US with four recommendations for Weyman, under Washington's deal

The U.S. Embassy has published the final report of the U.S. Department of Energy for Water Management of Weyman Lake, under one of the pledges of the September 4th agreement, signed by former Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti at the White House. This report issues four recommendations to improve system security. [...]
This report issues four recommendations to improve the security of the Weyman water supply system:
- Water infrastructure upgrade. Implementation of the World Bank recommendations for repair, maintenance and update of the Iber-Lepenci Canal, including Mihalici's reservoir, to reinforce the safety of the water supply system and water safety in the region.
- To implement the monitoring control system and access to (SCADA) data in the Wyman hydropower plant to increase the power plant's revenues and to further support load balance. Using SCDA systems, improve the water and electricity infrastructure in the Wyman system. Connecting obtained data and controls to the KO power management system STT, opportunities for COSTT to balance the load and manage regional electricity prices will be provided. For the Gazivoda/Wyman hydropower plant, projections for energy requirements would raise revenues, planning water energy operations when prices are high. Operating agreements are necessary. SCADA data can also be used to inform energy system models planning and to help identify the necessary investments in infrastructure needed to provide more economic operational services, including increased flexibility needed to integrate renewable energy.
- Implementation of a river commission and service assessment. To form a Iber River commission that would support regional operations and co-ordinate river operations. A river commission would support discussions between the parties on the possibility of water resources management, including the party's holding of shares to directly influence water supply and river services for both sides. For this, the US has said it has revised nine cross-border river agreements in Europe. According to the US, none of these European agreements covers the regional challenges of the Iber River. For that, it has proposed a technical co-ordination as it does on the Columbia River, according to the Treaty between the United States and Canada.
- Improve the predictability of water supply.
The Weyman system seems to play a role similar to the Grand Coulet Dam in the Columbia River in the northwest Pacific in the United States as far as its contribution to the water supply system during seasons, and water energy and also for flood control services all based on a combination of seasonal and short-term flow projections, all based on a combination of seasonal and short-term flows. We propose that Serbia and Kosovo explore the value of seasonal flows and flow of projections, which are products of the European Commission's available projections in the Balkan region, to improve the planning of operations in the Weyman system, it says, among other things.












