USA
Powerhouse , pre-excavation
water that comes into the lake , they have to let a gallon out to go down to Houston ,” says Andy Pettit , assistant project manager for Archer Western ’ s Livingston Hydro Plant project . As Pettit explains , this project will route water through the hydro plant instead of directly through the dam , taking advantage of the flowing water as a source of power generation .
“ There ’ s always going to be energy being made ,” he says . “ If it ’ s low flows , there might just be one gate at the hydro plant open and the dam closed off ; with high flows , all three gates at the hydro plant might be opened with some gates of the dam as well . But because this is Houston ’ s main source of water , it ’ s never going to stop .”
“ We ’ re one of the biggest hydro plant builders in the country . As a company as a whole , we have built hydro projects all over the country ”
– Andy Pettit , assistant project manager for Archer Western ’ s Livingston Hydro Plant
The Archer Western difference In a state like Texas where water resources are
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