Technical Guidelines for the

Development of Small Hydropower Plants

Management

Part 4: Acceptance of Projects

SHP/TG 005-4: 2019

DISCLAIMER
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Technical Guidelines for the
Development of Small Hydropower Plants
Management

Part 4: Acceptance of Projects

SHP/TG 005-4: 2019

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The technical guidelines (TGs) are the result of a collaborative effort between the United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO) and the International Network on Small Hydro Power (INSHP). About 80 international experts and 40
international agencies were involved in the document’s preparation and peer review, and they provided concrete comments
and suggestions to make the TGs professional and applicable.

UNIDO and the INSHP highly appreciate the contributions provided during the development of these guidelines and in
particular those delivered by the following international organizations:

- The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA)

- The Global Network of Regional Sustainable Energy Centres (GN-SEC), particularly the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), the East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (EACREEE),
the Pacific Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (PCREEE) and the Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy
and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE).

The Chinese government has facilitated the finalization of these guidelines and was of great importance to its completion.

The development of these guidelines benefited greatly from the valuable inputs, review and constructive comments as well as
contributions received from Mr. Adnan Ahmed Shawky Atwa, Mr. Adoyi John Ochigbo, Mr. Arun Kumar, Mr. Atul Sarthak, Mr.
Bassey Edet Nkposong, Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, Ms. Chang Fangyuan, Mr. Chen Changjun, Ms. Chen Hongying , Mr.
Chen Xiaodong, Ms. Chen Yan, Ms. Chen Yueqing, Ms. Cheng Xialei, Ms. Chileshe Kapaya Matantilo, Ms. Chileshe Mpundu
Kapwepwe, Mr. Deogratias Kamweya, Mr. Dolwin Khan, Mr. Dong Guofeng, Mr. Ejaz Hussain Butt, Ms. Eva Kremere, Ms. Fang
Lin, Mr. Fu Liangliang, Mr. Garaio Donald Gafiye, Mr. Guei Guillaume Fulbert Kouhie, Mr. Guo Chenguang, Mr. Guo Hongyou,
Mr. Harold John Annegam, Ms. Hou ling, Mr. Hu Jianwei, Ms. Hu Xiaobo, Mr. Hu Yunchu, Mr. Huang Haiyang, Mr. Huang
Zhengmin, Ms. Januka Gyawali, Mr. Jiang Songkun, Mr. K. M. Dharesan Unnithan, Mr. Kipyego Cheluget, Mr. Kolade Esan, Mr.
Lamyser Castellanos Rigoberto, Mr. Li Zhiwu, Ms. Li Hui, Mr. Li Xiaoyong, Ms. Li Jingjing, Ms. Li Sa, Mr. Li Zhenggui, Ms. Liang
Hong, Mr. Liang Yong, Mr. Lin Xuxin, Mr. Liu Deyou, Mr. Liu Heng, Mr. Louis Philippe Jacques Tavernier, Ms. Lu Xiaoyan, Mr. Lv
Jianping, Mr. Manuel Mattiat, Mr. Martin Lugmayr, Mr. Mohamedain SeifElnasr, Mr. Mundia Simainga, Mr. Mukayi Musarurwa,
Mr. Olumide TaiwoAlade, Mr. Ou Chuanqi, Ms. Pan Meiting, Mr. Pan Weiping, Mr. Ralf Steffen Kaeser, Mr. Rudolf Hüpfl, Mr. Rui
Jun, Mr. Rao Dayi, Mr. Sandeep Kher, Mr. Sergio Armando Trelles Jasso, Mr. Sindiso Ngwenga, Mr. Sidney Kilmete, Ms. Sitraka
Zarasoa Rakotomahefa, Mr. Shang Zhihong, Mr. Shen Cunke, Mr. Shi Rongqing, Ms. Sanja Komadina, Mr. Tareqemtairah, Mr.
Tokihiko Fujimoto, Mr. Tovoniaina Ramanantsoa Andriampaniry, Mr. Tan Xiangqing, Mr. Tong Leyi, Mr. Wang Xinliang, Mr.
Wang Fuyun, Mr. Wang Baoluo, Mr. Wei Jianghui, Mr. Wu Cong, Ms. Xie Lihua, Mr. Xiong Jie, Ms. Xu Jie, Ms. Xu Xiaoyan, Mr. Xu
Wei, Mr. Yohane Mukabe, Mr. Yan Wenjiao, Mr. Yang Weijun, Ms. Yan Li, Mr. Yao Shenghong, Mr. Zeng Jingnian, Mr. Zhao
Guojun, Mr. Zhang Min, Mr. Zhang Liansheng, Mr. Zhang Zhenzhong, Mr. Zhang Xiaowen, Ms. Zhang Yingnan, Mr. Zheng Liang,
Mr. Mr. Zheng Yu, Mr. Zhou Shuhua, Ms. Zhu Mingjuan.

Further recommendations and suggestions for application for the update would be highly welcome.
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Tab
leofContents

For
ewor d …………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ⅱ
I
ntroduc
tion ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Ⅲ
1 Scope …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
2 Normati
veref
erences ………………………………………………………………………………… 1
3 Termsanddefi
nit
ions ………………………………………………………………………………… 1
4 Accep
tancebefor
er i
verd
ive
rson (
i closu
re)o
fpr
oj t …………………………………………… 1
ec
5 Accep
tanceofr eservo
ir(ba
rrage)impoundmen
t ………………………………………………… 2
6 Accep
tanceofun itsta
rtup …………………………………………………………………………… 4
-
7 Complet
ionacceptance ………………………………………………………………………………… 5

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Fo
rewo
rd

TheUni
tedNati
onsIndus
tri
alDevel
opmen tOrgan
iza
tion (
UNIDO)isaspeci
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zedagencyunde
rt he
Uni
tedNat
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temt opromotegloba
llyi
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ainab
lei
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ldevelopmen
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elevanceo
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reep
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lar
sofsus
tai
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ledeve
lopmen
tisr
ec-
ogn
izedbythe2030AgendaforSus
tai
nab
leDevelopmentandtherel
atedSust
ainab
leDevelopment
Goa
ls (SDGs), which wil
lframe Uni
ted Na
tions and coun
trye ff
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tainab
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deve
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ift
eenyea
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rst
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osuppor
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sen
tia
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lopmen
tandt
o
improv
ingqual
ityofli
fe.
Int
erna
tionalconce
rnanddebat
eoverenergyhavegrowninc
reas
ingl
yove r
thepasttwodecades,wi
ththeissuesofpover
tyal
lev
iat
ion,env
ironmenta
lri
sksandcl
imatechange
nowt
aki
ngcen
tres
tage.

INSHP (
Inte
rna
tionalNetwor
konSma l
lHydroPower)isani
nterna
tiona
lcoordi
natingandp r
omo t
ing
organ
iza
tionforthegloba
ldeve
lopmentofsma
llhyd
ropowe ( ),
r SHP wh ichi
ses t
ab l
ishedontheba-
s
isofvolunt
arypar
tici
pationo
fregi
onal,subreg
ionalandnat
iona
lfocalpoi
nts,r
elevan
tinst
itu
tions,
ut
il
it
iesandcompanies,andhassoc
ialbenef
itasit
sma jorobec
j t
ive.INSHPaimsatthepromotionof
globa
lSHP developmentthr
oughtr
iang
l etechni
caland economiccoope
rat
ion among devel
opi
ng
countr
i ,
es deve
lopedcoun
tri
esandi
nternat
ionalorgan
iza
ti ,
ons i
no r
dertosupp
lyr u
rala
r easi
nde -
velopi
ngcoun
tri
eswithenvi
ronment
alysound,a
l f
for
dabl
eandadequat
eenergy,whi
ch wi
lll
eadto
theincrea
seofemp
loymentoppor
tuni
ties,
impr
ovementofeco
log
ica
lenvi
ronmens,pove
t r
tyall
evi
-
a
tion,imp
rovemen
tofl
oca
lli
vingandcu
ltu
rals
tanda
rdsandeconomi
cdeve
l t.
opmen

UNIDOandINSHPhavebeencoope
rat
ingont
he Worl
dSmallHydropowerDeve
lopmentRepor
tsince
yea
r2010.Fr
omt her
epors,SHPdemandanddeve
t lopmen
two rl
dwi dewer
enotmatched.Oneofthe
devel
opmentba
rri
ersinmostcoun
tri
esi
slackoft
echnologes.UNI
i DO,i
ncooperat
ion wi
thINSHP,
thr
oughgl
obalexper
tcoope
raton,andbasedonsucces
i s f
uldevel
opmentexpe
riences,dec
idedto
deve
lopt
heSHPTGst
omee
tdemandf
rom Membe
rSt
ates.

TheseTGswer
ed r
aftedinaccor
dancewi
tht
heed
itor
ialr
uleso
ft SO/
heI IECDi
rec
tives,Pa
rt2 (
see
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so.
or/
gdi
rec
ti )
ves .

At
ten
tioni
sdr
awnt
otheposs
ibi
li
tyt
hatsomeoft
hee
lemen
tsoft
heseTGsmaybesub
jec
ttopa
-
t
entr
igh
ts.UNI
DOandINSHPsha
llnotbehe
ldr
espons
ibl
efori
den
tif
yinganysuchpa
ten
tri
ghs.
t

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 SHP/TG 005
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I
ntr
oduct
ion

SmallHydr
opower( SHP)
isi
ncreasingl
yr ecogn
izedasanimpor
tan
trenewableene
rgyso
lut
iontot
he
cha
llengeo
felec
tri
fyingr
emoter u
ra lareas.Howeve ,
r whil
e mostcoun
tri
esi nEur ,
ope Nort
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thAme
rica,andCh
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nst
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edcapac
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tia
lofSHPi
nmanyde
-
ve
lop
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tri
esr
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insun
tappedandi
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redbyanumbe
roff
act
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ncl
udi
ngt
hel
ackof
l
goba
llyag
reedgoodp
rac
ticeso
rst
anda
rdsf
orSHPdeve
l t.
opmen

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ica
lGu
ide
linesf
ort
heDeve
lopmen
tofSma
llHyd
ropowe
rPl
ans(
t TGs)wi
lladd
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orSHPP
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lyi
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tp rac
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hatex
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tisintendedf
orcount
riest
ou t
il
izethesea
-
greeduponGuide
linestosupportthe
ircur
ren
tpo l
icy,techno
logyandecosystems.Countr
iestha
t
havelimi
tedi
nsti
tuti
onalandtechnica
lcapac
ites,wi
i l
lbeab
letoenhancethe
irknowledgebasei
nde-
velop
ingSHPp l
ants,therebyattr
ac t
ing mo
rei nves
tmentinSHP projec
ts,encou
ragingfavou
rab
le
po
lic
iesandsubsequentl
yassi
sti
ngi
neconomicdevel
opmentatanati
onallevel.TheseTGs wi
llbe
va
luabl
eforal
lcoun t
ri ,
es bu
tespec
ial
lya
llowforthesha
ringofexpe
rienceandbes tpr
act
icesbe-
tweencoun
tri
est
hathavel
imi
tedt
echn
ica
lknow-
how.

TheTGscanbeuseda
sthep
rinc
ipl
esandbas
isf
ort
hep
lann
ing,des
ign,cons
truc
tionand manage
-
men
tofSHPp
lan
tsupt
o30MW.

● TheTe
rmsandDe
fin
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onsi
ntheTGsspec
ifyt
hep
rof
ess
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ltechn
ica
lte
rmsandde
fin
iti
ons
common
lyusedf
orSHPP
lan
ts.

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ignGui
deli
nesp rov
ideguide
linesforbasi
cr equi
rements,me t
hodo l
ogyandprocedurein
te
rmsofsi
tesel
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ojectlayout,conf
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alassessments—withtheul
timategoalofa
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ch
iev
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hebes
tdes
ignso
lut
ions.

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tsGuide
linesspeci
fyt
het echn
icalr
equi
remen
tsonSHPturb
ines,genera
tors,hydrotur
-
bi
negover
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ems exci
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ems ma i
nvalvesaswe
llasmonitor
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ng contro
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ect
ionandDCpowe
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● TheCons
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tionGu
ide
linescanbeusedast
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idi
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echn
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ldocumen
tsf
ort
hecons
truc
tion
ofSHPp
roec
j s.
t

● TheManagemen tGui
del
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detechni
calguidancef
ort t,ope
hemanagemen rat
ionandma
in-
tenance,t
echn
icalr
enovati
onandpr
ojectaccep
tanceofSHPpro
jects.

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Technica
lGuidel
inesfo
rtheDeve l
opmentofSma
llHyd
ropowe
r
Pl
ants-Management
Part4:AcceptanceofP r
ojects

1 Scope

Thi
spartofthe ManagementGuide
liness
tipul
atesaccep
t ancecondit
ionsandt he maincontentof
smal
lhydr
opower( SHP)keyaccept
ancewo k,
r i
ncl
udingacceptancebefor
erive
rd iver
sion (
closu
re)
ofthep ro
j t,a
ec cceptanceofrese
rvo
ir( ba
rrage)impoundment,accept
anceofuni
tstar
t-upanda
c-
cep
t anceofpro
jec tcomp l
eton.Thea
i cceptanceorgan
iza
tion,spec
ifi
cat
ions,pr
ocedu
resand met
h-
ods,a
swe
llasp
roec
j thandove
randr
eso
lut
ionofou
tst
and
ingi
ssues,sha
llbehand
ledacco
rdi
ngt
o
t
hep
rov
isi
onsofp
roec
j tcon
tra
ctdocumen
ts.

2 No
rmat
iver
efe
rences

Thef
oll
owi
ngdocumen
tsa
rer
efe
rredt
oint
het
exti
nsuchawayt
hatsomeora
llo
fthe
ircon
ten
t
cons
tit
utesrequirement
softhi t.
sdocumen Fordatedr
efe
rences,on
lytheedi
tionc
itedapp
lies.For
unda
tedrefe
r ences,t
helat
estedi
tionofther
efer
enceddocument(inc
lud
inganyamendment s)ap-
l
pies.

SHP/TG001,Techn
ica
lgu
ide
linesf
ort
hedeve
lopmen
tofsma
llhyd
ropowe
rpl
ans—Te
t rmsandde
f-
i
nit
ions.

3 Te
rmsanddef
ini
tions

Fort
hepu
rposeso
fth
i t,t
sdocumen het
ermsandde
fin
iti
onsg
i nSHP/TG001app
veni ly.

4 Acceptancebefo
rer
ive
rdi
ver
sion (
closu
re)ofp
roect
j

4.
1 Accep
tanceo
fri
verd
ive
rson (
i closu
re)o
fthep
roec
j tsha
llmee
tthef
oll
owi
ngcond
itons:
i

a) Ther
ive
rdi
ver
sionp
roec
j tha
sbeenes
sen
tia
llycomp
let
edandha
s me
tfl
ow passcond
itons,
i
andwi
llhavenoi
nfl
uenceono
the
rfo
llow-
upcons
truc
tiona
fte
rbe
ingpu
tin
touse.

b) Theunde
rwa
terconcea
ledwo
rks,r
ela
tedt
ori
verc
losu
rei
nthema
i k,havebeencomp
nwor le-
t
edandt
hei
rqua
lit
y mee
tst
hes
tanda
rdss
tipu
lat
edi
nthecon
trac
tdocumen
ts.
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c) Ther
ive
rcl
osu
rep
lanha
sbeenp
repa
redanda
llt
hep
repa
rat
ionsa
rei
npl
ace.

d) Thef
loodcon
tro
lpl
anoft
hep
roec
j thasbeenapp
rovedandr
elevan
tmea
sur
eshavebeenp
re-
pa
red.

e) Ther
ehab
il
ita
tionandr
ese
ttl
emen
tofr
esi
den
tsbe
lowt
hebanked
-up wa
terl
eve
laf
terr
ive
rcl
o-
su
reandt
hec
lean
inga
tther
ese
rvo
irbot
tom ha
sbeencomp
let
edand passedt
hea
ccep
tance
t
ess.
t

f) Anynav
iga
tionobs
truc
tionp
rob
lemsoft
her
ive
rcou
rsei
nre
lat
iont
osh
i i
ppngf
unc
tions,have
beenso
lved.

4.
2 Thea
ccep
tanceofr
ive
rdi
ver
sion (
closu
re)sha
lli
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng ma
incon
ten
ts:

a) I
nspect
ionandve
rif
ica
tionofwhetherunderwa
terwor
ks,conceal
edwo r
ks,andr
ive
rdi
ver
sion
(cl
osu
r )
e wo r
k ,
s meett her
equ
irementsoftheri
verd
ive
rsi (
on closu
r )
e.

b) I
nspec
tionandveri
fica
tionofthecomple
tionofthecons
truc
tionlandacqui
sit
ion,t
her
ehab
il
ita
-
t
ionandreset
tlementofres
ident ,
s andthecl
ean
i ngatt
hereservoirbot
tom.

c) Revi
ewoftherivercl
osurep
lan,andinspecti
onandve
rif
ica
tionoft
heimp
lemen
tat
ionofr
ive
r
di
versi (
on c
losu
r )
e measu
resandprepara
tions.

d) I
nspec
tionandve
rif
ica
tionoft
heimp
lemen
tat
ionofeng
inee
ring measu
rest
akent
oso
lvep
rob
-
l
emssuchasnav
iga
tionobs
truc
tion.

e) I
den
tif
ycons
truc
tionqua
li
tyo
fthecomp
let
edwor
ksr
ela
tedt
other
ive
rcl
osu
re.

f) Commen
tsonr
eso
lut
ionsoft
hep
rob
lemsd
iscove
reddu
ringt
heaccep
tancep
rocess.

g) Di
scus
sionandapp
rova
loft
hei
nte
rmed
iat
eaccep
tances
tat t.
emen

4.
3 Whent her
iverd i
ver
sion (
closu
re)isimplemen
tedi
nsages,i
t tisadv
isab
let
oal
sope
rform
r
ive
rdi
ver
sion (
closu
re)accept
anceinstages.

5 Acceptanceofr
ese
rvo
ir(
bar
rage)impoundment

5.
1 Theimpoundmen
taccep
tancesha
llmee
tthef
oll
owi
ngcond
itons:
i

a) Thecons
truc
tioncomp
let
ions
tat
uso
fwa
ter
-re
tai
nings
truc
tur
esmee
tst
her
equ
iremen
tsoft
he
impoundedl l.
eve
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b) Therehabi
li
tati
onandr
esettl
ementofres
iden
ts,with
int heareainundat t,
edbyimpoundmen
andt
hec l
eaningatt
herese
rvoirbot
tom,hasbeencompl
et edandpassedthea
ccep
tance.

c) Theeco
log
ica
lfl
owd
ischa
rgef
aci
li
tiest
obeuseda
fte
rimpoundmen
thavebeencomp
let
edand
me
tfl
ow pa
sscond
itons.
i Rel
evan
teco
log
ica
lcompens
ati
onmea
sur
eshavebeenimp
lemen
ted.

d) Thes
lui
cings
truc
tur
esandga
tecon
tro
lfac
il
it
iest
obeuseda
fte
rimpoundmen
thavebeencom-
l
pet
edandme
tfl
ow pa
sscond
itons.
i

e) Rel
evantobse
rvati
oninst
rument
sandequi
pmenthavebeenins
tal
ledandad
just
eda ccord
ingto
thedes
ignrequi
remen
t ,
s andt
heini
tia
lval
uesandobse
rvedvaluesi
ntheconstr
uctionper
iod
havebeenmea
sued.
r

f) Cons
truc
tionp
lansf
ort
heun
fin
ishedwor
ksa
fte
rimpoundmen
thavebeenp
repa
red.

g) Theprob
lemsthatmaya f
fectsaf
eope rat
ionoft
hep ro
jectaf
terimpoundmen
thavebeenr
e-
soved,andconc
l lus
ionshavebeenreachedonmajort
echni
cali
ssues.

h) Theimpoundmen
tp l
anandd i
ver
sionori
fice (
t l)b
unne lock
ingp
lanhasbeenp
repa
redandap
-
proved,anda
llpr
epara
tionsa
reready.

i) Theannua
lfl
oodcon
tro
lpan (
l inc
lud
ingf
loodr
elea
seandu
til
iza
tionp
lans)hasbeenapp
rovedas
r
equ
iredandr
elevan
tmea
sur
eshavebeenimp
lemen
ted.

j) Ot
herr
equ
iremen
tsspec
ifi
edbyt
hecoun
tryhavebeensa
tis
fied.

5.
2 Thea
ccep
tanceofimpoundmen
tsha
lli
ncl
udet
hef
oll
owi
ng ma
incon
ten
ts:

a) I
nspec
tionandve
rif
ica
tionofwhe
the
rthef
ini
shedwo
rksmee
ttheimpoundmen
trequ
iremen
ts.

b) I
nspec
tionandver
ifi
cat
ionofthecompl
e t
ionoflandacqui
sit
ion,t
her
ehab
il
ita
tionandr
ese
ttl
e-
mentofres
iden
ts,andt hec
lean
ingoftherese
rvoira
r ea.

c) I
nspec
tionandve
rif
ica
tionoft
het
rea
tmen
toft
her
ese
rvo
irbanknea
rthedam.

d) I
nspec
tionandve
rif
ica
tionoft
heimp
lemen
tat
ionoft
heimpoundmen
tpr
epa
rat
ionwo
rks.

e) Qua
lit
yoff
ini
shedwo
rksr
ela
tedt t.
oimpoundmen

f) Commen
tsonr
eso
lut
ionsofp
rob
lemsd
iscove
reddu
ringaccep
tance.

5.
3 Whent
hep
roec
j ti
simpoundedi
nsages,i
t tisadv
isab
let
oal
sope
rformimpoundmen
taccep
-
t
ance
ins
tages.
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6 Acceptanceofun
itsta
rt-
up

6.
1 Thea
ccep
tanceofun
its
tar
t-upsha
llmee
tthef
oll
owi
ngcond
itons:
i

a) Thes
truc
tur
esr
ela
tedt
ost
art
-upoft
heun
ithavebeenbas
ica
llycomp
let
edandme
tther
equ
ire
-
men
tsf
ors
tar
t-upo
ftheun
it.

b) Thewa t
e rl
eve
loft herese
rvoir(
headworks)hasexceededthemin
imumpowe rgenera
tionl
ev-
e ,
l andtheavai
lab
led i
schargeforgene
rat
ion mee
tst he mi
nimumrequ
iredf
ors ta
rt-
upo fthe
un
it.

c) Thehydromechan
icalstr
uctu
resandhoi
sti
ngequipmentr
elat
edt
ostar
t-upoft
heun
ithavebeen
compl
eted,andadjust
edt omeetther
equiremen
tsforsta
rt-
upoft
heun t.
i

d) Thehyd
roturb
inegenera
torunt,a
i ccessor
yequipmen
tandauxi
li
aryequi
pmen tf
o rol,a
i irand
wate
rhavebeenins
tal
led,adus
j tedtobequali
fied,tes
tedbysect
ionsand meettherequi
re-
men
tsf
ors
tar
t-upo
ftheun
it.

e) Therelevan
telec
tri
calequipmentorappl
ianceshavebeenins
tal
led,t
est
edaccor
dingt
ore
levan
t
regu
lat
ions,andmee t
st herequ
irement
sf orstar
t-upoftheunt.
i

f) Thetransmi
ssi
onandtrans
forma
tionequ
ipmentandf
a c
il
it
ieshavebeenconst
ruc
ted,i
nst
all
ed
andad
j us
t ,
ed andhavepassedsaf
etyeval
uat
ionoraccept
ancebyrelevan
tdepar
tmen
ts.The
powe
rtr
ansmi
ssi
onwor
kha
sbeenmader
eadyandhasme
tther
equ
iremen
tsf
orun
its
tar
t-up.

g) Thee
lec
tri
calequ
ipmen
tformea
sur t,mon
emen itor
ing,con
tro
landp
rot
ect
ionf
ors
tar
t-upof
t
heun
ithavebeeni
nst
all
edandad
jus
tedt
obequa
li
fied.

h) Theope
rat
ion managemen
tor
gan
iza
tionha
sbeenes
tab
lished,andt
heope
rat
ion managemen
t
pe
rsonne
lhavebeena
lloca
tedt
omee
tther
equ
iremen
tsf
ors
tar
t-upo
ftheun
it.

i) Pr
otec
tivemea
sur
esf
ors
afe
tyandf
irep
rot
ect
ionf
ors
tar
t-upoft
heun
ita
rei
npl
ace.

j) Ru
lesandr
egu
lat
ionssucha
ssa
fet
y wo
rkp
rocedu
resandope
rat
iona
lpr
ocedu
resont
hes
ite
havebeenf
ormu
laed.
t

6.
2 Be f
oretheuni
tst
art-upa ccep
tance,thetes
tdocumentsforun
itst
art
-upandcommiss
ionng,
i
i
ncl
udi
ngunitsta
rt-
upacceptanceou t
lineandt
estrunplan,sha
llbepr
epared,andt
heaccept
ance
wor
kpl
anandt
hep
repa
rat
ionr
equ
iremen
tssha
llbepu
tforwa
rd.

6.
3 St
art
-upcommi
ssi
oni
ngoft
heun
itsha
lli
ncl
udes
tar
t-upt
est
soft
heun
itanda72
-hou
rcon
tinu
-
ouscommi
ssi
oni
ngoft
heun
itwi
thr
atedl
oadort
hemax
imuml
oadunde
rther
el thead.
evan
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a) St
art
-upt
est
soft
heun
it,ands
tar
t-upt
estp
rocedu
resoft
heun
itsha
lli
ncude:
l

1) Inspec
tion,t
estandeva
luat
ionofthewat
erdi
ve r
sionsysem,t
t heuntbody,t
i heaccessory
equipmentoftheunt,t
i heuti
li
tysyst
emsofoil,airand wa
terrel
atedtothetes
t edunit,
t
hee
lec
tri
calequ
i t,andt
pmen hecon
tro
landp
rot
ect
ionequ
i t;
pmen

2) Inspect
ionandtest
ingoft
he wa
terd
ive
rsi
onf
aci
li
tiesandequ
ipmen
tdu
ring wa
terf
il
li
ng
anda f
terwaterf
il
li
ng;

3) I
nspec
tionandt
est
ingo
ftheun
itdu
ringt
hef
irs
tst
art
-upandno
-loadope
rat
ion;

4) I
nspec
tionandt
est
ingo
ftheun
itwheni
tispu
tin
tot
hesys
temandope
rat
eswi
t oad;
hl

5) Loadr
ejec
tiont
est
ingo
ftheun
it.

b) Theunitsha
llgothr
ougha72-
hourcont
inuouscommissi
oning wi
thra
tedload.
Ift
heunitcannot
ach
ievetheratedoutpu
tduetoi
nsuf
fic
ientloadorspec
ialr sons,t
ea hemaximumtes
tl oadap-
l
picab
let
otheun
itmaybede
termi
nedacco
rdi
ngt
othespec
ifi
ccond
itons.
i

c) St
art
-upcommi
ssi
oni
ngoft
heun
iti
scomp
let
edi
fitf
unc
tionsno
rma
llya
fte
ra72
-hou
rcon
tinu
-
ousope
rat
ionwi
t oad.Thes
hl tar
t-upcommi
ssi
oni
ngr
epor
toft
heun
itsha
llbep
resen
ted.

6.
4 Du
ringt
hes
tar
t-upcommi
ssi
oni
ngo
ftheun
it,i
nspec
tionandt
estr
eco
rdsandcommi
ssi
oni
ng
r
eco
rdsoft
heun
itsha
llbewe
lldocumen
ted.Al
ltheser
ecor
dssha
llf
orm pa
rto
fthet
echn
ica
lda
ta
handedove
rtot
heope
rat
ionmanagemen
tor
gan
iza
tion.

6.
5 Pr
obl
emssuchasequ
ipmen
tde
fec
tsandf
aul
tsd
iscove
reddu
ringt
hecommi
ssi
oni
ngsha
llbe
hand
ledbyt
her
espons
ibl
epa
rtyi
nat
ime
l r.
ymanne Theun
itcannotbet
rans
fer
redf
ort
ria
lope
rat
ion
un
lesst
hesep
rob
lemsa
rer
eso
lved.

6.
6 Af
tert
heun
its
tar
t-upaccep
tancei
sapp
roved,anaccep
tancer
epor
tsha
llbep
rov
idedandhan
-
dove
rpr
ocedu
ressha
llbep
rov
idedf
orcomme
rci
alope
rat
ion.

7 Comp
let
ionacceptance

7.
1 Comp
let
ionaccep
tancesha
llmee
tthef
oll
owi
ngcond
itons:
i

a) Thep
rojec
thasbeencomplet
edinaccordancewi
tht
heapp
roveddes
ignsca
lesanddes
igns
tand
-
ar ,
ds andthep
rojec
tqual
ityisqua
lif
ied.

b) Thepowe
rst
ati
onhasbeenp
rope
rlyope
rat
edf
ora
tleas r,anda
toneyea llun
itscanope
rat
e
wi
thr
atedou
t t.
pu
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c) Thenewhyd
ropowe
rpr
ojec
tha
sst
oodt
het
est
sofa
tlea
stonef
loodpe
riodand/oronef
reez
ing
pe
riod.Themul
ti
-yearr
egu
lat
ingreservoi
rsshal
lstandthetest
so fatl
easttwofl
oodpe rods.
i
Dur
ingthefl
oodperods,t
i heh i
ghestreservo
irwat
e rl
evelhasr ched,o
ea rla
rge
lyreached,the
no
rma
lpoo
lwa
terl l.
eve

d) Ot
herr
equ
iremen
tsspec
ifi
edbyt
hecoun
tryhavebeensa
tis
fied.

7.
2 Ma
int
ask
sofaccep
tancesha
lli
ncude:
l

a) I
nspec
tandve
rif
ytheba
siccons
truc
tiono
fthep
roec
j ta
ccor
dingt
otheapp
roveddes
igndocu
-
men
ts,i
ncl
udi
ngeng
inee
ringcons
truc
tioncomp
let
ions
taus,t
t heach
ievemen
tofeng
inee
ring
pa
rame
ter
sandf
unc
tions,t
heimpac
tofma
jordes
ignchangesont
hep
roec
j t,t
heimp
lemen
ta-
t
ionofenv
ironmen
talp
rot
ect
ionmeasu
resa
swe
llaswor
kquan
tit
iesandp
roec
j t.
tcos

b) I
nspec
tandeva
lua
tet
hesa
fet
yofwa
ter
-re
tai
nings
truc
tues,ba
r sedont
heana
lys
isandr
esu
lts
of mon
itor
ing da
ta du
ring ope
rat
ion of wa
ter
-re
tai
ning s
truc
tur
es a
fte t,t
rimpoundmen he
r
esu
ltsofs
tab
il
ityands
truc
tur
alsa
fet
yrev
iewsandt
heso
lut
ionofanyp
rob
lemsd
iscove
red.

c) I
nspec
tfunc
tionsoff
loodd
ischa
rgeandene
rgyd
iss
ipa
tionf
aci
li
ties,andeva
lua
tesa
fet
yandr
e-
l
iab
il
ityoff
loodcon
tro
loft
hep
roec
j ta
cco
rdi
ngt
otheope
rat
iono
fthef
loodd
ischa
rgeanden
-
e
rgyd
iss
ipa
tions
truc
tur
esdu
ringt
heope
rat
iona
fte
rimpoundmen
tandt
her
eso
lut
ionofany
r
pob
lemsd
iscove
red.
Inspec
twhe
the
rthep
roec
j tha
sanyma
jorpo
ten
tia
lqua
li
tyi
ssuesorp
rob
-
l
emst
hatmayimpac
tsa
feope
rat
ion.

d) I
nspec
tand eva
lua
tef
unc
tions and s
afe
tyoft
he s
truc
tur
es oft
he d
ive
rsi
on and powe
r
gene
ra t
ionsys
temaccor
dingt
ot he
irope
rat
ionalsta
tus,theana
lys
isandtheresul
tso fsaf
ety
monitori
ngdatadu
ringtheoper
aton,andt
i heresol
uti
on ofpr
oblemsdi
scovered du
ringthe
seepaged
ischa
rgei
nspec
tion.

e) I
nspec
tandeva
lua
tet
hes
tab
il
ity oft
he pe
rmanen
tsl
opeso
fthe p
ivots
truc
tur
esands
lope
t
rea
tmen
two
rksf
ort
her
ese
rvo
irbanknea
rthedamaccor
dingt
otheana
lys
isofsa
fet
y mon
ito-
r
ingda
tadu
ringt
heope
rat
iona
fte
rt t,t
heimpoundmen her
esu
ltsoft
hes
tab
il
ityr
evew,and
i
t
her
eso
lut
ionoft
hep
rob
lemsd
iscove
red.

f) I
nspec
tandeva
lua
tee
ffec
tiveope
rat
ionoft
hesa
fet
y mon
itor
ingsys
temf
ort
hep
roec
j t(
ope
ra-
t
ionand ma
inenance)
t dur
ingope
rat
iona
fte t,t
rimpoundmen hes
tat
uso
fthei
nst
rumen
tsand
equ
i t,andt
pmen hes
tat
usoft
hep
rocess
ingandana
lys
isofmon
itor
ingda
ta.

g) I
nspec
tandeva
lua
tef
unc
tionsandr
eli
abi
li
tyoft
heun
itope
rat
iona
ccor
dingt
ocommi
ssi
onng,
i
l
oadt
est
sandove
rhau
lresu
ltso
ftheun
iti
nthepowe
rst
aton.
i
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h) I
nspec
tcons
truc
tionqua
li
tyo
fthep
roec
j ti
nte
rmso
fci
vilcons
truc
tion,equ
ipmen
tmanu
fac
tur
-
i
ngandi ns
tal
lat
ion,andthereso
lut
ionofqua
lit
ydef
ectsexposeddu
ringt
heope
rat
iona
fte
rim-
poundment,andevalua
tetheovera
llqua
li
tyofthepro
j t.
ec

i) Br
ingf
ort
hcommen
tsonr
eso
lut
ionandr
equ
iremen
tsf
ort
heou
tst
and
ingi
ssuesoft
hep
roec
j t.