Stormwater Management: Keeping Trash, Pollution and Nutrients out of Biscayne Bay
Webinar on February 19, 2021
The Biscayne Bay Marine Health Coalition (BBMHC) organized this webinar for Stormwater and Public Works professionals to share about their work to keep trash, pollution and nutrients out of Biscayne Bay, Florida.
Questions addressed:
- What are the regulatory requirements to prevent trash, pollution and nutrients from entering the Bay?
- What is the correlation between natural debris (e.g. leaves and grass) and nutrient pollution?
- How are local Public Works departments minimizing stormwater pollution?
- What are the most cost-efficient ways to collect stormwater runoff?
Presentation Slides
Watch the Recording
List of presenters and webinar video timeline:
- Start of video to 12:59: Introduction and overview of the issues by Emilio Lopez (BBMHC)
- From 13:00: Miami-Dade County Chief Bay Officer (Irela Bagué)
- From 17:04: Miami-Dade County DERM (Mallika Muthiah)
- From 34:50: University of Florida Department of Engineering (Dr. John Sansalone)
- From 1:00:00 (1 hour into the webinar): Intro to panel by Dave Doebler (BBMHC)
- From 1:04:00: City of Aventura Public Works & Transportation Department (Anthony Mihalko)
- From 1:12:25: City of Miami Resilience and Public Works (Alan Dodd)
- From 1:23:12: City of Miami Beach Engineering Department
- From 1:30:40: Panel discussion with Public Works Departments and all presenters
- From 1:45:24: Closing remarks
Webinar Poll Results

On October 2, 2020, we held the Biscayne Bay Marine Health Summit Town Hall virtually. The event included informative presentations on the State of the Bay and on the Biscayne Bay Task Force's Recommendations. Below, we have included all presentation slides for download, as well as the town hall video.