CPSWQ Exam Review Course Workbook
Section 1 Introduction
1.1 Welcome
1.2 CPSWQ, Inc. Mission Statement
1.3 About EnviroCert International, Inc.
1.4 CPSWQ Scope of Practice
1.5 Program Summary
1.6 Review Course and Exam Overview
1.7 Professional Development Requirements
1.8 Pre-Test Exam
Section 2 US Rules and Regulations
2.1 Introduction
2.2 State Regulations
2.3 Permit Application Requirements for Construction Activity
2.4 Permit Application Requirements for Municipalities
2.5 Permit Application Information for Industrial Activities
2.6 Local Regulations
Section 3 Stormwater Pollutants
3.1 What Is A Stormwater Pollutant
3.2 How Pollutants Are Categorized
3.3 Physical Pollutants
3.4 Chemical Pollutants
3.5 Biological Pollutants
3.6 Secondary Pollutant Forms
3.7 Pollutants and Their Sources
3.8 Source Control
Section 4 Pollutant Removal Processes
4.1 Environmental Factors
4.2 Pollutant Removal Mechanisms
4.3 Treatment Best Management Practices
Section 5 Stream Environment
5.1 Introduction to Stream Processes
5.2 Stream Classification Methods
5.3 Channel Evolution Models
5.4 Assessing Erosion Vulnerability
5.5 Floodplains
Section 6 Watershed Hydrology
6.1 Introduction to Watershed Hydrology
6.2 Hydrology
6.3 TR-55 Method
6.4 Application
6.5 Hydraulics
Section 7 Quantification
7.1 What Is Quantification
7.2 How Pollutants Are Categorized
7.3 Physical Pollutants
7.4 Chemical Pollutants
7.5 Biological Pollutants
7.6 Secondary Pollutant Forms
7.7 Pollutants and Their Sources
Section 8 Construction Site Management
8.1 Erosion Prediction Technology
8.2 Revised Universal Soil-Loss Equation (RUSLE)
8.3 Modified Universal Soil-Loss Equation (MUSLE)
8.4 Procedure For Estimating Gross Erosion
8.5 Review Problems
Section 9 Stormwater Management
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Considering the Setting and Natural Resources
9.3 Permanent BMPs - In-Stream Measures
9.4 Permanent BMPs - Site Improvements
Section 10 Municipal & Industrial
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
10.3 Industrial Stormwater
Section 11 Inspection, Maintenance, and Solids Management
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Construction Inspections
11.3 Post Construction Inspection
11.4 Maintenance and Solids Management
11.5 Section Eleven Slide Presentation
11.6 Sample Stormwater Pond/Wetland Maintenance Inspection Checklist
11.7 Sample Spill or Incident Report Form
Appendix A Glossary of Terms
Appendix B Study Guide References
Appendix C Course Evaluation
Tables
Table 3-1 Pollutants and Sources in the Urban Landscape
Table 3-2 Additional Pollutants and Sources in the Urbanizing Landscape
Table 4-1 Pollutant Removal Effectiveness
Table 5-1 Stream Channel Patterns
Table 5-2 Hydromodification Management Measures/Stream Stability Variables
Table 5-3 Montgomery-Buffington Stream Classification
Table 6-1 Typical Permissible Shear Stresses for Ditch Linings
Table 6-2 Runoff Curve Numbers for Urban Areas
Table 6-3 Runoff Curve Numbers for Cultivated Agricultural Lands
Table 6-4 Runoff Curve Numbers for Other Agricultural Lands
Table 6-5 Runoff Curve Numbers for Semiarid Rangelands
Table 6-6 Roughness Coefficients (Manning's n) for Sheet Flow
Table 6-7 Roughness Coefficients for Various Materials
Table 6-8 Ia Values for Runoff Curve Numbers
Table 6-9 Adjustment Factor (Fp) for Pond and Swamp Areas that Are Spread Throughout the Watershed
Table 6-10 Entrance Loss Coefficients
Table 7-1 Quality Characteristics of Typical Urban Runoff
Table 7-2 Compares Urban Runoff with Drinking Water and Aquatic Life Standards
Table 7-3 Trace Metals Criteria for Urban Runoff Exposure
Table 7-4 Pollutant Category, Measurement, and Mode of Transport
Table 7-5 Pollutant Loading Ranges for Various Land Uses (kg/ha/yr)
Table 7-6 Annual Storm Pollutant Export for Selected Values of Impervious Cover (I)
Table 7-7 Water Quality Model Characteristics for 9 Available Models
Table 7-8 Pollutants and Sources in the Urban Landscape
Table 7-9 Additional Pollutants and Sources in the Urbanizing Landscape
Table 8-1 Soil Erodibility Factors (K) and Textures of the A, B, and C Soil Layers
Table 8-2 LS Factors for Construction Sites
Table 8-3 Cover Management Factors (C) - Construction Sites
Table 8-4 Practice Factor (P) - Surface Condition for Construction Sites
Table 8-5 Estimated Weight of Soils
Table 8-6 Adjustment Factor (M) for Estimating Monthly and Portions of Annual Soil Loss
Table 9-1 Permanent Stormwater Quality Treatment Practices
Table 9-2 Relative Ranking of BMPs
Table 9-3 Pollutant Type and Removal Mechanism
Table 9-4 Management Practices and Removal Mechanisms
Table 10-1 Major Differences Between Phase I and II Regulations
Table 10-2 Industrial Sectors falling under the Multi-Sector General Permit
Table 11-1 Typical Site Inspection Procedures
Table 11-2 Summary of Tools for Inspectors
Figures
Figure 2-1 Stormwater Regulation Timeline
Figure 2-2 Delegated State Summary
Figure 4-1 Typical Aerobic Cycle
Figure 4-2 Light Penetration
Figure 5-1 Stream Ordering (Strahler 1952)
Figure 5-2 Stream Channel Profile
Figure 5-3 Geometry of Meanders
Figure 5-4 Meander Width Ratio of Natural Channels
Figure 5-5 Mean Bankful Depth
Figure 5-6 Relationship of Drainage Area to Bankfull Dimensions
Figure 5-7 Pre-Development Watershed
Figure 5-8 Post-Development Watershed
Figure 5-9 Stream Stability
Figure 5-10 Rosgen Classification of Natural Rivers
Figure 5-11 Channel Evolution
Figure 6-1 Hydrologic Cycle
Figure 6-2 Runoff Hydrograph
Figure 6-3 Isohyetal Map For the United States
Figure 6-4 US Rainfall Distribution Map
Figure 6-5 Single Event Model Flow Control Hydrograph
Figure 6-6 Headwater and Tailwater Diagram
Figure 6-7 Solution of Runoff Equation
Figure 6-8 Travel Time for Shallow Concentrated Flow
Figure 6-9 Variation of Ia/P for P and CN
Figure 6-10 Unit Peak Discharge
Figure 6-11 Graphical Detention Basin Storage Estimation method
Figure 6-12 Inlet Control Nomograph for Concrete Pipe
Figure 6-13 Outlet Control Nomograph for Concrete Pipe
Figure 6-14 Nomograph - Manning's Equation
Figure 7-1 Spatial Characteristics of Urban Runoff
Figure 7-2 Temporal Characteristics of Urban Runoff
Figure 8-1 Isoerodent Map Of Eastern US (R-Factors)
Figure 8-2 Isoerodent Map Of Western US (R-Factors)
Figure 8-3 Isoerodent Map Of California (R-Factors)
Figure 8-4 Isoerodent Map of Oregon and Washington (R-Factors)
Figure 8-5 Soil Erodibility Nomograph
Figure 8-6 RUSLE Schematic Slope Profile
Figure 8-7 Illustration Of Deposition Beginning And Ending On A Slope
Figure 8-8 Illustration Of Contraction SWPPP Measures from the Slide Presentation
Figure 8-9 Illustration Of Erosion Control Measures on a Typical Site Plan
Figure 9-1 Removal Rate vs. Detention Time for Selected Pollutants
Figure 10-1 Combined Sewer Systems in the U.S. (EPA)
Worksheets
Worksheet 6-1 Area Weighted Average Runoff Curve Number Calculation
Worksheet 6-2 Time of Concentration Worksheet
Worksheet 6-3 Graphical Peak Discharge Method
Worksheet 6-4 Graphical Detention Basin Storage Estimation Method
Worksheet 7-1 Example Spreadsheet Method Worksheet for Evaluating Effects on BOD, Total Nitrogen, and Phosphorous
Equations
Equation 6-1 Manning's Equation
Equation 6-2 Travel Time
Equation 7-1 Simple Method
Equation 8-1 Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE)
quation 8-2 Slope Length Factor (L)
Equation 8-3 Slope-Length Exponent
Equation 8-4 Values for the Ratio Β of Rill to Inter-rill Erosion
Equation 8-5 Slope Steepness Factor (S) for Slope Steepness < 9%
Equation 8-6 Slope Steepness Factor (S) for Slope Steepness ≥ 9%
Equation 8-7 Slope Steepness Factor (S) for Slopes Shorter Than 15 Feet
Equation 8-8 S Factor for Slope Steepness < 9% and Weakened Soils
Equation 8-9 S Factor for Slope Steepness ≥ 9% and Weakened Soils
Equation 8-10 Sediment Yield from "ith" Segment from Top of Slope
Equation 8-11 Soil Loss per Unit Area (Ai) for the "ith" Segment
Equation 8-12 Modified Universal Soil-Loss Equation (MUSLE)
Equation 8-13 Wind Erosion
Equation 8-14 Emission Factor for Estimating Wind Erosion
