Monday, July 11, 8:15 AM - 8:40 AM

Session 0: Introduction to Course

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Monday, July 11, 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM

Session 1: Hydro Overview

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Monday, July 11, 9:05 AM - 10:05 AM

Session 2: Harnessing the Water

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Monday, July 11, 10:20 AM - 11:20 AM

Session 3: Turbine Basics

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Monday, July 11, 11:25 AM - 12:25 PM

Session 4: Electrical System Basics

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Monday, July 11, 1:40 PM - 2:40 PM

Session 5: Hydro in a Power System

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Monday, July 11, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

Session 6: Day-to-Day Operations

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Monday, July 11, 4:05 PM - 4:50 PM

Session 7: Natural Resource Stewardship: Instream Flows and Fish Passage

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Tuesday, July 12, 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Session 8: Natural Resource Stewardship: Dam Effect on Water Quality

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Tuesday, July 12, 8:50 AM - 9:50 AM

Session 9: How Projects Are Regulated

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Tuesday, July 12, 10:05 AM - 11:05 AM

Session 10: Communicating Hydro's Value

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Tuesday, July 12, 4:00 PM

DCPUD Hydropower to Hydrogen

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Energy Storage Using Conventional Hydropower Facilities

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Tuesday, July 12, 4:30 PM

Extending the Lifecycle of Penstocks and Pipelines (content sponsored by Structural Group)

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Industry 4.0 Technologies and Their Major Disruptive Roles in Hydro Power Systems

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Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 PM

Modernize Your Air-Gapped OT Systems with State-of-Art Cybersecurity Platform (content sponsored by Nexus Controls)

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TBD 3J

Room Number TBD

Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM

Automated CFD design of experiments for hydro turbine with CFturbo and STAR-CCM+ Design Manager

Room: A Lobby

Down but Not Out -- Living through Disasters

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Presentations:
USACE Cougar Dam Islanded Operation during the Holiday Farm Wildfire
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 1F2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
The ITAIPU Binacional’s experience during the atypical drought conditions in 2020-2021
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 1F3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Lessons Learned from Major Canadian Flood Events
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 1F4
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Entering into Workplace 2.0

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Financial Performance Comparison of Energy Storage Integration with Hydro, Tidal and Other Variable Renewable Generation

Room: A Lobby

Fish Passage Progress and Innovation

Room: 106
Presentations:
Fish Inclusion: Hydropower Design for Safe Fish Passage
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  • Session Number: Water and Environment 1I 3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Construction and Monitoring of Nature-Like Fishways for Lake Sturgeon, American Eel, and fish of the Oswegatchie River
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 1I1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Low Stress Fish Passage: An Innovative Approach For Medium and High Head Dams
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 1I2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Innovative Failsafe Hydraulic Load Holding Solution for Hydro Control Challenges

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Large Dams and Reservoirs in Brazil – Benefits and Opportunities

Room: A Lobby

Navigating U.S. Hydro Relicensing in an Uncertain and Evolving Regulatory Landscape

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New Tool for Valuation of Pumped Hydro Storage

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Performance Upgrades and Optimization

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Presentations:
Stretching the Boundary of Hydro Optimization: Smart and Efficient Multi-Plant Real-Time Dispatch for Columbia River Projects
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 1C1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Case Study: Joint Control System with Optimal Load Dispatch for Enel Green Power's Huinco Station
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 1C2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Using Nationwide InSAR Data in Dam Monitoring
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 1C3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Piled Higher and Deeper: Monitoring Sedimentation and Erosion

Room: 107
Presentations:
The Need for Low Level Outlets to Combat Siltation
  • Room: 107
  • Session Number: Civil Works and Dam Safety 1A1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Monitoring Sediment Build-up or Scour at Intake Structures of Hydroelectric Power Plants and Dams
  • Room: 107
  • Session Number: Civil Works and Dam Safety 1A2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Rehabilitating Hibbs Island to Preserve Norris Dam Environmental Flows
  • Room: 107
  • Session Number: Civil Works and Dam Safety 1A3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Pumped Storage Projects' Role in the Green Energy Future

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Resonance Related Problem, Diagnostics and Solution Proposal on Vertical Francis Hydrogenator

Room: A Lobby

Western U.S. Wind Power Effects on Atmospheric Moisture Transport, Precipitation, Rivers and Hydropower

Room: A Lobby

Wednesday, July 13, 10:30 AM

How Motion Amplification is Changing the Way We See, Measure and Communicate Asset Conditions

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Modeling Reservoir Sedimentation for Proposed Plants on the Ohio River

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Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM

Corona (Partial Discharge) Maintenance for High-Voltage Machines in the Field, Session Sponsored by Integrated Power Services

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Low-Head Hydropower Innovation: Harnessing Hydroelectric Power from Low-Head Sites

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Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM

Asset Strategies to Enhance Organizational Intelligence

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Bringing Creativity and Innovation to Routine O&M

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Presentations:
How Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Predict Generator Related Failures
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 2F1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Optimizing Operations with Submersible Remotely Operated Vehicles
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 2F2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Field Instrument Surveys in Hydropower Plants
  • Room: 103/105
  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 2F3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Extreme and Varying Hydrology: Advanced Forecasting, Response and Preparedness

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Presentations:
Experiences in Applying Neural Networks for Reliable Operational Streamflow Forecasts and Ungauged Basin Simulations
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  • Session Number: Water and Environment 2I1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Stochastic Weather Generation and Hydrologic Analysis for Hydropower Operations and Flood Frequency Analysis
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 2I2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Tennessee Valley Authority Waverly Flood Operational Experience
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 2I3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

How Do We All Get Along? Life Cycle Costs and Benefits of Different Renewable Generation Sources

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New Non-Traditional Storage Opportunities

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Practical Issues and Applications for Turbine-Generators and Pumped Storage Units

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Presentations:
Challenges of dual Protection and Control Systems Operation during Hydropower Plant Modernization Period
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 2C1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Cleaning Generators and Partial Discharge - What is the Connection
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 2C2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Obermeyer Pump Turbine: Cost Effective Pumped Storage Hydropower
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 2C3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Regulatory Evolution after a Dam Fails -- A Roadmap

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The U.S. Infrastructure Bill – A Roadmap to Transforming $900 Million into Generation

Room: 108

Wednesday, July 13, 11:30 AM

Advanced Excitation in Power Generation (content sponsored by L&S Electric)

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Economic Development – Driven by Low-Cost, Clean and Reliable Hydropower

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Wednesday, July 13, 1:30 PM

Development of a New Cavitation Test and the Preliminary Results

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Open Automation in Hydro Power Plant Control

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Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM

Future Flexibility Now – Demonstrating New Technologies and Potential Services through the XFLEX HYDRO Project

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To Repair or to Replace, and When Upgrading Makes Sense (content sponsored by Unico Mechanical)

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Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM

Advanced Physical and Numerical Modeling Approach to Inform Hydropower Design and Operation

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Presentations:
Physical and Numerical Modeling to Support the Design of Spillway Deflectors in Colider Dam
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  • Session Number: Water and Environment 3I1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Performance Curves to Support the Design of Spillway Deflectors in Colíder Dam
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 3I2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Physical Modeling to Support the Design of Downstream Fish Passage at Trail Bridge Dam
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 3I3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Physical Model Study of the Proposed Low Froude Number Stilling Basin at Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Project
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  • Session Number: Water and Environment 3I4
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Basin-wide Approaches to Hydro Relicensing: Case Studies and Considerations

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Computational Fluid Dynamics for Turbine Runners

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Presentations:
Assessment of the Hydraulic Performance and Loads of a Reverse Radial Gate with a Flap by Using Multiphase CFD-Simulations
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 3C1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Hydraulic design challenges for replacement runners at Barkley Dam Power Plant
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 3C2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Cavitation as limiting factor for plant refurbishment – CFD calculations and test rig results
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 3C3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Cybersecurity and Data Management

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Great Things Come in Small Packages: Your Guide to Small Hydro Development

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Presentations:
Cost Analysis to Support NPD Hydropower Development: A Reference System Approach
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  • Session Number: New Development 3E1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
TBD
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  • Session Number: New Development 3E2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
TBD 3E3
  • Session Number: New Development 3E3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Hot Topic: Fire Protection

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Presentations:
Hydroelectric Facilities New Water Mist & Clean Agent Fire Protection Systems
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 3F1
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Hot Topic: Fire Protection, Dominique Dieken
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 3F2
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Hydro Plant Fire Hazards, Protection Options and Personnel Safety Considerations
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 3F3
  • Wednesday, July 13, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Large-Scale Construction Projects -- Faster, Better, Cheaper

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New Pumped Storage Hydropower in the U.S. -- Why Not?

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Wednesday, July 13, 3:00 PM

Improving Asset Management through Digitization: Road Map and Deployment (content sponsored by Bently Nevada)

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Planning Ahead for Stable Operation during Blackstart and Islanded Conditions

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Wednesday, July 13, 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Dam Decommissioning: Lessons Learned from Above and Below the Waterline (content Sponsored by Crofton Industries)

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Wednesday, July 13, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Turbine Water Bearings

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Thursday, July 14, 10:30 AM

Hydropower on the Distribution Grid — Opportunities and lessons from the USA’s first distributed hydropower arrays in municipal and agriculture water infrastructure

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Keeping the Weeds Out - An Intake Case Study

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Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM

Rapid Post-earthquake Assessments of Critical Hydropower Infrastructure

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Smart Hydroelectric -- Process Management using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS)

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Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM

Governor and Exciter Discussions

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Presentations:
The Lost Language of Governing
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 4C1
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Importance of Pre-Shutdown Testing of Units to be Retrofitted
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 4C2
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Governor & Lube Oil Upgrades: Theory & Cases
  • Room: 110
  • Session Number: Equipment and Technology 4C3
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Hydropower, Wind and Solar: Working Together to Improve Grid Reliability

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Hydropower's Contribution to a Carbon-Free 2030

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Presentations:
Representing the Future Role of Hydropower and PSH in Electricity Planning Tools
  • Room: 109
  • Session Number: Market Trends 4D1
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
The Flexibility Framework Model: A Tool for Evaluating Hydroelectric Power Plants’ Potential for Flexibility Services
  • Room: 109
  • Session Number: Market Trends 4D2
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
How do hydropower operations change to facilitate higher variable renewable contribution to the power grid?
  • Room: 109
  • Session Number: Market Trends 4D3
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

In the New World, ESG Plays an Important Role in the Development of New Hydro

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Increasing Operational Flexibility of Francis Turbines at Low Head Sites, Through Analytical and Empirical Solutions

Room: 109

Inspection, Monitoring and Modeling: New Approaches in Dam Safety

Room: 107
Presentations:
TBD
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  • Session Number: Civil Works and Dam Safety 4A1
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Advanced Data Capture and Analysis for the Condition Assessment of an Arch Dam
  • Room: 107
  • Session Number: Civil Works and Dam Safety 4A2
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
CFD Modeling of Transverse Waves in Spillway of Hebgen Dam
  • Room: 107
  • Session Number: Civil Works and Dam Safety 4A3
  • Thursday, July 14, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Research and Innovation for Low Impact Hydropower Growth in the U.S.

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The Little Stuff Matters for Small Hydro

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Where in the World is Pumped Storage Hydro Developed?

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Thursday, July 14, 11:30 AM

NFPA 770 Opens the Door to Hybrid Fire Extinguishing Systems in Industrial Settings (content sponsored by Victaulic)

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Why Design-Build?

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Thursday, July 14, 1:30 PM

Air Injection on Hydrofoil: A Study to Describe Aerating Hydro Turbine Behavior

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Knowledge Transfer Issues in Specialized High-Value Fields – How to Make Experts

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Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM

Deployment of Wireless, Networked, Remote and Artificial Intelligence Technology

Room: 110

Evaluating Hydropower Sustainability and Life Cycle Impacts

Room: 106
Presentations:
The Hydropower Sustainability Standard - a new global certification scheme for hydropower
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 5I1
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
G-res Tool: Introduction to GHG Emissions from Reservoirs
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 5I2
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Understanding biodiversity and power grid constraints for hydropower planning in a high renewable power grid
  • Room: 106
  • Session Number: Water and Environment 5I3
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

Exploring Hidden Places: Penstocks and Tunnels

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Presentations:
Penstock Assessment and Refurbishment
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 5F1
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Accelerated Rehabilitation of the White Rock Headrace Tunnel
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  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 5F2
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
USACE Penstocks: Assessing Current Needs and Planning for the Future
  • Session Number: Operations and Maintenance 5F3
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Fire and Ice -- Extreme Events

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Getting to Yes for New Hydro Development

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Investigators Reveal Lessons Learned from the Edenville and Sanford Dam Failures in the U.S.

Room: 107

New Tools to Support Pumped Storage Hydro Development

Room: 102
Presentations:
Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Resource Assessment for the United States: A Geospatial Methodology
  • Room: 102
  • Session Number: Energy Storage 5B1
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
An Updated Costing Model for Pumped Storage Hydro in the US
  • Room: 102
  • Session Number: Energy Storage 5B2
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM
Life Cycle Assessment for Closed-Loop Pumped Hydro Energy Storage in the United States
  • Room: 102
  • Session Number: Energy Storage 5B3
  • Thursday, July 14, 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM

When to Turn the Page: Views and Considerations for Project Decommissioning

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