FEMA, UDFCD, and
<br />others. CASFM also has recently
<br />become a member of the Colorado
<br />Municipal League and is working with
<br />that organization to increase
<br />awareness of storm water and
<br />floodplain issues in municipalities
<br />around the state. You can find out
<br />more about CASFM at their website
<br />www.casfm.org. Stuart can be
<br />reached at (970) 248 -7222.
<br />3.5 inches of rain in two hours created flooding in
<br />Greeley and Evans, July 13 -14, 2001. There was
<br />an electrical outage for 2,300 residents and an
<br />estimated $600,000 in property damages in
<br />Greeley.
<br />ning, failures: what went wrong and
<br />why, innovative techniques, and leg-
<br />islative dilemmas.
<br />Final abstracts are due July 26.
<br />For more information about abstracts
<br />please call Robert Krehbiel, Matrix De-
<br />sign Group at (303) 572 -0202. The
<br />CASFM conference will be in Steam-
<br />boat Springs on September 11-13.
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