Nathan Smith of SOAR Technologies, background, checks the systems that operate Libby’s new inline hydropower turbine, foreground. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
July 25, 2017
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July 25, 2017 4 a.m.
Hydropower turbine installed in Libby's waterworks
After about four years of study, design and engineering, the installation of a hydropower turbine into Libby’s waterworks was completed July 21. It will serve double-duty as a pressure-reducing valve and as a power-generating device.