| Bureau of Reclamation Hydropower Program: U.S. government agency. General information including the history of hydropower development, a glossary of terms, and major producers. |
| California Hydropower Reform Coalition: Conservation and community organizations working to reduce the impacts of FERC licensed hydropower projects on the rivers of California. Contains relicensing resources. |
| Dam-Reservoir Impact & Information Archive: DRIIA: Information on dams, water diversions, impoundments, and hydroelectric projects, their impacts, and related links. |
| El Dorado Irrigation District FERC Project 184 Relicensing: Documents associated with the hydro-electric relicensing project, primarily located in the El Dorado National Forest in California. Includes calendar, scientific studies, and a list server for project information. |
| Electricity from Hydropower: Describes small-scale hydroelectric technology (portable to 15 kilowatts, stationary from 50 kilowatts to 5 megawatts) utilizing new high efficiency (84%) cross-flow turbines, available from FINESA, Inc., Prague, Czech Republic. |
| Federal Power Act: Statutory framework for the U.S. regulation of the construction, operation, and maintenance of dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, and transmission lines related to the utilization of water resources. |
| Hydro Electric Overview: Basic information and FAQs about small systems, provided by the Jade Mountain company. |
| Hydro Information Systems Turbnpro Version 3 Software: Software for the selection of hydroelectric turbines. Determines preferred turbine size, type, and arrangement from site data. Predicts the performance and energy production for the site. |
| Hydro Research Foundation: U.S. organization that promotes hydropower by facilitating research and providing educational opportunities. Includes public information. |
| Hydropower Reform Coalition: Federal, state, and local conservation and recreation organizations working to reform policies and achieve improvements to rivers altered by dams with resources for citizen participation in the relicensing process. |
| Industrial Screen Products: Product and contact information for manufacturer of wire fish screens that prevent entrainment, injury, or death of targeted aquatic species by physically stopping fish from entering a water intake. |
| International Centre for Hydropower: ICH promotes the development and utilization of hydroelectric power resources through education and training, project development, energy conservation and courses and seminars in environmental management. |
| International Small-Hydro Atlas: Technological and regulatory information related to project development, including project sites, organizations, contacts, literature, assessment tools and methodologies,opportunities for research and development, and financing guidelines. |
| Lake Murray, Saluda River, Columbia, South Carolina Dam Re-Licensing: Resources for citizen involvement in the re-licensing of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Project 516. |
| Microhydro Web Portal: Information about run-of-the-river systems up to 300 kilowatts. Includes the microhydro discussion group, microhydro basics, and links. |
| National Hydropower Association: U.S. trade association. A comprehensive site containing policy information, relicensing information, and generally promoting industry interests. |
| Pico Hydro: Network specializing in very small hydro systems, up to 5 kilowatts. Includes articles, down loadable publications, and links. |
| Power Matters - Hydroelectric Power: Tennessee Valley Authority site with a description and diagram of a generic hydroelectric dam and a pumped storage facility. |
| Protect Idaho Rivers: Information about dam relicensing and related issues on Idaho rivers including the Salmon, Snake, Bear, Moyie, and Boundary Creek. |
| RETScreen International - Renewable Energy Project Analysis Software: Free software provided by Canada to evaluate renewable energy projects. Evaluate the energy production, life-cycle costs, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction for central-grid and isolated-grid connected small hydro projects. |
| Rutherford Creek Project: Proposal for a small-scale, run-of-river, hydroelectric development in British Columbia. |
| Saint Lawrence FDR Power Project Relicensing: Description of the project, the relicensing process, and a newsletter about the relicensing process. |
| Snake Dams: Collected stories from the Tri-City Herald about the controversy surrounding the possible breaching of the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose, and Lower Granite dams on the Lower Snake River in Washington State. |
| Three Gorges Probe: Information about the scientific, technical, economic, social, and environmental effects of completing the Three Gorges dam in China, as well as the alternatives to the dam. |
| Turning to Hydropower: Site by the Foundation for Water and Energy Education. Promotes and provides extensive information about hydropower in the U.S. Northwest. |
| U.S. DOE Hydropower Program: Information about hydroelectric power, state resource assessments, technology research and development, environmental concerns, and advanced hydropower turbines. |
| Water Wheel Factory: Reference and historical information, kits, pictures, and plans for water wheels and water turbines. |
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