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I'm only asking about the first order effect (your second point, not your first). My question was: if you're letting that water back out every night, don't you
by hyperpape 8y ago
I'm only asking about the first order effect (your second point, not your first). My question was: if you're letting that water back out every night, don't you get the unit of flow back then? It's delayed by up to 12 hours, but is that a really big effect?
- lstodd 8y agoYou have to keep enough water somewhere downstream of the dam for the night so that you have something to pump up during the day. If you don't, there's either not enough water to pump up, or severe level fluctuations. If you do, it requires another dam, evapo losses, etc, etc.