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Committee discusses renewable backup for water treatment and hydrogen storage options
Summary
At an unspecified committee meeting, members discussed designing the city's water/wastewater treatment projects to include renewable backup generation, hydrogen production and storage, grant prospects, and technical sizing and safety for tanks and fuel cells.
Speaker 2 and Speaker 1 met to review design priorities for a proposed water and wastewater treatment project and to consider options for renewable backup power and hydrogen storage. Speaker 2 pushed for integrating renewable backup into the treatment design, saying the committee should "fold in" backup generation as part of the build. Speaker 1 said the city is applying for technical-assistance support and that "there's money in the budget for the design, so they know that," but progress depends on whether the council will authorize the city to take on debt in a May ballot measure so it can use DEQ SRF loan programs with principal forgiveness.
Why it matters: committee members said backup generation and hydrogen storage could let municipal facilities keep running during extended outages and possibly produce…
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