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Figure 1.3.9 Hourly discharge from a peaking,
hydropower operation.
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GENERATION
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Figure 1.3.10 Temperature (upper panel) and dissolved oxygen
concentrations (lower panel) before, during, and after peaking
hydropower generation at the tailwater of Lake Texoma, Oklahoma
and Texas. Vertical dashed lines depict the start and stop times for
generation. The decrease in temperature and dissolved oxygen near
the end of generation reflect changes in water quality in the
withdrawal zone when one of the two turbines were shut down
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