Review of: Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Julian Coto
09/10/2022
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Great overview and definitely can use information in my next project.
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Painful Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
LA
03/22/2022
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There is no question Author is an expert. The material is useful and important but the problem solving portion of the test 21 through 25 are beyond painful. Way too involved for what was given in the write-up. I thankfully passed missing 2 which were the ones I finally guessed. dt=(HT - hb)/Kvu seems simplistic enough yet one spends endless circles trying to get there since some of these variables could have been evolved better in the text, diagrams and equations.
Prior user reviews for time involved, level of involved test complexity for the overview of the course content and pure frustration are spot on accurate. Suggest reinvent this course with simpler and detailed graphics of the varying scenerios which clearly define hv, hc, hb, etc. with more descriptive explanation as well as varying alternative formulas.
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Review of: Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Patrick
01/27/2021
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Useful procedures applicable to real world situations.
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Review of: Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
P R
01/24/2021
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This course appears to be designed for engineers working in this field. For CE classes and overview, exam problems requiring determination of variables either unknown or derived are not appropriate. Recommend the authors re write exam problem calculations based on examples shown. Trick and deceptive problems should be eliminated.
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Michael Johnson
11/11/2020
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Course was quite difficult and I could not complete in the expected four hours. Better explanation as to some of the elevation variables, specifically the "hc", would have helped.
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Michael Black
03/29/2020
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I thought that I had written a review before. The class material was very good but required real time for understanding. I have a lot of experience in groundwater, but the material required a lot of thought. As for the test, it was unnecessarily difficult and required too much judgement to answer some of the questions. This course material deserves a better test.
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Carl Croft
02/15/2020
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Very difficult and confusing. Definitions and nomenclature should be given in a central location so you don't have hunt. Would take 8 to 10 hours to solve problems if the information is even there. If you can do this in four hours, you do not need the course. I wasted my money!!
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Bill Burkett
02/01/2019
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Not enough information to solve problems.
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
David Carter
05/22/2018
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Very difficult and confusing. Not enough information given to solve problems.
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Henry Holman
10/03/2017
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Problems do not represent the course very well Analysis presentations are very poor
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Durga S Nagda
08/11/2017
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Good Course
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Michael Galura
01/21/2017
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Good refresher for pond recovery analysis!
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Richard Votapka
12/31/2016
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The problems on the test take quite awhile to do and there are two of them that you must make assumptions in order to solve them because not enough information is provided to do them as shown in the examples. You have to modify the time determination formula to solve two of the problems by making assumptions. I particularly did not care for that on the test.
For small projects, determining the depth of the aquifer base elevation used in the calculations could be quite expensive. I have never used the aquifer base elevation in any recovery analyses and never knew any other engineer who did.
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Miguel Restrepo, PhD, PE
12/05/2016
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I cannot help it but agree with other reviewers. The worksheet/exam assumes that one 'gets it' that there is an alternate form of the dt equation (infiltration time) that does not use the storage coefficient (f). This is a serious flaw in the course - to the author: in these classes a course can get almost no stars if you 'accidentally' omit some material. Not impressed by this class
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032-Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
11/08/2016
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The material was very interesting and one will actually learn something with this course. That is the positive. The negative is, you better have the time to invest as this is not one you will breeze through because the test has solve problems with too many variables requiring endless calculations. Too academic for a CEU course. This one takes a ridiculous amount of time because the problems are very involved and the parameters are all so similar that unless you are used to them you will spend hours going back and forth trying to remember what was what. More like a university test than a CEU test. I applaud the materials and their usefulness. I was annoyed at the test problems.
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Good review course for stormwater
Anonymous reviewer
01/26/2016
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It was a good course regarding stormwater. It touched on issues many are dealing with for stormwater requirements for design or closed systems.
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Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Anonymous reviewer
12/29/2015
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This course should be of significant value. Unfortunately, the author cannot seem to figure put if he wants to make it an academic exercise or a practical course. Equation derivations are cryptic and variables are not properly defined. Organization is very poor and as a result it is impossible to complete the calculations required on the test without an investment of time far in excess of that required for the course. This is supposed to be a practical course for the use of practicing engineers or am I mistaken. Many more like this and I will be looking for another source of pdh's.
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Very good overview of Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery
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It help a great deal. I am more comfortable with retention calculation.
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Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
Input variables for formulas very poorly described and explained. f (storage coefficient for flows) is a good example. Because of this the problems (20-25)to be worked are frustrating to say the least. Likely a very easy course for someone knowledgeable of subject but likely to be a very frustrating course for someone without much prior knowledge of the subject.
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Course was hard to follow. Question 20 answers should be in ft per day!!!!!!!!!!!!
Author Response: The question 20 answers are in the correct units (hours).
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Good presentation of retention pond analysis. Worked examples were a definite plus.
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William Goodfellow
06/27/2013
I very much enjoyed this course and especially from the soil mechanics standpoint. The majority of my previous work with stormwater retention has focused around runoff design rather than infiltration and mounding. I was also impressed with the author's broad emphasis on the impact to local groundwater tables and recharge.
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This course was extremely detailed and really covered the topic.
The only downside I could see is that some of the test problems didn't seem to follow the examples in the text.
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Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
James Deliyiannis
06/10/2013
The answers to some of the test questions were somewhat diffult to find in the course booklet. Especially question #20. Who can remember the "weighted average" formula? It wasn't in the course booklet! Test questions #21 to #25 were difficult to compare with the course booklet samples. And a comment on the course booklet material - the development of the equations as they relate to the sample was not clear and concise. The course booklet information seemed disjointed and sometimes lacked clarity. For engineers who just need PDH credits the information presented should be more concise with some simple and clear problem samples.
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I am used to the given data being BELOW the stated question and therefore used the wrong data for the first few calculation questions before I realized my error. When I printed the test the lines in between the questions did not print and it was not until I logged back in to take the test that I saw the lines. If they had printed it would have saved me A LOT of time. I definitely earned at least four hours and a little more on this one through my own error though, but it was a good course for those rusty at designing infiltration ponds.
SunCam Response: We have added clarification to both the test and the test worksheet.
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The course made you think and do examples which made it a real learning experience.
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Excellent Course
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good refresher course for someone who doesn't do this every day
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The course was very refreshing and well presented. Easy to follow with good coverage.
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Stormwater Retention Pond Recovery Analysis
It would be beneficial to provide test scores, and correct answers for any missed questions. After all, these courses are for our education.
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The Course was very informative and the problems in the test will make think.
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Would like to see solutions to the test questions after passing the test in case I missed something.
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