The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $658,092 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program to the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD). The funds will be used to upgrade two existing manual river gates located on the Dawson County Canal with new automated gates that will integrate with NPPD's existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. This project is expected to result in annual water savings of 714 acre-feet, which will remain in the river and storage systems to provide more water to power NPPD's neighboring hydropower plants, generating an additional 162,033 kilowatt hours of renewable energy annually. The project will improve operational efficiency and water management across NPPD's integrated electric utility system serving over 530,000 Nebraskans. The grant was awarded on February 10, 2025, with a targeted completion date of June 30, 2026.
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