What is current wisdom?
I've looked very little, but have seen some small turbine plants. In water rich environments like AK it seems like hydro power off grid could work. In some parts of Alaska it never stops precipitating so the water never stops flowing.

I hope this thread gets Loong legs. I have a property in Alaska with a (30') Thirty Foot (pure Water) waterfalls, I am hoping a serious prepper will get interested in. Gravity feed water and hydro-electric. Will be putting it on the market next week.

When I lived in Vermont I had a brook in my front 'yard'. My driveway had a giant RR car tanker with the ends cut out as a culvert with the driveway over the top of it. On the downstream side there would have been a perfect situation to install some sort of turbine.

I never did get to try something like that out. Hurricane Irene came through and (18 inches of rain in 24 hrs) completely destroyed my driveway via the flood. I had no access to the house for a year and a half with a vehicle. Eventually I had a $95,000 bridge built. No more little waterfall and I moved away not long after the bridge was completed.

I never did find out if a small generator was possible but had thought about it. I bet it would have worked.

Ann I like that and exactly what I was thinking. I don't have property like that today, but it's easy to find land with flowing water in AK. I'd like the ability to unhook and be a little more independent.

Being 20 miles from Anchorage ain't my idea of "prepping".

I have a small creek that runs 90% of the year. I have pondered building a small dam to do this. A draw back to the creek when it rains heavy it do get high.

My brother and I looked into it in the late 70's.

We found nothing that was practical for small hydro back then.

Visited a lot of small dams measured the flow ect.

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Originally posted by Scott King:
Ann I like that and exactly what I was thinking. I don't have property like that today, but it's easy to find land with flowing water in AK. I'd like the ability to unhook and be a little more independent.

Being 20 miles from Anchorage ain't my idea of "prepping".

How about 7.6 acres 9 miles outside of HOPE, ALASKA....?? 30-foot waterfalls is located "Totally" on this property, underground electric & phone, World Class Salmon fishing in Six-Mile Creek, Moose, Mt. Goat, Dall Sheep, Caribou, Brown Bears & Black. Plus, resident residing on property, gets special subsistence Hunting-Fishing-Trapping Rights.
Large septic system, fully developed water well, with 1" K-type copper waterline. Breathtaking views, across 6-Mile Creek, and across Turnagain Arm.

Just listed yesterday: MLS Link: https://www.flexmls.com/link.h...xwkrqeehec,2,1,87745

Jerry: Got beavers? Seriously, they are experts at dam construction but I am not sure how you would harness the spillway output to spin a turbine.

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Jerry: Got beavers? Seriously, they are experts at dam construction but I am not sure how you would harness the spillway output to spin a turbine.

Beavers would stuff that up fast.

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Originally posted by Aspen Hill Adventures:

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Jerry: Got beavers? Seriously, they are experts at dam construction but I am not sure how you would harness the spillway output to spin a turbine.

Beavers would stuff that up fast.

But you would never be constipated......

Some gadgets here:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=wat..._sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_25

I quite like this design as it doesn't need a dam and relatively low fall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhyi1DjGti8