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Water Utility Hydroelectric Power Development
Author(s) -
Lauten John H.,
Balcerzak Richard W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1976.tb02503.x
Subject(s) - hydroelectricity , hydro power , lift (data mining) , environmental science , electricity generation , water resource management , current (fluid) , water pressure , power (physics) , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , civil engineering , engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , geotechnical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , data mining
The Colorado River and California aqueducts require large amounts of power to lift the water over intervening mountains. Replacing pressure reducing valves with power generation facilities, at current oil prices, is economically attractive, but regulatory problems need to be solved, and package generation facilities need to be designed.