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New CIRIA guidance Siphons in dams – design, installation, operation, management and testing (C813), explores the design and installation of retrofitted siphons at reservoirs. Join our upcoming webinar to learn more about this new guidance and gain valuable insights from key representatives of UK water utilities, consultancies, and the guide's authors. www.ciria.org/siphons #Siphons #EnvironmentalEngineering

Well interference reimbursement fund reopening Jan. 29 The Minnesota Legislature appropriated $300,000 to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) during the 2022 legislative session to reimburse expenses paid by domestic well owners, water suppliers and high-capacity appropriators to restore a water supply due to well interference during the 2021 drought. After an initial round of reimbursements in 2023, the fund still has just under $90,000. The DNR is reopening the reimbursement application window January 29 and closing it at 4:30 p.m. April 1, 2024.   Eligible costs for restoring a water supply due to a well interference must have occurred between May 1, 2021 and December 30, 2021. Applicants will be required to complete an application form, an IRS W-9 form, and include receipts of the costs incurred. Send email applications and the other required documentation to the DNR at droughtwellfund.dnr@state.mn.us. While the application period is open until 4:30 p.m. April 1, we encourage application submissions for eligible expenses as soon as possible. The application form and additional information about the well interference reimbursement funds is available on the DNR website: https://lnkd.in/gEckx5qy

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Jason making it easy to understand what happened in Alberta this week. Springtime load shedding is something that is on the minds of many as we move to increased variable resources. Dispatchable plants need extended outages in spring and fall to deliver higher reliability during winter and summer peak periods. Variable resources are able to provide a lot of energy on an annual basis but there are hours where they provide little energy. That is a challenge for a system like electricity that needs to match supply and demand every minute at 60 or 50 hz. It is an even bigger challenge when dispatchable units are on maintenance overhauls. Jason highlights even more nuance in his post. High renewables during low demand periods results in many dispatchable plants coming offline for economic reasons. Depending on the technology these units may take several hours to turn back on. Sounds like this was also a contributing factor to the Alberta load shedding on Friday. Anyways highly recommend reading Jason’s summary and watching the AESO’s media brief.

Apr 5, 2024 Alberta Supply Shortfall Event – The Facts The AESO held a media briefing yesterday to explain the Apr 5th supply shortfall event and subsequent controlled load shedding. Here is a link to my summary, but I encourage everyone to listen to the AESO's explanation to understand the event for themselves. https://lnkd.in/ghuThPFa AESO media briefing on Apr 5th supply shortfall event: https://lnkd.in/gTTBzwfe

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Well another Texas failure, brought to you by Abbott! So doesn't Texas incorporate fees into well permits to cover the plugging of wells at a later date? Why is it they are relying on the Federal Gov to provide funds to execute this process? Sure seems like mismanagement again from our elected officials. Please call out the bad performance of the Railroad Commission and the PUC. #puc #rrc #abandonedwells #mismanagement #abbott #environmental #wellpermitfees

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