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A presentation made by UCC's Student Managed Fund to members of Goodbody Stockbrokers recommending an investment in Dow Chemical Corporation. (November 2016)
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The document outlines plans for several initiatives to support Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) partnerships, including:
1) Mentoring and capacity building on topics like data, monitoring, modeling, and project proposals.
2) Engaging key stakeholders like water companies, local authorities, and businesses through targeted workshops and guidance.
3) Driving natural flood risk management and showcasing examples like partnerships in the Soar catchment.
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The document discusses strategies for increasing ROI in an Adopt-A-Program. It identifies problems such as groups not submitting statistics or completing cleanups. Intervention strategies included developing a new website for statistics submission, using Constant Contact to improve communication, and retraining adopters. The strategies improved performance metrics like cleanups completed and economic impact from 2015 to 2016 projections. The presentation emphasizes that statistics are only one part of success and real goals are gaining trust and community connections.
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• Rochelle Prunty, General Manager, River Valley Co-op
• Zach Stevens, General Manager, Rutland Area Food Co-op
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Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
CARE CA Program Carpet Recycling Trends and Plan Update
1. 2016 Pathway
to a New Plan
California Resource Recovery Association – Annual Conference
Brennen Jensen, CA Program Manager
California Carpet Stewardship Program
August 9, 2016
12. Meaningful Improvement
• New technologies and tools like the economic model
• Posi6oning the Program for success
• 2nd Half of 2016 expected pounds and 2017 projections
• Promise substan6al growth as a result of the new incen6ves
• Novel technologies and the expansion of existing products
• Building market penetra6on
• Markets are improving, and new technology and product
development are reaching implementation
15. Stakeholder Input
Workshop 5-year Planning
• 18 Council Members, representing variety of stakeholders
• Provide input to inform development of new 5-year Plan
Council Formation
23. Plan Pathway
FEB -JUNE
Economic
Modeling
Fund
Balance
Modeling
Pounds
Projections &
Likelihood
Final Plan
Submission
SPC/SFOC
Decisions &
Selections
Plan Build Out – Strategies and Tactics – Document Preparation à OCT
Scenario
Analysis &
Refinement
SPC/SFOC
Final Reviews
& Approvals
Mar 8th & 10th
Workshops
Stakeholder Engagement
Idea Generation & Prioritization
Feb Mar, Apr, Jun
Council Meetings