Professional Documents
Culture Documents
William Arnold
Civil, Environmental, and Geo-
Engineering
University of Minnesota
Acknowledgments/Crowd Sourcing
UMN, CEGE
John Gulliver
Paige Novak
Tim LaPara
Ray Hozalski
Paul Capel
UMN, SWAC
Population Growth & Land Use Climate Change
Water Water
Quantity quality
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What’s in the water?
• Pharmaceuticals, estrogens,
pesticides (CECs)
• Nutrients
• Chloride
• Viruses
• Bacteria
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Declining levels (overuse,
climate, lack of recharge)
Watershed/Surface Waters
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Manure management
• Bacteria
• CECs
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Erosion
• Land use, climate
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Mining
• Metals, sulfide
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Effects of urbanization
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Stormwater control
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Other decisions may affect water….
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How much water is needed?
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What chemicals/nutrients are
applied?
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Do bioactive compounds leach
from live plants?
Change is coming Innovation is needed
•
Business as usual will stress •
Virus/bacterial monitoring &
• Sustainable water quantity treatment
• Sustainable water quality
•
Chemical design, marketing,
regulation
• Human well being
•
Treatment technologies
• Environmental welfare
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Water management (and
• Agriculture treatment) strategies
• Industrial productivity/profits •
Recharge groundwater?
• Impacts of climate change
•
reuse
•
Infrastructure rehabilitation
and upgrades