The diagram outlines the process of electricity production in a hydroelectric power

station. The process begins when the water flows from the river into a high-level
reservoir and ends with the transmission of electricity to the national grid.

Overall, the diagram can be broadly separated into day and night stages with the
daylight stages involving the generation of electricity from a river and storage of
water in a reservoir. At night the water flows back in the other direction towards an
initial reservoir and the river.

The day stage of the process involves channelling the river water into a high-level
reservoir backed up by a dam. There is an intake area leading to the power station
that opens during the day and closes at night. Water flows during the day to
generate electricity through the power station turbines. The generated electricity is
then sent to a national grid through power lines while the excess water runs to a
low-level reservoir.

During the night stage, the water stored in the low-level reservoir is reverted to the
power station and the turbines of the generator pump it back into the high-level
reservoir which is closed during the night. The river water is stored at the upper
level and later it flows down, starting the cycle again.