Browsing by Author "Culver, Tim"

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    Rosemount Climate Action Plan
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2015) Johnson, Brittany; Culver, Tim; Hauschild, Justin
    This project was completed as part of a year-long partnership between the City of Rosemount and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). As more extreme weather incidents have ravaged the United States in recent years, many local governments are taking a closer look at just how resilient their communities are to the changing global climate. The goal of this project was to create a climate adaptation plan aimed at strengthening resilience to climatic impacts on built, natural, economic, and social systems. In collaboration with city project lead Jason Lindahl, a planner for the City of Rosemount, a team of students in LAW 7012: Environmental Sustainability: Land Use and Water Policy studied the experiences of geographically similar communities, analyzed climate models at the state and local levels, and created a climate action plan for the City of Rosemount focused on seven distinct categories of resiliency strategies, including transportation, infrastructure, natural systems, water quality, and agricultural and food systems. A final report and presentation from the project are available.
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    Water Reclamation in Rosemount and Analysis of Minnesota Plumbing Code
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2015) Johnson, Brittany; Culver, Tim; Hauschild, Justin
    This project was completed as part of a year-long partnership between the City of Rosemount and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). Minnesota may be a water-rich state, but protecting one of the state’s most valuable resources is a critical part of making local communities sustainable and resilient in the face of growing populations and a changing global climate. The idea of water reuse is especially salient for Rosemount because the city lies along a large pipeline that transports treated wastewater from the entire southeast metro area from a nearby municipal treatment plant to the Mississippi River, where it is discharged. The goal of this project was to investigate the feasibility of reusing storm water or treated effluent for irrigation, industrial applications, or other uses in the City of Rosemount. In collaboration with city project lead Andy Brotzler, Public Works Director for the City of Rosemount, a team of students in LAW 7012: Environmental Sustainability: Land Use and Water Policy helped the City navigate the legal aspects of a potential large-scale water reuse system in Rosemount, provided projections on the direction of State plumbing code action, and made recommendations for the City with respect to any plumbing code modification that may be required for a local water reuse project. A final report and presentation from the project are available.