Hydroelectricity Dams
Water has proven to be a valuable asset in the production of electricity. The great need of energy in economical quantity, due to increased industry and population growth. Hydroelectricity is used worldwide where there is a means and a need for energy.Hydroelectric dams are very high-tech but simple machines. A dam holds back water, creating a reservoir of potential power. On the upper side of the dam, a water gate is opened to let water surge through a tunnel leading to turbines. The water turns the turbines which in turn spin generators to generate electricity. The electricity is carried through cables to wherever it is needed. Oroville Dam is the tallest and one of the largest earthen dams in the United States; located in Northern California. The dam, completed in 1968, stands 770 feet high with a crest (top of the dam) 6,920 feet long. Over 80 million cubic yards of material were needed to build Oroville Dam-enough ma
The Powerplant Control Building is staffed 24 hours a day, above the surface and below. Authorities in Sacramento communicate with personnel in Oroville on how much water to be released. Water demands to be met include-agriculture needs, water quality standards, and environmental concerns. Oroville Dam is a major water storage facility for the State Water Project . The dam releases an average of 2.8 million-acre feet of its total capacity of 3.5 (MAF). Water deliveries made to Butte and Plumas County in northern CA and to the lower San Joaquin Valley (Kern, San Bernadino, King and Riverside Counties) in southern CA is mainly to irrigate agricultural crops. Eighty-five percent of the water demand in the San Joaquin Region is for irrigation with twenty-nine percent of the water supply coming from imported State Water Project deliveries from Lake Oroville. This imported water is crucial to prevent groundwater supplies from becoming s
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