SolarBee project has (finally) come to an end

But don't expect the Jordan Lake Rules to be implemented just yet:

In a press release Thursday afternoon, the Department of Environmental Quality announced it will end the project after data tracked since the devices were activated "indicated no significant improvement in water quality."

"I appreciate the work our staff has done over the last two years to evaluate the potential of the SolarBee technology to improve water quality at Jordan Lake," DEQ Secretary Donald van der Vaart said in the release. "I'm discontinuing the SolarBee project after reviewing nearly two years of scientific data that show it will not yield the intended results."

If by "intended results" you mean any results at all, then yes, that is an accurate statement. Poor van der Vaart probably risked an embolism admitting that much. As to the timeline on actually doing something that could improve the water quality of Jordan Lake, we're looking at two more years of delay:

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