IF PARIS CAN CLEAN UP THE SEINE WE CAN CLEAN UP THE BIG POO
I found this story amazing (imagine what you can do when you spend actual money on cleaning up the problem);
But now clean up efforts, which started in 2018 as part of what is known as the “Swimming Plan,” are coming to fruition, and local authorities say residents will be able to make use of the river once again as part of the legacy of the Olympics, which is returning to the French capital after 100 years.
They cleaned up the river in 4 years!
Two disinfection units at wastewater treatment plants run by the Paris region public sanitation service will be operational from this summer, and structures that will help to improve water quality, such as a rainwater storage basin, are under construction.
The basin will hold rainwater and gradually release it into the sewage network, preventing pollution when wastewater overflows during periods of rain.
These basins would obviously have to be upstream from Sioux Falls, but we could build a filtration damn in Sioux Falls that would actually help with water flow of the Big Sioux. I heard an estimate several years ago of $75 million (probably closer to $150 million now).
I know a lot of people make fun of the French, but if it wasn’t for them we all would be drinking tea and eating Spotted Dick.
THE LEVITT CAMPGROUND HAS OFFICIALLY OPENED FOR SUMMER!
I like to go for nightly bike rides around 8-10 PM Downtown. Last night as I was riding thru Levitt and I saw two separate couples sleeping within 50 feet of each other with blankies on the Levitt Lawn. But Monday night was a real laugher as I saw two private security officers with heaters in their hands (who are supposed to be stationed at Shriver Square) yelling at the homeless who were sitting on a tree bench in front of Oshima. As they were instructing them to leave, one of the fellas says, ‘This is public property we can be here.‘ I had to laugh that a homeless inebriated person knows their civil rights better than the rent-a-cop. We are NOT going to fix the homeless problem downtown overnight, but I am not sure we are approaching this the right way.
UPDATE: Yes, that is a guy passed out on 14th street. Not sure what is going on, but it was an interesting scene.
GET YOUR MANURE FITNESS ON!
The mayor is hosting this event tomorrow, and I am wondering who the poor schmuck will be that has to power wash all the goose crap off the sidewalk and around the fitness park before the event? I love this new park, but the only time you can get a real workout is before 7 AM because after that the kids seem to think it is a playground, even though they have a wonderful play set just to the south of the fitness pad. Great edition, the only other critique I would have is that a cover, even something linen like at the DTSF dog park, be put over the pad for shade. Just make sure you show up early so you are not tripping over toddlers to get to the stair stepper.
100 DAY CHALLENGE IS COMING TO A CLOSE
I believe the final day is July 31st. I put myself to the challenge this year and I am averaging 14 miles per day with 1,331 miles as of yesterday. About 10% was stair stepper, 25% regular bike and the rest E2 on low setting with NO throttle assist (I do not count throttle miles in the challenge). Since the E2 threats from the SFPD I have NOT ridden on the trail with my E2 which has given me a great opportunity to explore residential routes. A great one is if you take 4th Avenue and 26th from Mckennan Park going South to 33rd which takes you all the way to 41st street. Even at 4:30 PM I see very few cars. I know the city is trying to setup residential routes, but I would encourage commuters to avoid all primary and secondary arterials and ride on residential. I can count the number of cars I encounter on one hand and you can cruise along at a safe 15 MPH.
RENEWABLE ENERGY IN SOUTH DAKOTA IS NOT AT 80%, ALL OF THE TIME
I had a chance encounter last week with an engineer operator from a major energy company in South Dakota, he told me he works at the plant near Sioux Falls and the generators run on Natural Gas. I asked him about the 80% claim. He said that it is NOT wrong, but out of context. He told me that when Hydro, Solar and Wind are at max capacity they supply 80% of the power, the problem is the wind isn’t always blowing, the water isn’t always flowing and well solar doesn’t work real well at night. He said that the yearly average is closer to 45%. He said the advantage of Natural Gas generation is that you can switch it on and have it operational within hours.
It’s impossible to clean up the Sioux River. It’s fertilizer runoff from agricultural land. Smithfield should be commended for trying cleanup. The River around the city has a bypass. Not much pollution is added from the city.
The Levitt and falls area is an unofficial campground. Transients and trash will only get worse. The geese live here too. They don’t pay taxes and are messy.
We’re fortunate to have wind, solar, and natural gas power transmission. It’s primarily private. US coastal population centers are federal (DOE) that’s coal, nuke, and dam generation. Federal is nearly obsolete infrastructure. We don’t have rolling blackouts like for federal. There’s also redundancy. Systems are separate and smaller such that one operation can assist another and computer hackers can be readily overcome.
We are fortunate because of where we live. There’s global warming but not so severe. We’re not a victim of rising ocean and severe temperature. Tornados are East and southeast now. We get enough rain and there’s no forest fires. There’s no earthquakes and we sit on the biggest underground aquifer in the world.
We’ve realized major population influx. Stop telling everyone. What must be fixed and soon is there must be a return to democracy from authoritarian government.
there is someone on 3rd ave about 15th/16th area who feeds ducks cornmeal on the buolevard i seen about 20 mallards up there early in the morning is this legal
I find myself in the rare situation of completely agreeing with D@ily.
The river greenway cleaning is so Jeff’s buildings have a higher appraised value and he didn’t need to spend any of his money to build them.
Hmmm. Isn’t that what NY state just charged Trump with? OH MY!