Minutes from the December 9th Land and Water SWATeam meeting:
In this meeting, possible recommendation ideas were discussed.
Minutes from the December 9th Land and Water SWATeam meeting:
In this meeting, possible recommendation ideas were discussed.
Attached are the charge letters sent to each of the SWATeam members with the iWG copied, on September 16 by iSEE interim director, Dr. Madhu Khanna.
The Land & Water SWATeam is a newly established team that covers the majority of the objectives for the former ALUFS and WSW SWATeams, with the exception of the Food objective. This group will focus on land use, agriculture on campus, carbon sequestration, water, and stormwater issues outlined in the Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP). The goals for the group include conserving potable water, sustainably handling stormwater, and reducing emissions from on-campus agriculture and land use.
This team focuses on the 2015 iCAP objectives for Chapter 5 and Chapter 7, including:
5.4 Inventory and benchmark campus’ existing landscape performance by FY17
5.6 Investigate the water quality impacts of stormwater runoff and potential ways to reduce stormwater pollutant discharges by FY187.1 Perform a comprehensive assessment of GHG emissions from agricultural operations, and develop a plan to reduce them, by the end of FY16
7.3 Incorporate sustainability principles more fully into the Campus Master Plan.
7.6 Reduce nitrates in agricultural runoff and subsurface drainage by 50% from the FY15 baseline by FY22