| 20110064522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE DOWNSTREAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF WATER EXTRACTED FROM A HYDRAULIC DAM - The invention relates to a system for reducing the environmental impact caused downstream by water extracted from a hydraulic dam which includes a floating structure in the surface water, connected to the water inlet of a tube and designed to float in the surface water, and a water outlet of the tube connectable to a feed gate in the retaining wall of the dam; the tube being designed to be adapted to various levels of the surface water in which the floating structure floats without preventing the flow of surface water through the tube, and the system allowing the performance of the method according to the present invention, all this in the event that there is in the dam a hydroelectric power station, without loss of power therein. | 03-17-2011 |
