Presentations and Publications
Recent Presentations   (Publications)

As leaders in the sustainable stormwater management industry, Cahill Associates engineers and planners are in constant demand to speak at various engagements, at both the national and local level.

Below is just a sample of the various speaking engagements and national conventions where we are invited to present.

American Public Works Association 2006 International Exposition. Michele Adams:
Sustainable Site Design: Porous Asphalt Pavement and Other Innovative Stormwater Techniques
Click here for a PDF of Michele's presentation.

Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling, Toronto, Ontario. February 2005. Andrew Potts:
Modeling Distributed Stormwater BMPs/LID for Flood Protection and Volume Control in an Urban Setting - University of North Carolina
Application and Evaluation of Urban Stormwater BMPs for Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Reduction - City of Wilmington, Delaware

Water and Our Changing Landscape, Perspectives from the Wild and Scenic White Clay Creek Watershed; Delaware. April 2005. Wesley Horner, panelist:
Pennsylvania's Initiative: New Stormwater Manual

Stormwater Research and Watershed Management Conference, Tampa, Florida. April 2005. Wesley Horner:
Urban Stormwater BMPs: Finding Space for Stormwater in the Urban Environment

Porous Asphalt Pavement Seminars: Portland, Minneapolis and Chicago. May 2005.
Thomas Cahill and National Asphalt Pavement Association

Ecobuild America, Orlando, Florida. June 2005. Tom Cahill:
Porous Pavements Changing Stormwater Management

Schuylkill Watershed Congress, 2005:
Keynote Speaker, Thomas Cahill. Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Schuylkill River Basin

Green Roof Design & Construction: The State of the Art, Professional Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, 2004:
Intergrating Green Roofs with other Urban Best Management Practices

3 Rivers Wet Weather Sewer Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004:
Storm Water BMPs: Finding Space for Storm Water in the Urban Environment

Putting the LID on Stormwater Management, College Park, Maryland, 2004:
The Use of Decentralized Stormwater Management Techniques for LID and Urban Areas

U.S. Green Building Council GREENBUILD International Conference and Expo, Portland, Oregon, 2004:
Infiltration BMPs: Porous Asphalt Pavement and Beyond

Urban Watershed Summit, Wilmington, Delaware, 2004:
Better Stormwater Management in the Urban Environment

Lancaster County Porous Paving Seminar, 2004:
Porous Paving for Comprehensive Stormwater Management

The Legal Toolbox for Watershed Groups Workshop, 2004:
Better Stormwater Management

Pennsylvania Environmental Council Workshop for Chester County, 2004:
Better Stormwater Management Through Site Design - Workshop for Municipal Officials

Reports and Publications  Top
Below are some examples of Planning Documents recently prepared by CA staff. If you would like a copy of any document, please contact Cahill Associates.

Integrating Stormwater: The role of landscape architecture and site design in stormwater treatment, written by Bill Tice, n the January/February 2007 issue of Stormwater Magazine.

Stormwater Management with Porous Pavements, written by Tom Cahill, Michele Adams, and Courtney Marm, in the March-April 2005 issue of Government Engineering.

Pavements that are Stormwater Management Friendly:Porous Asphalt with Infiltration Beds, written by Tom Cahill, Michele Adams, and Kent Hanson, in the September 2004 issue of Land Development Today (website registration required to access article).

Stormwater Design and Sustainable Development, contributions from Tom Cahill, President of Cahill Associates, in the Nov/Dec 2003 issue of Stormwater Magazine.

Porous Asphalt: The Right Choice for Porous Pavements, written by Tom Cahill, Michele Adams with assistance from Courtney Marm, all of Cahill Associates, in the Sep/Oct 2003 issue of Hot Mix Asphalt Technology - the journal of the National Asphalt Pavement Association.
Download the PDF here.

Porous Asphalt Pavement with Recharge Beds: 20 Years and Still Working, written by one of our principal engineers, Michele Adams, in the May/June 2003 issue of Stormwater Magazine. Link to article

Thinking Green with Porous Asphalt, written by Dan Brown, with contributions by Wesley Horner, principal planner with Cahill Associates, in the May/June 2003 issue of Hot Mix Asphalt Technology - the journal of the National Asphalt Pavement Association.
Download the PDF here.

Porous paving, green roofs can ease impact of development on water supplies, written by Bill Bergstrom, Associated Press, with input from Tom Cahill, for the June 14, 2002 issue of Environmental News Network. Link to article

Michigan Low Impact Design Manual, forSE Michigan Council of Governments (anticipated completion in Spring 2008)

Pennsylvania's Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual - PA Department of Environmental Protection (public draft available May 2005)

Wayne Business District Master Plan: Master Plan and Overlay Ordinance - Radnor Township, PA (2005)

Pinelands Excellence Program: Growth Management Project - Pinelands Commission (2003)

Environmental Impact Statement - Lackawanna Heritage Valley (2003)

Technical Best Management Practice Manual & Infiltration Feasibility Report: Infiltration of Stormwater in Areas Underlain by Carbonate Bedrock within the Little Lehigh Creek Watershed - Lehigh Valley Planning Commission (2003)

Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2003)

Radnor Township Comprehensive Plan Update - Radnor Township, PA (2003)

The Darby Creek Watershed River Conservation Plan - Darby Creek Valley Association (2003)

Upper and Middle Neshaminy Creek Watershed River Conservation Plan - The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (2002)

Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution and NPS Reduction Plan: Pine Run, Neshaminy Creek Watershed - The Delaware Riverkeeper Network (2002)

Environmental Master Plan - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000)

Rockaway River Sustainable Watershed Management Plan - Rockaway Action Committee (1999)

Environmental Master Plan - University of Virginia (1999)
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