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2  Hydropower is “electricity [or work] generated using the energy of moving water (National Geographic).”

3 http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00RKVTjIUGJfcd/Pelton- Hydro-Turbines.jpg

4  The Ancient Greeks used water wheels to grind wheat into flower.  The street lamps in the city of Niagara Falls were powered by the waterfall in 1881.

5  China has one of the world’s largest hydro plants at the Three Gorges on the Yangste River.  Grand Coulee Dam in the United States.

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8  Renewable resource.  Doesn’t release pollutants into the air.  Reduce the vulnerability to floods and droughts.

9 http://econews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Poland- Power-Plant-Coal-pollution3.jpg

10  Dams disrupt and destroy surrounding sites.  Building and the upkeep of dams are expensive.  Wildlife could be harmed.

11 http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/images/Jonquie re%20dam.jpg

12  Shouldn’t use it.  Only have a lake.  Not a reliable source.  Still water not useful.

13  It would not be beneficial.  Not worth the cost.

14 http://www.texasescapes.com/Lakes/Images/WrightPatmanLakeT exas1107SReveley4.jpg

15  Any questions, comments or concerns?


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