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In our project we will be taking a look at the possible profit that could be gained from placing water turbines inside existing water infrastructure as a secondary source of energy. The idea is to gain hydro electricity from the transportation of water from reservoirs to the taps in people's homes by placing such turbines in water pipes, gaining energy from a transportation process that is already in place. To test this we will be taking PVC pipes of two different diameters that are already used in Vancouver's water system and placing the equivalent of a water turbine inside of these two lengths of pipe. The turbine inside of the pipe would be placed under the appropriate PSI to simulate real life conditions and a Multimeter connected to the turbine would measure the amount of energy produced. The amount of energy produced would then be measured against the cost of building and installing the turbines and generators needed to convert the mechanical energy into electricity to determine whether such an undertaking would be profitable. We hypothesize that such a placement of water turbines will prove to be profitable on a short and/or long-term basis.