Blog #5: The Importance of Water



Hydroelectric Power: 

By: Avery Bohon 


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 We get many things from water and one of the most important is electricity. Hydroelectric and coal-fired power plants produce electricity in a similar way. A hydroelectric plants uses falling water to turn the turbine, which then turns the metal shaft in an electric generator. The building of dams also play a huge part in providing electricity. The dam stores lots of water behind the reservoir. Near the bottom of the dam wall there is the water intake and gravity causes it to fall through the penstock inside the dam. At the end of the penstock there is a turbine propellor, which is turned by the moving water. The shaft from the turbine goes up into the generator, which produces the power and it eventually goes through the power lines that connects to your home and mine. One of the questions that usually get asked is how much water are we wasting? Well the good news is that we aren’t actually wasting any! There is a strategy called pumped storage. Which is reusing water for peak electricity demand. This method keeps water in reserve for peak period power demands.










Comments

  1. Caleb MonnigOctober 15, 2021 at 12:22 PM

    Hi Avery, I really likes your post and thought it was super interesting. I knew we got electricity from water but I have never actually known the steps of how we get it. It’s also really interesting that we have found the pumped storage strategy to allow us to not waste any water.

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  2. Mason MitchellOctober 16, 2021 at 4:28 PM

    Avery,

    I enjoyed reading your blog post. I think using hydroelectricity is a really good and possible solution for bettering the climate. It’s interesting that more people aren’t talking about doing this even when we aren't wasting any water so there isn’t a reason not to make that switch. Well done

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  3. Natasha ProvinseOctober 16, 2021 at 4:38 PM

    Avery, I liked this post! i’m excited to read a post that gives a solution to climate change as opposed to the other posts that some classmates have posted about the ruins of climate change. This was a refreshing addition to the topics we are covering

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