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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They already do, but… California aqueducts actually *consume* more energy than it creates. Anything created by the water’s potential energy via hydroelectric plants go right into pumping that water up slopes (**i.e:** Tehachapi Mountains).

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