Published 14 October 2026 · Source-linked research prepared with AI assistance. Proposed services require an agreed scope and qualified delivery team.
What this register establishes
The sources document existing needs, technologies, programs and assessment methods. They do not establish buyer demand for Weatherhill, delivery capacity, project selection or a validated readiness score. Funding status is dated 14 October 2026 and must be refreshed before a proposal.
What changed after review
- Port economics: use the buyer’s own disruption data; do not turn an unattributed hourly-loss headline into ROI.
- Road safety: preserve study dates and comparison limits; weather-responsive operations are different from fog removal.
- Funding: PIDP and PROTECT rounds discussed here are closed. Selected SPARK projects are subject to agreements.
- Cooling: historical alternative-treatment savings are not Weatherhill results; begin with a site-specific balance.
- Readiness: an address or hazard percentile cannot establish a facility’s demonstrated capabilities.
Research and services have different gates
Weatherhill’s fog and atmospheric-water research continues separately from these proposed paid studies. Observation, assessment and maintenance evidence can create value before an intervention is proven. An intervention field trial still needs a method-specific technical, legal and operating review. No page here claims regulatory approval, customer deployment or an agency endorsement.
Sources & further reading
- GSA Safeguarding Assets ↗Facility, equipment, communications and transport dependencies as mission risks.
- CISA Resilience Services ↗Existing voluntary security and resilience assessments and Infrastructure Survey Tool.
- Acquisition.gov threshold effective dates and FAR Part 13 ↗General federal $15k MPT/$350k SAT from October 1, 2025; procurement conditions and no artificial splitting.
- FHWA EDC News: Weather-Responsive Management Strategies ↗I-77 roughly $7.5M, 12 miles, nearly 75% fewer low-visibility crashes; 2013–2022 fatal-crash weather context.
- USDOT FHWA Weather Data Environment catalog ↗Existing road-weather data collection, quality checks and archive.
- Grants.gov PROTECT FY2024–2026 opportunity 363732 ↗$787M; October 9, 2026 deadline; closed as of research date.
- NOAA PORTS: Keeping Maritime Commerce Moving ↗Existing public-private observations program includes visibility; tailored to local sponsors.
- NOAA Galveston Bay visibility observations advisory ↗Point visibility cannot establish region-wide conditions; patchy or distant fog may be missed.
- MARAD FY2026 PIDP Frequently Asked Questions ↗$450M plus $38.628M; June 1, 2026 deadline; eligible project categories.
- Senate Commerce: FOG Forecasting Act introduction ↗Fog problem and proposed observations/modeling; contains unsubstantiated $100M/hour assertion.
- NOAA NCEI Event Footprint Catalog ↗Radar-derived hail footprints at about 1 km; data-source and latency limitations.
- Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK) ↗Current page checked 2026-10-14. Closed application phase. Expected awards are not proof that individual agreements have executed.
- Selected Applications for DE-FOA-0003580 (SPARK) ↗September 2026. Application summaries are subject to change until financial-assistance agreements are finalized. They identify prospective project partners, not current subcontract availability.
- AWT: GSA Evaluations ↗Page updated 2026-09-14; underlying evaluations historical. The web page also contains old forward-looking evaluation dates. Prefer the dated underlying report when describing results. Does not predict another site's savings.
- Best Management Practice #10: Cooling Tower Management ↗Current guidance checked 2026-10-14. The cycles example assumes suitable water chemistry and operation. Never recommend a higher setpoint solely from a calculator; water-treatment specialists must establish safe operating conditions.
- Energy and Project Procurement Development Services ↗Current page checked 2026-10-14. A procurement channel, not a funding commitment. The recommendation to sell a bounded subcontract to an incumbent is Weatherhill's commercial inference.
- GSA Guidance—Alternative Water Treatment Systems for Cooling Towers ↗January 2020. Historical study costs, not current vendor quotes or generic market prices. Test-site metering differed; some baseline measures and most chiller-energy savings were not measured. Chemistry, maintenance, energy consumption, rates and location affect economics.
- Hail Damage Mitigation for PV Systems ↗Current guidance checked 2026-10-14. Use OEM-approved procedures and qualified electrical/solar professionals. Do not prescribe one stow angle for all plants, operate trackers, certify hail resistance or promise avoided losses.
- NX Horizon Hail Pro ↗Current vendor page checked 2026-10-14. Use to document competition and capabilities offered, not independent validation of damage-reduction marketing claims.
- Cooling Water Efficiency Opportunities for Federal Data Centers ↗Current guidance checked 2026-10-14; historical technical resource. Do not assume every data center consumes large cooling-water volumes or that liquid cooling eliminates water use. Specify measurement boundary, cooling architecture, load and climate. WUE is an efficiency metric, not a readiness rating.
- Measurement and Verification for Federal Energy Savings Performance Contracts ↗Current guidance checked 2026-10-14. Not all projects need a large measurement campaign. Tie any Weatherhill service to the contractual M&V scope and accepted reviewer responsibilities.
- GAO — Disaster Risk Improvements Needed to Enhance FEMA’s National Risk Index ↗10 September 2026. Recent findings on use guidance, sensitivity analysis, user feedback, and NRI migration to RAPT.
- FEMA — National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20 ↗December 2025. Technical sections on expected annual loss and percentile scores, reviewed through indexed extracts.
- NIST — Community Resilience Planning Guide A Playbook ↗Guide and current planning resources. Recovery targets tied to community functions and supporting infrastructure.
- Gerst Dillard and Loerzel via NIST — Methodological recommendations for content validation of community resilience indicators ↗2025. Research abstract supporting structured expert judgment alongside literature and empirical testing.
- NOAA NCEI — Global Hourly Integrated Surface Database ↗Current product documentation. Visibility and other observations, quality control, and gaps in station histories.
- CMS — Core Emergency Preparedness Rule Elements ↗Current guidance page. Four broad preparedness elements; specific provider obligations require current detailed guidance.
- Exposure Watch — Public product website ↗Reviewed 14 October 2026. Facility monitoring, source-cited observations, evidence history, and current health-care positioning. Public claims, not a backend audit.