Water Quality Events

The spring in-person training builds on the Mid-America GSI On-Demand Certification and emphasizes plant-centered learning, using early-season growth to support effective identification, lifecycle interpretation, and weed management. 

Introduction & Overview of the Updated Regional Design Criteria 

The Mid-America Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Certification Program is designed for GSI maintenance professionals, defined as a person or company that maintains green stormwater infrastructure as part of construction projects and in retrofit projects to reduce stormwater runoff.

Join MARC staff and the manual development team to learn the practicalities of applying the updated KC Metro Chapter of APWA, Section 5600 manual in your work as a stormwater professional in the Kansas City region. The manual uses a volume-based layered approach to on-site stormwater management, a departure from current performance-based standards.

Join MARC staff and the manual development team to learn and practice with the design criteria and reference appendices in the updated KC Metro Chapter of APWA, Section 5600 manual. This half-day workshop is a designer‑focused session that will dive deeper into how to apply the updated criteria within site design, modeling, and documentation workflows. Attendees will learn how the updated manual integrates drainage quantity and quality, strengthens green infrastructure performance, and aligns with modern watershed management principles. 

Training Topics will include: 

Join MARC staff and the manual development team to learn and practice plan review of projects compliant with the updated KC Metro Chapter of APWA, Section 5600 manual. This half-day workshop is meant to support municipal staff responsible for project review, permitting, and enforcement of the updated APWA 5600 criteria.

Join MARC staff and the manual development team to learn and practice with the design criteria and reference appendices in the updated KC Metro Chapter of APWA, Section 5600 manual. This half-day workshop is a designer‑focused session that will dive deeper into how to apply the updated criteria within site design, modeling, and documentation workflows. Attendees will learn how the updated manual integrates drainage quantity and quality, strengthens green infrastructure performance, and aligns with modern watershed management principles. 

Training Topics will include: 

Join MARC staff and the manual development team to learn and practice plan review of projects compliant with the updated KC Metro Chapter of APWA, Section 5600 manual. This half-day workshop is meant to support municipal staff responsible for project review, permitting, and enforcement of the updated APWA 5600 criteria.