He mea kei ngā whakawai turbinī wai kia whakarerekē i te mana motuhake o te wai e haere nei ki te mana kaihau. Hei tāwāhi anō ēnei whakawai — he mea nui hoki, nā te mea he āwhina i te whakaputa i te kaihau horoi, me te kaihau e taea te whakaoriori. tuaropari Hau kei hea ngā whakawai turbinī wai, me pēhea te whakamahi? Ka ako tātou i tērā me atu i tēnei pukapuka!
Nā ngā whakaputurua turī hīrau i whakawhitiwhiti i te kāwai kīnētika o te wai whatiwhatihia hei kāwai pūkaha mō te turī. Kua tūhono te turī ki tētahi hīrau, e whakawhiti ana i te kāwai pūkaha ki te kāwai hīrau. Ki te kuhuna te wai ki runga i te turī, ka whakauruhia ngā raupapa ki te whakaheke. Ko tēnei whakaheke ka whakauruhia te hīrau ki te whakaheke anō, me te whakatupu i te hīrau. Ka noho anō ēnei mahi ki te whakatupu i tētahi rama hīrau nui.
Ka taea e ngā whakaputa wai te whakamahi i te taonga tahuhu hei hanga rangahau. Kei roto i tēnei ka whakamahi i te mana o te wai ki te hanga ēnei kore pēhanga ki te ao. Ki te whakamahi i ēnei whakaputa, ka iti noatia tō mātou hiranga ki ngā momo pūngao whakarite, me te iti i ngā pūtau hāpori kai hei tiaki i te whenua mō ngā peata o mua.
Kei raro i ngā painga nui o te whakamahi i ngā whakaputa wai. He nui rawa atu tētahi huarahi: ka hanga rātou i ēnei kore pēhanga, kore whakarite. Kei te nui te wai, kei te whakahoki anō i te huringa wai, engari kāore i te pūngao whakarite. Ka noho ngā whakaputa wai i runga i te wā e tika ana, me te iti rawa atu i ngā mahi tirotiro, ko tēnā he tūtohu pai hei whakamahi i te mana o te wai.
He pai anō hoki te whakarerekē i te kaha wai ki te ēnei matatara hau kei a rātou te wā kia whakarite i tēnei iti mea ki te hokohoko, ā, ka whai ake rātou i ngā mahere nui. Nō reira, ka pai te mahi me te tiaki i te wā e pāngia ana i te wai, ā, ka whai ake rātou i ngā whakamāoritanga o te hunga mōhiohio.
Ki tētahi whare kaihau wai kotahi i te takiwā o te awa, te pūnaha whenua rānei, he wā ka kite ai koe i ngā whakawai turbinī wai e mahi ana. Ko ēnei whakawai turbinī wai e tuku mai ana i te kaihau ki ngā whare, ki te nohonga rānei, me ngā hapori. Ka whakatupu te kaihau i runga i ngā rāhi kaihau hei whakamahi i ngā mahi tonu o te ao.