Last Chance: Pond Design, Management, and Maintenance!

Want to learn how to design and maintain a thriving pond?

Pond Design, Management, and Maintenance

April 18 & 19, 2024 | 8:30am – 12:30pm EDT | $395

Online (Live, instructor-led)

This is your last chance to register for the Pond Design, Management, and Maintenance course! This online course is structured to help you make the proper decisions regarding your pond's appearance, function, or upkeep. Starting with design, you will learn how to build a pond, including constructing embankments and dams and selecting and installing liners. You will also learn how to create a stable shoreline, aquascape littoral benches, and optimize habitat for aquatic wildlife and fish.

Long-term maintenance of ponds – whether constructed for stormwater, irrigation, fishing, or aesthetic purposes – will also be discussed. Discover new ways to maximize your pond's aesthetics and wildlife attributes using aquascaping and bioengineering techniques! Learn how this innovative approach combines landscaping and evolving engineering solutions to correct eroded shorelines, create and maintain stable and attractive vegetative shorelines, and integrate native, non-invasive, easy-to-maintain, and beautiful plant species into the design of new ponds or the retrofit of existing ponds.

Hurry, registration closes on April 17! Register Today!

Continuing Education Credits

This online course is approved for the following continuing education credits:

NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): 3 Technical and 3 Management Contact Hours

NJ Drinking Water and Wastewater Operators: 6.5 TCHs

NJ Health Officers and REHS: 7.5 CEs

NJ Professional Engineers: 6 Continuing Professional Competency (CPC) Credits

NY Landscape Architects: 7 hours CL

NY Professional Engineers/Land Surveyors: 6 PDHs

Pesticide Applicators: NJ: 13 units in Category 5 | NY: 4 credits in Category 5A |

PA: 4 credits in Categories 09, 18, and 23 | MD: 8 credits in Categories 5, 10, and CORE | DE: 4 Credits in Category 5A

Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA): 0.85 Education Points

North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) Certified Lake

Manager/Certified Lake Professional Program: 0.7 CEUs

For the latest credit information, visit our website.

Meet Your Instructor

Dr. Stephen J. Souza

Dr. Stephen J. Souza is the owner of Clean Waters Consulting, LLC. He has more than 35 years of project experience managing and restoring lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Dr. Souza received his B.S. from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, his M.S. from Rutgers University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Souza is the Founder of Princeton Hydro, LLC, and served as the company’s President until his recent retirement from Princeton Hydro in 2019. Read more about Stephen's background on our website.

Who Should Attend?

This online class is ideal for pond owners, pond managers, landscape architects, engineers, and anyone involved with the design, management, or maintenance of ponds!

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