Environment and Regulatory

Monday, July 15, 2024 | 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM | Room 301

Join your peers in discussing all areas of hydraulic design of a hydropower project. Gain insight and new ideas by discussing different topics related to hydropower. 

This session includes: 

• Dams (includes a brief description of different types, e.g., rockfill, earthen, hydraulic fill, RCC) 
• Spillways and Outlet Works
• Gates and Heavy Steel Structures 
• Penstocks, Tunnels, Canals and Flumes 
• Approach and Tailrace Channels 
• Discussion and Q&A 

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Offsite

Take a trip to the 5-MW Boulder Canyon hydro plant, owned by the city of Boulder, which is more than 100 years old and underwent a modernization in 2013-2014 that involved installing a new water-to-wire package. This modernization, which positioned the small hydro facility to continue operating reliably for decades to come, consisted of retiring a 10-MW GE turbine-generator unit with a 5-MW unit. The reason for downsizing was to provide more water to bypass municipal treated water demands instead of running the river. 

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