TNSA Annual Conference

October 21-23, 2025

The Chattanoogan Hotel

1201 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

Prepare Today, Protect Tomorrow

Pre-Conference Workshop & Tour Options: October 20

Call for Abstracts Deadline is June 1, 2025

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Join us for the Tennessee Stormwater Association Annual Conference 2025 being held October 21‐23 at

a brand new location, the Chattanoogan Hotel in Chattanooga, TN.

Our speakers and participants come from across Tennessee with a focus on MS4 Permit Compliance and MS4 Programs. All help to create an event that informs, instructs and motivates stormwater, erosion control and watershed management practitioners, professionals, and government officials. The conference organizers encourage a professional atmosphere and anticipate a range of participating entities such as local and state government stormwater managers, environmental, engineering and legal consulting firms, research organizations, and watershed groups.

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

G. Dodd Galbreath, Director of Graduate and Professional Programming
Institute for Sustainable Practice, Lipscomb University

Title: Relevant Impact - Our Shared Professional Journey

This plenary will review the criteria of relevance and impact taken from early history, decades of successful water resource protection and management, and new challenges and opportunities in our shared professional journey as stormwater professionals.

Bio:  In 2007, Dodd Galbreath was invited to found the Institute for Sustainable Practice, the Southeast's first comprehensive academic sustainability program. Professor Galbreath has studied sustainability applications in the United States, Canada, China, and Europe. Five Nashville mayors and three Tennessee governors from different political parties have appointed him to various leadership roles and advisory committees. As a former state policy executive, he led the planning and implementation of one of the nation’s first state wetlands conservation plans, a state environmental justice plan, and six innovative laws to protect Tennessee’s water resources. He currently chairs the Tennessee Board of Water Quality, Oil and Gas, representing environmental interests. He has received two statewide leadership awards and the Robert Sparks Walker Lifetime Achievement Award.​
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REGISTRATION FEES

​Early Bird Prices End September 30, 2025

Full Conference includes: Lunch Tuesday, Breakfast/Lunch Wednesday and Breakfast Thursday.

Social includes drinks and hors d'oeuvres

TNSA Membership Early Bird: $325 without Social/$350 with Social

Non-TNSA Member Early Bird: $375 without Social/$400 with Social

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ROOM RESERVATIONS

Book before September 20, 2025

Click here to reserve at State Rate (must Show ID to receive this rate): 

$117 before taxes and fees

Click here to reserve at Conference Rate (not state rate approved):

$209 before taxes and fees

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Pre-Conference Workshop

Monday, October 20, 2025   9am-4pm

Workshop includes lunch and snacks

Introduction to Stormwater Treatment Assessment Resource (STAR);

What should STAR do for YOU!

Registration:  $75 TNSA Members/$125 Non-Members

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Pre-Conference Tour

Monday, October 20, 2025

1pm-5pm (space is limited)

Rethinking Runoff: A Chattanooga Stormwater Expedition

Join us for a tour of the City of Chattanooga's stormwater features.

Tour includes transportation, tour and snacks.

Registration: $50

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Cancellation/Payment Policy for conference and workshop:

Payments must be made before the event or let Charlene know if you plan on paying in person at the event.

Refund deadline is September 30, 2025 (includes tour, workshop and conference).

If you are still registered October 1, 2025 and cannot attend payments still need to be made.

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