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SUMMARY:Matt Magruder Colloquia
DESCRIPTION:Environmental Research Manager\, MMSD \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) manages a service area of 423 square miles. Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is an important component of MMSD’s wet-weather management\, helping reduce peak inflows that contribute to combined sewer overflow (CSO)\, separate sewer overflow (SSO)\, and flooding.  MMSD\, seeking to optimize GSI investments\, had numerous questions about GSI effectiveness\, including quantifying the effect of existing GSI\, identifying where additional GSI deployment would make the greatest impact\, quantifying performance impacts of additional GSI development\, and exploring how climate change may impact system performance and the effectiveness of GSI.  As part of MMSD and Marquette University’s collaborative WaterCare research program\, MMSD\, Marquette\, and Confluency teamed together to investigate these questions. A multi-pronged approach was defined to investigate the feasibility\, impact\, and resilience of climate infrastructure. These distinct but related analytical approaches are: \n\n\n\n\nMulti-Factor Geospatial GSI Prioritization\n\n\n\nHydraulic Analysis of GSI Alternatives\n\n\n\nClimate Resilience Analysis\n\n\n\n\nMulti-Factor Geospatial GSI Prioritization: Over 40 data layers were analyzed to score benefits within five categories: Hydraulic\, Geographic\, Feasibility\, Socioeconomic\, and Biodiversity.  A python-based geoprocessing tool was developed to automate the intersection and summary of data layers at the subcatchment scale. A benefit weighting approach was used to create several distinct prioritization scenarios\, and an ArcGIS Online dashboard was developed to visualize GSI prioritization under different scenarios (Figure 1). Key aspects of the GIS prioritization tool include: \n\n\n\n\nAbility of MMSD staff to re-run independently\n\n\n\nInclusion of hydraulic impacts from thousands of hydraulic simulations\n\n\n\nInclusion of climate change resilience metrics\n\n\n\nUse of agile methods to iterate rapidly and affordably towards MMSD objectives.\n\n\n\n\nHydraulic Analysis: The impacts of GSI differ based on system type\, and hydraulic capacity of the sewer system. MMSD’s system already manages over 98% of wet-weather runoff.  A composite wet-weather benefit metric was developed that weights benefits based on reduced CSO\, SSO\, tunnel inflow\, and flow to the treatment plant. GSI planning areas were grouped into 53 distinct groups across the service area. Impervious area was reduced by 20% and 40% within the GSI planning area to simulate the impact of inflow reduction in a type-agnostic manner. 12 individual storms were evaluated using event-based simulation\, and the full 2014 rainfall was evaluated to understand continuous impacts. Aggregate GI scenarios were then defined to evaluate the impact of grouped high-performing areas in aggregate. \n\n\n\nClimate Resilience: Statistically downscaled climate data was obtained from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) – these datasets included spatially varying rainfall across the service area across a roughly 12 year period. Temperature and precipitation for the 12 historical events were updated based on conditions in 28 distinct general circulation models (GCMs)\, 3 shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs)\, for mid-century and end-of century. GCMs were screened based on equilibrium sensitivity to define a reduced set of 10 GCMs. Each event was simulated under each climate scenario for 9 distinct GSI prioritization scenarios.  Figure 2 shows the change in CSO versus precipitation across the suite of climate scenarios evaluated. Figure 3 shows the variability in climate change impacts on rainfall\, CSO\, and SSO\, across SSP conditions. A climate change robustness metric was developed to quantify a GSI scenario’s ability to offset adverse hydraulic impacts from future climate scenarios\, and incorporated as a layer in the multi-factor GSI prioritization tool.  Inclusion of a climate resilience metric is a way of including robustness to potential adverse impacts from climate change as one consideration\, among many\, for identifying GSI implementation areas that provide the most benefit across a range of uncertain climate futures. \n\n\n\nOutcome: The multi-pronged GSI planning process\, including the utility facing prioritization dashboard\, has provided an improved ability for MMSD to discuss GSI investment needs\, identify high-impact locations where GSI would provide greatest benefit\, and balance longer-range considerations such as the potential to buffer adverse impacts of climate change. Integration of large-scale automated simulation approaches\, together with downscaled climate data\, provided novel datasets for a more comprehensive quantification of hydraulic impact and climate resilience. The agile delivery approach of the planning tool helped MMSD input and feedback be incorporated into the utility dashboard\, and enable self-service updates and re-runs as additional and/or newer datasets become available or scoring priorities evolve.
URL:https://uwm.edu/geosciences/event/matt-magruder-colloquia/
LOCATION:Lapham Hall Room N103\, 3209 North Maryland Ave.\, Milwaukee\, WA\, 53201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Michelle Thaller Colloquia
DESCRIPTION:Assistant Director of Science Communication (retired) NASA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew Discoveries\, New Connections \n\n\n\nNew Discoveries\, New Connections: \n\n\n\nWhile so many people think of astronomy as the study of distant objects with no real meaning in our daily lives\, that idea couldn’t be further from the truth. With new observations from our telescopes and planetary spacecraft\, we are uncovering the story of ourselves.  Come with us to find out how the universe is coursing through your veins\, wound up in your DNA\, and why your next breath is literally as vast as a galaxy.
URL:https://uwm.edu/geosciences/event/michelle-thaller-colloquia/
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SUMMARY:Jiyan Hatami Colloquia
DESCRIPTION:Geoscientists are increasingly needed for solving the problems of tomorrow\, but what if you do not want to work in extractive industries (i.e. mining or oil and gas)? Environmental consulting is a growing field of scientists working to minimize the impacts of industrial/commercial processes that have had an adverse impact on the communities they serve. Environmental consultants bridge the gap between industry and the public sector\, ensuring that investigation and remediation of environmental impacts are conducted to industry standards\, regardless of their client. Consultants also serve a key role in reshaping underserved communities that have been left behind following decades of deindustrialization in the United States\, specifically in the Midwest. By combining hydrogeology\, engineering\, and urban planning expertise\, consultants help communities leverage their former industrial/commercial properties into revitalized downtowns\, riverfronts\, and more. This talk aims to describe what an environmental consultant does and offer tips on navigating your early career\, as told by an early career professional with 3 years of consulting experience. 
URL:https://uwm.edu/geosciences/event/jiyan-hatami-colloquia/
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