Wednesday, March 9, 2005

BioCycle West Coast Conference 2005
Composting, Organics Recycling & Renewable Energy
Where Principles And Profits Join Forces
March 7, 8, 9, 2005
San Francisco, California
Cathedral Hill Hotel

REGISTER NOW!

Reserve your hotel room at the Cathedral Hill Hotel today
Request the special BioCycle Conference Rate of $109 single/double per night.
(available until February 12)
Call (800) 622-0855 or (415) 776-8200

ALL DAY 8:00 AM — 4:30 PM
ATTENDEE SPECIAL OPTIONS

Option 1: FIELD TRIPS
Regional composting facility processing over 100,000 tons/year of yard trimmings and residential and commercial organics in enclosed aerated static piles followed by curing in open windrows; Screening, grinding and composting equipment demonstrations; Compost, compost tea production at San Francisco golf course and park; Biodigester trial for commercial food scrap processing at area wastewater treatment plant.

Option 2: TRAINING WORKSHOP — URBAN, SUBURBAN STORM WATER MANAGEMENT USING COMPOST-BASED BMPs
Full-day training for compost manufacturers and marketers, storm water managers; Review of tools including filtration socks, compost blankets, filter berms, green roofs, vegetative filter strips; Experiments to test on-spec compost/mulch blends, sediment retention, flow through rates.

pdf version of workshop agenda

8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration

8:30-8:45 a.m. Introductions and Overview
Nora Goldstein, BioCycle and the Soil & Water Quality Alliance

8:45-9:30 a.m. Healthy Soils As The First Line of Defense
Charles Henry, University of Washington

9:30-10:00 a.m. Classroom Experiment One: Storm Water Infiltration Test on Amended vs. Disturbed Soils

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15-11:00 a.m. Compost-Based Best Management Practices—Blankets, Berms and Containment Systems To Meet Storm Water Requirements and Improve Water Quality
Rod Tyler, Filtrexx International

11:00-11:30 a.m. Classroom Experiment Two: Filtration and Flow-Through Rate Using Compost Blends

11:30-12:15 p.m. Side by Side Performance of Storm Water BMPs – Comparing Sediment Control, Nutrient Loss, Soil and Vegetation Quality Britt Faucette, Filtrexx International

12:15-1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00-1:30 p.m. Classroom Experiment Three: Hydrocarbon/Oil Slick Containment With Tailor-Made Compost

1:30-2:30 p.m. Specifications For Compost-Based BMPs—Applicability To State and Local DOTs, NPDES Permits,Site Inspection Reports
Dwayne Stenlund, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT)

2:30-3:00 p.m. Sourcing, Testing Compost For Storm Water Management Projects
Nora Goldstein, BioCycle and the Soil & Water Quality Alliance and Frank Shields, Soil Control Lab

3:00-3:30 p.m. Pricing and Bidding Jobs Using Compost-Based BMPs
Rod Tyler, Filtrexx International

3:30-4:00 p.m. Discussion, Q&A, Wrap-Up