Energy from Water

A Washington treatment plant conducts testing on a hydroturbine that creates electricity from a chlorine contact basin outfall
Energy from Water
Hydrovolts technicians install Version 2 of the low-head hydroturbinegenerator in the chlorine contact basin’s 10-foot-deep outfall. The stainless steel chute funnels water directly onto the blades.

The South Kitsap Water Reclamation Facility in Port Orchard, Wash., doubles as an energy test site for a company pioneering a new kind of hydropower technology.

Facility manager John Poppe wondered whether it would ever be feasible to generate a little hydropower from the water...

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