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Engineers in Hong Kong Generate Electricity from Water Mains

12/16/2012
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    For decades in China, hydroelectricity has been used on a large scale to generate power. Now, engineers from the PolyU'sDepartment of Building Services Engineering and the Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government are working on using water mains to create electricity. Hong Kong has a network of pipes that stretch 7,800 km that need to be monitored constantly to ensure that they are clean and functioning properly....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/engineers-in-hong-kong-generate-electricity-from-water-mains/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Water Main Turbine
    For decades in China, hydroelectricity has been used on a large scale to generate power. Now, engineers from the PolyU'sDepartment of Building Services Engineering and the Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government are working on using water mains to create electricity. Hong Kong has a network of pipes that stretch 7,800 km that need to be monitored constantly to ensure that they are clean and functioning properly....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/engineers-in-hong-kong-generate-electricity-from-water-mains/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Water Main Turbine
    For decades in China, hydroelectricity has been used on a large scale to generate power. Now, engineers from the PolyU'sDepartment of Building Services Engineering and the Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government are working on using water mains to create electricity. Hong Kong has a network of pipes that stretch 7,800 km that need to be monitored constantly to ensure that they are clean and functioning properly....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/engineers-in-hong-kong-generate-electricity-from-water-mains/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Water Main Turbine

For decades in China, hydroelectricity has been used on a large scale to generate power. Now, engineers from the PolyU'sDepartment of Building Services Engineering and the Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government are working on using water mains to create electricity. Hong Kong has a network of pipes that stretch 7,800 km that need to be monitored constantly to ensure that they are clean and functioning properly....

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