The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, will also mark the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in the Theodore Roosevelt National Park near Medora, North Dakota. The location of the library museum, honors both Roosevelt’s personal connection to the Badlands, where he came to grieve the deaths of his wife and mother who passed away on the same day, and his conservation actions as President of establishing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, and 5 national parks. The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is being constructed in the restored grasslands once walked by Roosevelt and includes various conservation projects like the Native Plant Project which restores indigenous plants to outdoor spaces.
The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library has been designed to meet the Living Building Challenge. Developed by the International Living Future Institute, the Living Building Challenge is a philosophy, certification, and advocacy tool for projects to move beyond standard sustainability parameters to become truly regenerative and is widely seen as a more ambitious and holistic approach than other certification paths. This challenge is organized around seven petals on a flower, one of which is water. The intent of the Water Petal is to realign how people value water; to address the energy and chemicals involved in transporting, purifying and pumping water; and to redefine “wastewater” as a precious nutrient and resource.
Innovatreat® is honored to be selected to provide our award-winning miniMBR® wastewater treatment and water reuse system for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Our systems design and performance are perfectly suited to the Living Building Challenge guidelines with novel, low-energy design, sustainable materials of construction, and high-purity effluent which will be utilized within the building for non-potable reuse such as toilet flushing as well as recharging the adjacent natural hydrology with clean water. A network of underground tanks supporting the treatment system were installed in 2024 with the miniMBR® equipment being delivered in June 2025 for installation and commissioning ahead of the grand opening July 4, 2026.
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