Why can’t we install small water turbines in California’s expansive aqueduct system?

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Why can’t we install small water turbines in California’s expansive aqueduct system?

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Energy pulled out of the water is energy that isn’t available to get the water wherever it is going.

If you don’t particularly care about the water getting downstream, hydro is “free” energy. But in an aqueduct system we do care about getting the water to its destination.

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