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Battle Over Dams - Links to stories in the Tri-City Herald about the controversy surrounding the possible breaching of the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite dams on the Lower Snake River in Washington State.
Bujagali Hydro Project - Official website for a proposed hydroelectric facility to be located on the Victoria Nile in Uganda. Project information, environmental impact assessment, FAQs and related information.
Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Program - General information including the history of hydropower development, a glossary of terms, and major producers.
California Hydropower Reform Coalition - Conservation and community organizations working to reduce the impacts of FERC licensed hydropower projects on the rivers of California. Contains relicensing resources.
Dam-Reservoir Impact & Information Archive: DRIIA - Information on dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects, their impacts, and related links.
Electricity from Hydropower - Describes small-scale hydroelectric technology (portable to 15 kilowatts, stationary from 50 kilowatts to 5 megawatts) utilizing new high efficiency (84%) cross-flow turbines, available from FINESA, Inc., Prague, Czech Republic.
Emerson Falls Hydro Inc. - Located on the grounds of an old federal fish hatchery in Vermont. Describes the generating station's history, the equipment used, impacts to the environment, and contributions to the local economy. Includes a 360-degree online tour.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Hydropower - U.S. regulatory agency for hydropower. Includes project specific license information and a comprehensive overview of federal policies and procedures for hydro licensing.
Federal Power Act - Statutory framework for the U.S. regulation of the construction, operation, and maintenance of dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, and transmission lines related to the utilization of water resources.
Frequently Asked Questions - Hydro Electric - Basic questions and answers about small systems provided by Jade Mountain Inc.
Hydro Information Systems Turbnpro Version 3 Software - Software for the selection of hydroelectric turbines. Determines preferred turbine size, type, and arrangement from site data. Predicts the performance and energy production for the site.
HydroElectric.com - Online news service dedicated to hydroelectric power.
Hydropower - MIT class project report which includes history from the water wheel to the current state of technology, case studies of the Hoover Dam and the Tennessee Valley Authority,and a bibliography.
Hydropower Reform Coalition - Federal, state, and local conservation and recreation organizations working to reform policies and achieve improvements to rivers altered by dams with resources for citizen participation in the relicensing process.
Hydropower in Hawaii - Role of hydroelectric generation in Hawaii, including descriptions of specific facilities, facts, and links.
Industrial Screen Products - Product and contact information for manufacturer of wire fish screens that prevent entrainment, injury, or death of targeted aquatic species by physically stopping fish from entering a water intake.
International Centre for Hydropower - ICH promotes the development and utilization of hydroelectric power resources through education and training, project development, energy conservation and courses and seminars in environmental management.
International Small-Hydro Atlas - Technological and regulatory information related to project development, including project sites, organizations, contacts, literature, assessment tools and methodologies,opportunities for research and development, and financing guidelines.
Laboratory Studies of the Effects of Pressure and Dissolved Gas Super Saturation on Turbine-Passed Fish - Test design by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to assess how changes in water pressure and dissolved gas concentrations can affect the survival of fish passing downstream through turbines or tailwater environments at hydroelectric dams.
Laboratory Studies on the Effects of Shear on Fish - United States Department of Energy report.
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