Hydro Power at Home

Hydropower or water power is power derived from the energy of falling water and running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes.Hydropower is used primarily to generate electricity.

Since ancient times, hydropower from many kinds of watermills has been used for irrigation and the operation of various mechanical devices, such as gristmills, sawmills, textile mills, trip hammers, dock cranes, domestic lifts, and ore mills.