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1. Turning to Hydropower

   Learn all about it, try some activities, or choose a hydro tour of fascinating facts. You can even walk through a hydroelectric project!

   http://www.fwee.org/

   
   

2. Energy Story: Hydro Power

   Basic info about hydroelectricity from the California Energy Commission.

   http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter12.html

   
   

3. Facts About Hydropower

   See charts and read interesting facts. Click the link at the top to learn how the power of falling water is converted into electric energy.

   http://www.wvic.com/hydro-facts.htm

   
   

4. Hydro Electricity

   Get some interesting facts, advantages, and disadvantages about using water energy.

   http://www.energy.com.au/energy/ea.nsf/Content/Kids+Hydro

   
   

5. Hydropower -- Energy From Moving Water

   Find out more about this renewable energy source, and see some diagrams of how water power is harnessed.

   http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/water.html

   
   

6. Hydropower Program

   From the U.S. Department of Energy.

   http://hydropower.inel.gov/

   
   

7. REPP-CREST: Hydropower

   Brief overview, theory, applications, case studies, and environmental impact.

   http://www.crest.org/hydro/index.html

   
   

8. USACE Hydroelectric Design Center

   Get info on hydropower production from the largest owner and operator of it in the U.S., the Army Corps of Engineers.

   http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/hdc/home.asp

   
   

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