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At Niagara Falls in 1894
A water discharge of 168,000 cubic feet per second falling 212 feet would
yield 2,250,000 horsepower.
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Hydropower
• Efficiencies of up to 90%
• 10% of U.S. electricity is based on hydropower
• Negative environmental impacts include:
necessity of large reservoirs, displacement
of people, influence on fish migration, methane production, alteration of river temperatures.
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Buffalo Population and Rank
Year Population Rank
1830 8,668 27
1870 117,714 11
1910 423,715 10
1950 580,132 15
2000 292,648 57